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In the backyard of the nation’s capital, local small businesses are using every ounce of their creativity to stay afloat. Local photographer Violetta Markelou’s project “Inbox Full” captures the inspirations, challenges, and struggles of…

D.C.’s paid family leave program looks set to launch July 1, meeting the city’s target date even as the coronavirus crisis raised questions about how the policy should move forward.

Work is underway on a project to dust off an old Union Station platform and make it a new passenger platform to increase rail capacity.

Shared electric moped company Revel is betting on more demand as more D.C. workers return to their place of work. It will add another 200 scooters to its D.C. fleet, bringing the total number to 600 across all eight wards in the District. …

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Democratic-controlled House is moving toward approval of a bill to make the District of Columbia the 51st state, saying Congress has both the moral obligation and constitutional authority to ensure that the city’s…

D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser is winning high marks for battling the coronavirus, just as the District stands ready to achieve a win in its longstanding fight — a vote on statehood in the House.

The U.S. House of Representatives is set to take a historic vote on D.C. statehood for the first time in a generation on Friday.

D.C. police shot Marqueese two years ago. They still won’t say why.

The time has come for the District to regulate police surveillance technologies. This month, the New York City Council approved the Public Oversight of Surveillance Technology Act. It was a monumental victory for police transparency,…