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The D.C. Department of Forensic Sciences has failed to operate as an independent part of the justice system, a report from the Office of the D.C. Auditor has found.

A reader, Leroy Swain, took me to task for stating in last week’s column on juvenile crime that I didn’t want to start a “blaming and shaming game about unstable families in our community.”

Mayor Muriel Bowser is proposing a new DCHA board that would eliminate critics.

On a quiet, tree-lined street near D.C.’s Adams Morgan neighborhood, one house looks just like all the others. Plants and garden figurines cover the front yard, with concrete steps that lead up to the front door. On a sunny day, there’s…

Legislators are slated to decide next week whether to accept Mayor Muriel Bowser's plans for reforms to the governance of the DC Housing Authority amid loud objections from many advocates for residents of the city's public housing.

The D.C. Council is set to vote on a proposal making all Metrobus service in the District free starting next Summer.

D.C.'s streets and office buildings are fuller now than they were for most of 2020, but foot traffic and the economic activity that comes with it remain far below pre-pandemic levels.

Mayor Muriel Bowser is proposing a new DCHA board that would eliminate critics.

The legislation could give Mayor Muriel E. Bowser more control over governance of the embattled agency as its leaders work to comply with federal standards

D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser and D.C. Council Chairman Phil Mendelson have introduced emergency legislation that would dissolve the D.C. Housing Authority’s current 13-member Board of Commissioners and replace it with what they call a…

The city of Washington, D.C., is roaring.

Everyone seems to agree: more solar energy is a good thing. But a bill to require more solar in the District is dividing environmental advocates. Some say it’s needed to keep the local solar industry from crashing, while others say it…

The findings closely reflect the results of a previous City Paper investigation into the Department of Forensic Sciences.

And other takeaways from the housing committee hearing on the 82 failures HUD found at the agency.

Metrobus rides would be free starting next summer, under new legislation introduced by the D.C. Council.

Three large bills that would enact a litany of changes to the city’s policing and criminal justice systems advanced in the D.C. Council on Wednesday.

The District would become the nation’s largest city to offer free transit under a new D.C. Council proposal

The D.C. Council wants to make WMATA bus service fare-free in the District next year. If approved, D.C. would become one of the largest and most prominent cities in the country to make the bus free at the fare box.

DC is poised to offer fare-free Metrobus service as soon as July if the DC Council approves proposed legislation next week.

On Wednesday, members of a D.C. Council committee tasked with overseeing the city’s housing authority questioned the agency’s plans to lean on turnaround consultants to fix issues identified by federal housing officials.