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D.C.'s Treasure Trove Jewelers is closing after seven decades as more people shop online

Public hearings were held last week at the Wilson Building for the Racial Equity Achieves Results (REAR) Amendment Act of 2019, a bill which would try to close the racial disparity gap in the District.

As Haile and Shirikiana Aina Gerima have come to learn, operating a bookstore on what’s now one of the District’s fastest-growing corridors comes at a cost.

TGIF! A family of four seeking a “modest yet adequate” lifestyle in the Washington area needs to make at least $105,539, WAMU reports …

One of D.C.’s most notoriously delayed developments is getting some extra time to move forward, assuming it can survive a court challenge.

Six years after a four-alarm blaze destroyed it, Capitol Hill institution Frager’s Hardware is reopening today.

It was October 2013 and Ronald L. Moten was rushing around the Walter E. Washington Convention Center as professional boxing fans spilled into the halls between matches.

Woodrow Wilson High School is among the District’s most racially integrated institutions. And it’s named after one of American history’s most powerful segregationists.

The Council chairman's pointed budget recommendations come after a public outcry from the arts community.

Metropolitan Washington’s persistent urban challenges are frequently in the news. The concerns include ensuring public safety; providing quality public education; increasing the availability of affordable housing; promoting accessibility…

Enforcement is key to the success of dedicated lanes in one of the busiest transit corridors in the city, advocates say.

Changes to allow parking enforcement officers to mail tickets to drivers who take off before the ticket can be placed on their windshields or handed to them are on track for D.C. Council approval.

Earlier this year, the District government missed a deadline to reapply for federal AmeriCorps funding, leaving $3.5 million requested by the nonprofits Reading Partners, Literacy Lab and City Year in jeopardy. When this error came to…

It’s been over four years since D.C. residents approved Initiative 71, which allows adults to both possess marijuana and privately use it for recreational purposes.

When Mayor Muriel Bowser announced that she was making the D.C. Circulator bus free to ride, she said it would promote transit equity and give people an incentive to ditch their cars.

From high-rise office buildings to affordable housing projects, D.C. property owners are installing more and more solar panels on their rooftops.

Almost a decade after the District’s last great soda tax debate, the D.C. Council will once again consider implementing a hike on the cost of sugary drinks.

Several members of the D.C. Council’s transportation committee think the $35 residents pay each year for most residential street parking is way too low. They’ve proposed raising the fee to $50, with additional vehicles costing more.

Events D.C., the District’s official convention and sports authority, has approved a 35,000-square-foot retail and entertainment space and potential sportsbook at Nationals Park, as the city prepares for legalized sports betting.

Driving into part or all of D.C. could require paying a toll in the future, under a $480,000 study proposed by the D.C. Council.