D.C. Police Chief Peter Newsham on Tuesday pushed for harsher penalties for gun infractions, citing a large number of the city’s homicides committed by repeat offenders of gun crimes.
Back in the spring, Delegate Eleanor Holmes Norton said it would be “a waste to squander our first majority in eight years on a futile impeachment process.”
When Bob Fox began working in D.C. architecture in the 1980s, he said the city had a reputation for conservative design, driven by the presence of the federal government. But he has seen a significant change during this latest development!-->…
All 13 members of the D.C. Council are calling on Mayor Muriel E. Bowser (D) to reconsider her administration’s decision to end a disabilities services contract with Georgetown University, a rare show of unity among the city’s fractious!-->…
A year after Audi Field opened, the Buzzard Point neighborhood appears poised to see its first new wave of development realized next year. Some of the larger projects slated for the area, however, are still in the theoretical phase. Today,!-->…
An important new campaign to boost public education in the District of Columbia is underway. Scandalously, while there are 12,000 students on waitlists for public charter schools, the city owns around one million square feet of surplus!-->…
Outside Allen Chapel AME Church, schoolchildren mourning their friend lined up for cupcakes and goody bags filled with candy and decorated with photos of 11-year-old Karon Brown.
The nation's capital is not lacking in politicians, trade organizations, visiting dignitaries and the like with something to say. A new partnership will soon open a media hub where they can do their talking, and deliver it to the world.
While some folks anticipate being able to swim in D.C.’s rivers in the near future, don’t expect being able to (safely) jump into Rock Creek anytime soon.