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Solar panels are coming to more than 500 homes in Ward 8 — an investment the city’s energy officials say will reduce both greenhouse gas emissions and residents’ utility bills.

Jermar “Coach” Rountree, has already been named D.C.’s “Teacher of the Year.” Now, he’s one of five teachers in the running for the 2023 National Teacher of the year, the country’s top teaching honor.

Metro will improve train arrival times in February, but only on certain lines during the busiest times and days.

The utility company nearly snuck through amendments to a bill mandating green construction standards for D.C. buildings.

George Washington University now has a vending machine for emergency contraception.

D.C.’s top two leaders aren't seeing eye-to-eye about how to revive downtown, with Council chair Phil Mendelson opposing Mayor Muriel Bowser's proposals to raise building height limits and increase development.

DC government officials, nonprofit outreach workers and volunteers spanned out across the District last night to conduct the 2023 Point-in-Time survey and count to determine the number of sheltered and unsheltered people experiencing…

Two pieces of Metro’s electric bus future fell into place Wednesday: the official word that Northern Bus Garage will be an electric bus-only facility when it reopens in 2027; and Metro’s first large order of electric buses will start to…

Jurisdictions across the D.C. region are scheduled to conduct an annual census of residents experiencing homelessness Wednesday evening. The goal of the survey – called the Point-in-Time Count — is to capture a snapshot of the number of…

House Republicans are ushering in a new era of intervention in local D.C. affairs, and their first target is the city's handling of crime.

In October, Mayor Muriel Bowser visited Center City Public Charter School's Brightwood campus to surprise Jermar Rountree with the news that he had received the 2023 DC Teacher of the Year Award. This afternoon, her office announced that…

Washington Metrorail Safety Commission members said Metro should have fired or removed an operator for lying during an investigation

Sen. Thomas R. Carper (D-Del.) gathered with Mayor Muriel E. Bowser and D.C. leaders on Tuesday to reintroduce a bill to give nearly 700,000 D.C. residents statehood, pushing the long-sought goal in a year marking the 50th anniversary of…

Before passing a controversial crime bill, D.C.’s council members and criminal justice experts worked for 16 years to craft it. Now, it’s getting pushback from Congressional Republicans, who could block it.

The Washington Post is cutting 20 newsroom positions and not filling 30 open positions, The Post's executive editor Sally Buzbee told staff in a note Tuesday.

Sen. Tom Carper (D-Delaware) on Tuesday introduced a bill that would make D.C. the 51st state, following a similar measure introduced in the House of Representatives by D.C. Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton.

A new bill in the D.C. Council would legalize and regulate the sales of recreational marijuana in the city, while also creating a novel reparations fund that would offer payments of up to $80,000 to people arrested, convicted, or…

Amid a wave of job cuts in the tech and media sectors, The Post’s long-expected reductions punctuate a period of uncertainty

Initiative will launch this April with ‘RiverRun: Arts Nature Impact,’ a month of performances, installations, exhibits and other events celebrating the world’s rivers

Proponents of DC statehood pledged this morning to keep pressing the issue despite what a key senator called the "elephant in the room" — that Republican control of the House means legislation to admit DC as the 51st state is unlikely to…