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The administration of Mayor Muriel E. Bowser (D) on Tuesday revised a timeline related to the start of an investigation into the mayor’s former chief of staff, John Falcicchio, stating that Bowser learned about a complaint against him and…

President Joe Biden’s signature on a bill nullifying an overhaul of the District of Columbia criminal code ended a public fight between Congress and local lawmakers. But the battles are only just beginning.

The District is kicking off the once-a-decade process of redrawing the boundaries that determine what public schools kids will attend, an often fraught undertaking that in many other jurisdictions has prompted difficult debates about…

Metro says it will spend up to $40 million to redesign its new faregates, making it harder to jump over them and evade paying the fare.

We’ve finally got a first peek at detailed new plans for the long-awaited redevelopment of the St. Elizabeths campus.

D.C.’s Ward 8 is blessed with some 500 acres of forested parkland, but there are not many ways to access those parks, with just a few miles of trails. Take, for example, Shepherd Parkway — a long strip of forest along the bluffs of…

John Falcicchio, a longtime deputy of Mayor Bowser who abruptly resigned his post last Friday, is facing sexual harassment allegations.

President Joe Biden on Monday signed into law legislation nullifying the recent overhaul of the District of Columbia criminal code, but the fight between Congress and local lawmakers is continuing.

Lawyers for a DC government employee announced yesterday that their client's allegations of sexual harassment are under investigation by the mayor's legal counsel — the "sensitive matter that includes privacy concerns" that prompted the…

President Joe Biden on Monday signed into law a resolution to block a controversial Washington, DC, crime bill that opponents have criticized as weak on crime.

The once-notorious drug kingpin went to prison when he was 26. He is now a 60-year-old grandfather.

The move by the D.C. nonprofit is the latest sign of what nonprofit leaders say is a ‘national crisis’ for the social safety net.

A new model of e-bike is coming to a Capital Bikeshare dock near you.

Wilson Building insiders wonder how Bowser’s government will function without her most prominent deputy.

Mayor Muriel Bowser on Monday said she had launched an investigation into accusations of sexual harassment that prompted her longtime confidante and deputy mayor John Falcicchio to resign suddenly from the D.C. government last week.

Days after one of her former top advisers abruptly resigned, D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser says her office has launched an investigation into John Falcicchio, and attorneys for a woman who works for the District say the probe is related to…

A D.C. government employee has filed a sexual harassment complaint against Mayor Muriel E. Bowser’s longtime top adviser, John Falcicchio, who resigned abruptly last week after the city launched an investigation into his conduct, the…

Capital Bikeshare is more than doubling its number of electric bicycles this spring as District officials touted investments in bikes and the city’s cycling infrastructure to lure more riders downtown.

Local real estate firms are increasingly keen to cash in on a lucrative government program. One local developer has leveraged it to build a small empire of low-income apartment buildings where construction never ends and tenants live in…