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Two of DCHA Director Brenda Donald’s top deputies were put on leave last week following results of an internal audit that found procurement fraud.

D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser urged the Washington Teachers’ Union on Monday to accept “an outstanding (contract) offer that’s on the table” as the two sides work through arbitration.

Influenza and influenza-like illnesses are seeing an unusually early surge in the D.C. region and across the U.S., charting an unpredictable course for the rest of the winter as RSV cases overwhelm pediatric hospitals, and a potential…

Stephen Grivnow filed a union grievance with DC Public Schools in May 2019, alleging his principal at Dunbar High School in Truxton Circle fabricated his teacher evaluation. Grivnow, who taught math and special education at the high school…

The D.C. Board of Elections on Friday night denied a procedural appeal by D.C. Councilmember Elissa Silverman (I-At Large) of a ruling by the Office of Campaign Finance which found she misspent public campaign funds on polling ahead of a…

Metro is slowly attracting riders back, and its $2 weekend rail fares are playing a role in that recovery.

Mayor Muriel Bowser this morning announced 10 recipients of nearly $7 million in grants from the District's Food Access Fund, an effort to help businesses open or expand in wards 7 and 8.

At a ribbon-cutting ceremony in the Arboretum neighborhood, residents witnessed the grand opening of a new northeast D.C. community center that “has been a long time coming.”

David and Alicia Magby were loyal Tropical Smoothie customers for years before deciding to get into the business. Last week they opened their third franchise in Southeast with help from D.C.’s latest round of grants from the Food Access…

District leaders are conducting a review of transportation companies and asking schools to complete safety checklists before trips

D.C. voters will get to decide if the city will raise the minimum wage for tipped workers such as servers, bartenders and salon workers at the ballot box on Tuesday.

The last Open Streets event of the year is underway Saturday morning in Northwest D.C.

Decades ago, Hassan Abdus-Sabur left Howard University before he could get his degree. He now helps raise money for current HBCU students.

Women and Latinos deserve better than getting squeezed into the unsuitable locations proposed by the Smithsonian

The D.C. Board of Elections ruled Friday that city council member Elissa Silverman’s due-process rights were not violated when the Office of Campaign Finance determined that she misspent public campaign funds on polling for the Ward 3…

D.C. voters on Tuesday will determine the city’s mayor, several council seats and whether tipped workers should receive the full minimum wage. While Mayor Muriel E. Bowser (D) is likely to win a third term, other contests are more heated,…

The pandemic and the economy have partnered to deal American cities the most transformative blow since the 1960s when urban renewal policies tore through urban neighborhoods with freeway construction. Workers today are abandoning their…

Silverman had argued that an investigation into her Ward 3 polling violated her due process rights.

Nearly five years ago, the Republican-led legislature in Virginia joined forces with Democrats who dominated Maryland and D.C. to establish an earmarked annual subsidy of hundreds of millions of dollars for Metro, the capital’s transit…

Election Day likely won’t bring drastic change to the Washington this year, with Mayor Muriel E. Bowser (D) nearly assured of a third term leading the capital city. But voters will have a second chance to weigh in on whether businesses…