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One of the largest developments on tap for NoMa may get a little denser.

Congressional lawmakers covered a lot of ground with WMATA leadership during a House Oversight Subcommittee hearing Tuesday: focusing on funding, Metro’s safety record, the ethics investigation into former board chair Jack Evans,…

Student enrollment is growing at public schools across all eight wards in D.C. — up 4% from last year.

Metro has improved safety, and that has recently translated into an uptick in ridership after years of decline because of chronic safety and reliability problems. But members of Congress told transit agency officials Tuesday that they now…

The number of suspected hate crimes in the District is on pace to reach a new high in 2019, eclipsing the record set just last year.

In the 2018 fiscal year, 1.1 million citations were issued by speed cameras in the District, resulting in a record-breaking $104.5 million in revenue, according to AAA’s latest report. During the first six months of the 2019 fiscal year,…

Public comment on Comprehensive Plan reforms runs for the next few months

This spring, Georgetown Heritage and the National Park Service, along with design firm James Corner Field Operations, unveiled more precise design concepts for the envisioned reactivation of a mile-long stretch of the C&O Canal in…

D.C. Public Schools has reached enrollment numbers not seen since 2006, per preliminary numbers released on Tuesday by the city—more than 50,000 students are enrolled in the system’s public schools this academic year.

The 250-bed academic teaching facility sits on the site where Griffith Stadium once stood, where the American League’s Washington Senators played baseball for nearly 60 years — winning the 1924 World Series and playing in the Fall Classics…

Enrollment in the District’s charter school sector declined slightly this academic year, breaking a streak of growth that began in 1996 when the privately run but publicly funded campuses were established in the city, according to figures…

“The number one thing on a survivor’s mind is safety—safety planning, what’s your plan. This is going to be a key component of this safety plan.”

The fall classic is returning to the nation's capital for the first time in eight decades.

After a long delay, Steve Salis is opening a branch of his Sidekick bakery there.

Good Tuesday morning. The St. Elizabeths public psychiatric hospital has been without clean running water for nearly a month now …

The popular basin and surrounding cherry trees face danger from rising sea levels

What did the Washington region look like in 1933, the last time a local Major League Baseball team was playing in the World Series? For starters, the Pentagon and National Airport didn’t exist. The Arlington Memorial Bridge was all of 1…

When D.C. announced a pilot program to outfit 400 police officers with body-worn cameras in September 2014, city officials optimistically said early adoption of the new technology would bring needed public clarity to police work, improve…

More than a dozen leaders and members of local LGBT advocacy groups met on Oct. 11 with D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser and D.C. Council Chair Phil Mendelson (D-At-Large) to discuss what they said were challenges facing the most vulnerable…