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DC’s non-voting delegate has spent three decades in Congress on a mission for statehood. Why is she now willing to wait?

For some, the dreaded parallel park — squeezing into a 19- by 9-foot parking space with traffic waiting behind you — can make you sweat bullets. But now, you’ll need that skill to pass the D.C. Department of Motor Vehicles’ road skills…

I’m proud to pay taxes that support my city and its residents. D.C. has the opportunity and the resources we need to build a society that is compassionate and equitable, where race and ward do not predict one’s health, education or income…

Thousands of people on motorcycles will be in the nation’s capital this holiday weekend as part of an annual event to honor those killed in war or missing in action.

Full parking enforcement, DMV requirements and an amnesty deal for drivers with outstanding ticket debt begin June 1

When they come upon the scene of a dead child or a teenager, even the most hard-edged police officer turns ashen. When the deceased is an infant or toddler, the reaction is often bitter tears. So, when D.C. Metropolitan Police initially…

Ward 8 Advisory Neighborhood Commission 8C Chairman Salim Adofo continued his quest to limit the number of liquor stores in the ward with a recent demonstration in front of a well-known retail outlet two blocks south of the St. Elizabeths…

Some Question Immediate Impact of Council Member McDuffie’s Bill

Mayor Muriel Bowser has proposed spending more on affordable housing and violence prevention — while cutting about $36 million from the police department — in next year's budget.

The region has seen a 25% decrease in people experiencing homelessness since 2017. D.C. saw a 32% decline in that period. The number of people experiencing homelessness was the lowest it has been since COG began coordinating counts in…

Mayor Muriel Bowser’s administration cleared residents out of two tent encampments at the M Street and L Street underpasses near Union Station on May 13.

Anyone 12 and older will be able to receive a COVID-19 vaccine at several D.C. public schools starting Tuesday.

A week after D.C. Mayor Muriel E. Bowser’s administration announced the resignation of Jenifer Smith as head of the city’s Department of Forensic Sciences (DFS) and said her final workday would be May 26, Bowser on Thursday declined to say…

In April, Mayor Muriel Bowser appointed healthcare advocate Amber Hewitt to lead the city’s newly created Office of Racial Equity. We checked in with DC’s new chief equity officer to see how it’s going so far.

D.C. Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton has asked the National Park Service to permanently close a portion of Beach Drive in Northwest to traffic.

D.C.’s mayor will soon name a new director for the city’s embattled crime lab.

D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser unveiled her proposed $17.5 billion budget for fiscal 2022 to the D.C. Council Thursday afternoon.