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The average person arrested for homicide has been arrested 11 times previously, said D.C. Police Chief Robert J. Contee III during a March news conference on D.C. crime with Mayor Muriel E. Bowser (D). Contee’s widely publicized statement…

The number of people experiencing homelessness in D.C. has increased by 11.6 percent over the last year, including a significant uptick in individuals living on the streets for the first time.

The advisory neighborhood commission for Adams Morgan recommended easing the longtime cap on new liquor licenses for taverns this week, meaning 18th Street NW and surrounding areas could get more new bars.

House Republicans are demanding the U.S. Attorney for D.C., who prosecutes most violent crime in the city, testify at a congressional hearing later this month on rising crime and recent data showing the federal office has declined to…

The Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority's board of directors has upended the DC Council's budget deliberations with a new letter calling for a one-year pause on fare-free buses in the District, reiterating support for the K…

The draft emerged out of a strategy session agency director Brenda Donald sought with landlords

House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) is threatening to subpoena the U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia after the Justice Department declined to make him available to testify at a hearing scheduled this month on…

Several D.C. Council members raised questions about the plan this week, days after the mayor organized support for the competing K Street Transitway project

D.C. is home to more than a half-million people living above the poverty line who still struggle to afford basics, analysis finds

D.C. lawmakers are scrambling to find additional funding for emergency rental assistance and housing vouchers in the budget for the coming year, expressing concerns that cuts to both programs proposed by Mayor Muriel Bowser could lead to a…

The Metro Board of Directors is asking the D.C. Council to delay for a year a plan to make Metrobuses free of charge within city limits, dealing a blow to an initiative that was popular with lawmakers but had faced a number of mounting…

The Washington Commanders say they are supporting efforts by the District of Columbia to get control of the RFK Stadium site that used to be the NFL team’s home.

The beleaguered DC Housing Authority will have new leadership sooner than expected, with an announcement last night that executive director Brenda Donald will step down sometime this summer.

The Washington Commanders are lobbying federal legislators to give D.C. control over the RFK Stadium site, which would pave the way for the city to offer it as a potential new home for the team.

Less than two weeks out from the D.C. Council’s first vote on next year’s budget, the future of the city’s independent (unaccredited, beleaguered) crime lab remains in limbo.

Incarcerated people must now apply for early release from far-flung federal prisons rather than the D.C. Jail, making the process all the more difficult.

D.C. Housing Authority Director Brenda Donald will depart the agency this summer, according to a late night announcement from officials.