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Metro would subsidize an Uber, Lyft or other on-demand trip for late-night workers under a plan the agency is proposing to the ride-hail services.

WASHINGTON — After Metro lost about $6 million in fare and other revenues during the recent partial shutdown of the federal government, the agency is working on plans to help riders continue to use the system if there is another shutdown…

Advocates and parents resign themselves to hoping for the best.

Happy Wednesday. Lewis Ferebee testified for five hours until 11:40 p.m. last night at the last of the DC Council's three hearings on whether to confirm him as DC Public Schools chancellor.

The title of a public forum held in Woodrow Wilson High School’s auditorium on Tuesday night seemed to offer a concise statement of purpose: “Time to Consider Changing the Name of Wilson High School.”

While a conversation about the DC area's most popular neighborhoods for homebuyers may conjure images of Logan Circle and Capitol Hill, a new analysis suggests otherwise.

The transit agency also said it decided not to use Google’s free services because of proprietary concerns and the belief that Metro could do it better.

THE DISTRICT has threatened to wield its rarely used jurisdictional veto on the Metro board to force the rail agency to restore late-night service. Let’s hope the hard-line stance is merely a bargaining tool in the ongoing discussion about…

D.C. Council members gave Lewis D. Ferebee on Tuesday a window into the political minefield that could await him if he is confirmed as the next chancellor of the District’s public school system.

WASHINGTON — America’s 28th president led the nation to victory in World War I. He appears on many historians’ lists of the country’s best presidents, but a conversation is underway about taking that name off one of Washington’s most…

What if you need to call 911 but don't know exactly where you are?

For over 40 years, as the founder of the Studio Acting Conservatory, it has been my great privilege and honor — along with a 20-member faculty made up of committed professionals — to train and nurture the talent of over 10,000 actors and…

WASHINGTON — The data collected by your cellphone is proving to be a rich resource for 911 call centers trying to pinpoint the location of people calling for help from mobile devices.

Hilton is finally getting ready to reopen the long-shuttered L’Enfant Plaza Hotel in Southwest D.C.

On the train to and from work, Mary Wright will often read a copy of the Washington Blade that she picks up from one of its street boxes. But when she started reading the local LGBT newspaper on Sunday evening, something unexpected fell…

WASHINGTON — Walking some of D.C.’s most dangerous streets, a yellow T-shirt-clad team of ex-convicts and former gang members are being paid to root out and mediate problems in neighborhoods before they escalate.

The next phase of Southeast D.C.'s major redevelopment of the St. Elizabeths East campus is coming into focus.

For years, D.C. officials and members of the public have struggled with transparency issues within the ballooning charter school system.

We have witnessed technology transform our cities and government services through new methods of transportation, networks of connected devices and accessible digital services. These efforts have made our communities healthier and more…

Since launching in 2010, the Capital Bikeshare program has increased its offerings to hundreds of bikeshare stations across the city and region. But whiter, high-income neighborhoods generally have more stations than others, and the docks…