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Metro on Friday disputed several claims made in a scathing audit of its Rail Operations Control Center, saying its own outside review of the allegations showed many to be untrue while not denying the need to improve workplace culture.

Senator Mike Lee just blocked legislation to establish them.

In a year where housing inequity has been center-stage, one DC Advisory Neighborhood Commission (ANC) is taking the initiative to make housing a priority.

Metro is disputing a blistering safety audit that described its Rail Operations Control Center as a chaotic “toxic workplace culture,” riddled with harassment, racial discrimination and internal conflict.

After the Washington Metrorail Safety Commission released a report in September detailing a “toxic” culture at Metro’s Rail Operations Control Center, Metro officials said they’d do an investigation of their own. Friday, Metro released the…

"All I have to do is get my crew through this without anyone getting infected and I’ve won the game.”

Metro on Friday disputed several claims made in a scathing audit of its Rail Operations Control Center (ROCC), saying its own independent review of the allegations showed many to be untrue.

Woodley Park restaurants and bars, retailers and other businesses have seen some of their biggest streams of revenue dry up this year, with the coronavirus pandemic virtually wiping out customers normally brought in to the area by the Omni…

It would be in the best interests of D.C. residents and businesses for the D.C. Council to approve the amended Comprehensive Plan — and soon.

For the past nine months, D.C. Public Schools and the Washington Teachers’ Union have been locked in an unseemly war over how to reopen our school buildings. This difficult time could have been a rare chance to unify disparate voices and…

"It reminded me of the places I would go when I first started playing jazz in high school: the old-school, folksy type of neighborhood place,” says saxophonist Paul Carr.

Happy Thursday. DC Attorney General Karl Racine is leading legal opposition to a dubious Texas lawsuit that seeks to overturn the presidential race results in four swing states.

Despite the objection of two board members, Metro leaders moved a step closer Thursday to adopting a plan that severely cuts transit service — a patch for a half-billion dollar deficit as time is expiring for Congress to bail out transit…

WASHINGTON (AP) — It’s the season for holiday gatherings, both official and informal. But it’s also still very much pandemic season, and COVID-19 infection numbers are setting records in the nation’s capital.

Mayor Bowser nominates a political ally as the board of commissioners looks to gain three new members.

The D.C. Council next week will consider granting Mayor Muriel Bowser authority to extend D.C.’s public health emergency through March of next year.

Metro’s board is putting its drastic budget and service cuts plan out to for public comment January 16 through February 9.

As the Washington region prepares for initial distribution of a coronavirus vaccine, federal officials are sticking with their decision to allocate doses based on a jurisdiction’s population instead of its workforce — a choice that has…