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GEORGE WASHINGTON University’s suspension of negotiations with the District to manage a new hospital in Southeast Washington may send the city back to the drawing board. That should be welcomed. Little thinking went into the politically…

Activists are scrambling to collect thousands of signatures needed to revive a law approved by voters but overturned by the D.C. Council that would change how the District’s servers, bartenders and other tipped employees are paid.

Mayor Muriel Bowser and Ward 2 Councilmember Jack Evans are pushing a $5.9 million tax break for an international company that has a history of racially discriminatory hiring practices in D.C.

Urban planning nerds who are anxious to see what local lawmakers are going to do to the District’s Comprehensive Plan for development and growth will have to wait a little longer.

You can put your money on this: future elections in D.C. will look very different than the ones from the past. And it comes down to money.

The street outside NASA headquarters could soon be named for the pioneering black women scientists depicted in the film "Hidden Figures."

Within a matter of weeks, the D.C. Council will likely approve legislation tasking the DC Office on Aging (DCOA) with creating and implementing a decadelong strategy to assess and improve various aspects of the District senior living…

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- The District could become the second city in the U.S. to ban conversion therapy for some individuals over the age of 18 if a bill passed by the city council Tuesday night receives approval from the mayor and Congress.

George Washington University Hospital said that it “cannot and will not be involved” in a deal with D.C. to operate a planned new Southeast D.C. hospital unless D.C. Council removes two amendments from proposed legislation that would…

One way or another, D.C. gas station owners should soon be able to petition the city to redevelop their properties — an option unavailable to them for the last dozen years.

George Washington University Hospital—the Universal Healthcare Services-owned, 370-bed facility in Foggy Bottom—is really super committed to D.C.'s healthcare.

George Washington University Hospital has suspended negotiations with the District to build and run a new hospital east of the Anacostia River, telling city officials in a letter Wednesday that conditions placed on the deal this week by the…

WASHINGTON -- A proposal to bring more public restrooms to D.C. has passed an important hurdle.

It turns out, legalizing pygmy hedgehogs was a more prickly issue than it seemed.

Despite the pleas of Metro and the leaders of its board, the D.C. Council gave final approval on Tuesday to legislation that reclassifies fare evasion in the transit system as a civil offense.

George Washington University Hospital is expected to pull out of a tentative deal to run a new Southeast D.C. hospital because of new provisions backed Tuesday night by many D.C. Council members, according to a source familiar with the…

The D.C. Council voted to decriminalize Metro fare evasion on Tuesday after considering the legislation for more than a year and a half.

WASHINGTON — A proposal to exempt children’s play groups from day-care type regulations is moving forward in the D.C. Council.