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Air quality is expected to improve by Thursday as a cold front pushes most of the smoke away

The two newest members of the DC Council helped pass a higher tax rate on incomes over $250,000 — a reversal of last year's budget vote, when a similar revenue-raising effort fell short.

The Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. and Malcolm X spent the best years of their young lives offering solutions to the most vexing problems of racism, poverty and violence in the United States. For both men, the well-being of Black people…

The Smithsonian hopes to get the public’s help plotting out D.C. musical sounds and history by using an online interactive map.

Federal inmates from the District reported a lack of access to medical care and coronavirus testing in the pandemic’s opening months, as well as inconsistent precautions among staffers, according to a survey by a watchdog agency.

Councilmembers Janeese Lewis George and Christina Henderson cast key swing votes to raise taxes in D.C.

A law designed to protect workers is now facing criticism from the Washington Nationals and professional organizations.

An increasingly left-leaning D.C. Council voted Tuesday to raise income taxes on wealthy residents — a victory for advocates seeking tens of millions to spend on tackling homelessness and other social problems, but a puzzlement to others…

D.C. businesses can expect to see $80 million in new relief grants and the long-promised split of the city’s main licensing and regulatory agency as lawmakers advance changes to Mayor Muriel Bowser’s new budget.

The Lane Place pedestrian overpass, which was destroyed when a truck driver collided with it last month, is one of a limited number of crossings of DC Route 295 that connect a set of neighborhoods along the Anacostia River in Northeast DC…

Teachers and staff at Carlos Rosario International Public Charter School, a top-tier school serving D.C.’s adult immigrant population, have recently pressed their board of trustees to remove the school’s CEO, Allison Kokkoros.

D.C.’s wealthiest residents are likely to soon pay more in taxes, funding what lawmakers consider to be necessary programs that invest in early childhood education and housing to stabilize the workforce.

San Francisco was the first jurisdiction to make commission fee caps permanent. Delivery companies promptly sued.

The D.C. Council granted preliminary approval today to legislation increasing the marginal tax rate on high-income D.C. residents, with funds going toward higher wages for child care workers, housing vouchers for residents experiencing…

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The D.C. DMV has reopened walk-in service at their locations.

As the team behind a new mixed-use project at DC's Audi Field files a design review application, more renderings and perspectives are coming to the fore.