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The fight over D.C.’s eviction moratorium is escalating as the city approaches the one-year anniversary of its pandemic-driven ban on the practice.

D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser has introduced a bill that would simplify the sealing of criminal records for some people arrested in the District whose cases were never prosecuted or who were acquitted of the charges.

The COVID-19 pandemic hasn’t been kind to municipal and state budgets, but this week D.C. lawmakers got an unexpected surprise: word of a half-billion-dollar budget surplus.

For a more than two decades I’ve said that former D.C. police chief Charles H. Ramsey, now a frequent guest expert on talk shows, made one mistake that would affect people of color and the effectiveness of the police department in our…

A highlight of Inauguration Day was Amanda Gorman’s delivery of her poem “The Hill We Climb,” which ignited interest in news anchors and home viewers alike. Gorman’s biographical note of having been selected as the first national youth…

How the coronavirus tore through D.C., Maryland and Virginia.

We all know William Shakespeare’s most iconic heroes, from Romeo to Hamlet. Now, it’s the bad guy’s turn.

The District has depleted its reserves for unemployment benefits and will borrow from the federal government to cover the unprecedented crush of claims during the pandemic, according to DC Chief Financial Officer Jeffrey DeWitt.

Capitol Police want high fences around Capitol grounds. Security experts tell WUSA9 there's other ways to protect leaders inside.

On Thursday, U.S. District Judge Royce Lamberth said the U.S. Marshals Service told the court that the District of Columbia Department of Corrections had asked for Chansley to be moved because they couldn’t honor the court’s order to feed…

The 63-year relationship between Smithsonian’s National Zoo and Friends of the National Zoo, known as FONZ, is over because of pandemic-related financial pressures.

Current D.C. Policy Allows for Subsidies Based on Attendance Only

Volunteers dispersed throughout the District the night of Jan. 27 to count every individual they could find on the street, in hopes of determining the number of people experiencing homelessness in the city. Every year, nonprofit…

WASHINGTON (AP) — The cost of deploying about 26,000 National Guard troops to secure the U.S. Capitol in the wake of the deadly Jan. 6 riot is nearly $500 million, U.S. military officials said Thursday.

Urban Athletic Club, a D.C.-based gym with locations around the District, has been ordered to pay a $10,000 fine for multiple violations of COVID-19 health and safety requirements at its Shaw location at 804 N St. Northwest.

People experiencing homelessness in D.C. began receiving vaccinations this week as part of the city’s phased rollout of the coronavirus vaccine. D.C.’s Department of Human Services is partnering with Unity Health Care, the city’s main…

Mega-developer Douglas Jemal catches up to an equity movement on the rise