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On a rainy night late in March, a police officer pulled up to a whitewashed brick rowhouse in Northwest Washington’s Brightwood Park neighborhood. Entering the building, Officer Ernie Davis recognized that something had to be done. People…

It is certainly no secret that D.C., and the entire Washington metropolitan area, ranks as one of the very most expensive places to live in the country. A comprehensive study released last week starkly underscores the need for a…

There aren’t many stories about centenarian entrepreneurs, let alone females in this demographic who still work over 40-hours a week.

Leaders of the Gertrude Stein Democratic Club, D.C.’s largest local LGBT political group, announced at their regularly scheduled meeting on Monday that they will no longer participate in informal bipartisan meetings with members of the…

With a larger than usual audience in attendance, the Advisory Committee to D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser’s Office of LGBTQ Affairs voted unanimously Monday night to approve a resolution calling on the mayor or the D.C. Council to allocate $3…

D.C. Councilman Vincent Gray said one hospital located in the East End of the District will not be enough to meet the health care needs of the residents there and a system will be needed for that purpose.

The Obama administration has become a part of history but its signature social initiative, “My Brother’s Keeper,” has continued in the District and Mayor Muriel Bowser has made mentorship a key component.

Dozens of American flags on display in D.C. Friday have a small addition that carries big meaning: each has 51 stars.

Kim Kardashian-West, the reality TV and social media star turned criminal justice reform advocate, was touring the D.C. jail in July when she met a murderer.

According to a WTOP report last month on the prevalence of the illegal street drug “K2” in the District, “There have been more than 3,000 K2 overdose cases through July, marking a 128 percent increase of the same stretch of time last year,…

As their recent pontification shows, two D.C. Council members who represent the largely segregated area known as East of the River are recommending a name change. It is a serious suggestion but is without serious merit or community…

Incubator and coworking network 1776 may not have officially announced its new D.C. location, but that hasn't stopped startups from moving in and working out of it for the last several weeks.

A bruising choreographed rollout of the news. Zero notice. No plan to help laid-off staffers find jobs in the organization. Is this the best our hometown paper can do?

A bike lane and new crosswalks are slated for a highly trafficked intersection

Valerie Torres, who has been in and out of the restaurant industry for the past 25 years, says she was not political before last spring. That’s when a contentious debate about tipped wages began making its way into the public sphere.

House Democrats are asking Metro’s inspector general to review the conduct of two former members of the Metro board, Jack Evans and Corbett Price, both of whom resigned from their posts on the board amid fallout related to an ethics…

The District’s Department of General Services will be moved of the Reeves Center, becoming the first D.C. agency to launch a search for new space since Mayor Muriel Bowser directed officials to prioritize leasing offices east of the…

Metro’s inspector general will investigate the agency’s ethics probe of former board chairman Jack Evans at the request of the House Oversight Committee, officials said Friday.

DC Water continues to make progress on its Northeast Boundary Tunnel. Its largest and most ambitious project yet is meant to keep water out of the Anacostia River. So far, 7 miles of the Anacostia River Tunnel have already been built.

“Your action … undercuts the work of the Commission and subverts recent legislative enactment.”