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Bowser’s chief of staff pushed for a land giveaway to the city and a company owned by DCHA Director Brenda Donald’s brother received housing subsidy funds.

One of four grocery stores east of the Anacostia River, Good Food Markets, stopped selling produce and other groceries last Tuesday, leaving thousands of residents living in an area considered a food desert with one less option than…

The dispute has dragged on for more than three years, but arbitration could deliver some resolution.

Remaking the North Capitol Street corridor into an urban boulevard is among the various projects being recommended for funding by a mayoral task force in a report released today.

D.C. has released a draft version of its plan to move the District closer to racial equality.

Off-shift resident physicians and fellows from Children’s National Hospital demonstrated last night, saying they’re overworked, underpaid, and stretched thin amidst staff shortages. Despite the pouring rain, almost 40 physicians gathered…

Hypothermia season has just begun, meaning that D.C. is now legally required to make shelter available and that its annual winter shelter plan is now in effect.

Children’s book by Caroline Brewer spotlights a fictional girl protesting violence by police and others

Towanda Chew has gone to extraordinary lengths to prioritize her children’s education. Like many parents navigating homelessness, keeping this promise remains a harrowing challenge. It requires that she first keep them safe and sheltered. …

Hannah Kilcoyne, a first-year resident at Children’s National Hospital, started a recent 14-hour overnight shift with a tall order: spend as much time as possible with newly admitted patients, write treatment plans for each, tend to an…

The DC Council voted unanimously yesterday to approve a revised criminal code in the works for more than a decade, after voting down an effort to raise the proposed penalties for two offenses related to gun possession.

The D.C. Council unanimously approved a major overhaul of the city’s criminal code Tuesday, despite objections from Mayor Muriel E. Bowser (D) and law enforcement leaders over certain aspects of the legislation.

Bonds previously claimed there was no way to advance the bill out of her committee, until Cheh started raising a stink.

D.C.’s ambitious $92 million 11th Street Bridge Park has been in the works for a decade, and is finally slated to begin construction next year. But a last-minute permitting problem nearly upended the project: D.C. environmental regulators…

The D.C. Council on Tuesday unanimously approved a sweeping overhaul of the city’s century-old criminal code, a monumental 16-year effort that updates the definitions of criminal offenses, creates new grades of sentences based on the…

The D.C. Housing Authority is allegedly responsible for spending nearly $1 million in illegally sole-sourced contracts awarded to a software company, attempts to skirt oversight, and other concerning actions, according to an internal…

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One audit says DCHA was overcharged by $2.1 million. Another accuses Director Brenda Donald of contracting malfeasance.

The District of Columbia Housing Authority Executive Director Brenda Donald appeared to threaten retaliation against her agency’s own internal auditor last week in potential violation of the Whistleblower Protection Act of 1989, following…

Later today the D.C. Council is set to cast a final vote on a monumental piece of legislation, a 450-page bill that would completely overhaul the city’s criminal laws. The full rewrite has been more than a decade in the making, spurred by…