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States along the East Coast are bracing for Hurricane Florence, which has strengthened to a Category 4 storm. Virginia and Maryland have declared states of emergency to free up resources ahead of the potential impact of the storm. As…

One reason bus trips take as long as they do, according to Metro, is that boarding—people swiping their fare cards or paying in cash—can account for “up to 25 percent” of the travel time along a route. That’s in part why Metro has been …

Metro’s rising pension costs threaten its future operating position, potentially hampering its ability to provide service if the agency fails to rein in unfunded retirement and health-care liabilities, according to a report from the…

There's a hydromaniac (possibly more than one?) on the loose in two D.C. quadrants. In Northeast over the last several days, someone has been going around and illegally opening up fire hydrants, according to DC Water. Mark Segraves at NBC4…

If you plan to attend next Monday's hearing on the bill repealing Initiative 77, bring snacks that do not require refrigeration. As of this morning, 140 people are signed up to testify. Council Chairman Phil Mendelson's office expects the…

Last year, UrbanTurf reported on the concept of the "Missing Middle", a class of housing types which bridge the gap between single-family houses and mid-rise multi-family buildings. As explained at an Urban Land Institute panel, "Missing…

When Studio Theatre opened in 1978, D.C.’s theater scene was just germinating: There was Arena Stage and the Lincoln Theatre, but many of today’s standouts hadn’t yet been born. Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company, for example, opened two years…

A lot of locals will tell you we deserve to win. But should we want to? We asked a bunch of smart people and got some surprising answers (ranked here from most to least enthusiastic).

The District ended 2017 with $434.1 million of reserves in its Unemployment Insurance Trust Fund. This is the highest level of reserves the city ever accumulated; and it is equivalent to 3.8 times the benefits paid out in the same year. …

At around​​ 8 years old, I had written some doggerel for a school assignment that passed as poetry: “the teacher is gone/the children hum/now we can all chew chewing gum.” (Who remembers things like that?) But one of my teachers liked it…

The mini-drama over fraudulent nominating petitions playing out before D.C.’s Board of Elections proves the new normal in District politics: Business elites and political machines no longer call the shots. On Monday, the elections board is…

Tennis star Serena Williams’s controversial loss in the U.S. Open after a chair umpire docked her for an outburst, prompted a wave of conversations about double standards applied to women and African Americans. And oddly, it also prompted…

Days after D.C. Mayor Muriel E. Bowser (D) presented her baby to the world on the “Today” show, she publicly introduced the District’s first daughter to the city at a baptismal reception on Sunday. Miranda Elizabeth Bowser was baptized at…

WASHINGTON — Though I’ve been lucky to have been insulated from gun violence most of my life, it was at the core of the identity of my hometown, Washington, D.C. According to a study by the Pew Research Center, Washington recorded more…

WASHINGTON — A highly-visible deacon at St. Matthew’s Cathedral is adding to the calls on the Archbishop of Washington to resign over the handling of sex abuse allegations. In a letter sent Saturday by James Garcia to Cardinal Donald Wuerl,…

After years of hand-wringing over the source of its plummeting ridership — teleworking, a shrinking federal workforce, lower gas prices, ride hailing, bike sharing — a consultant concluded what has been obvious to the hordes of riders who…

Call it the wage increase that wasn’t. In June, 10 percent of registered D.C. voters supported Initiative 77, a ballot measure to raise the base wage for tipped employees by 200 percent. Proponents of the measure portrayed this low-turnout…

This fall, the D.C. Council is expected to join other local jurisdictions in considering regulations for short-term, Airbnb-style rentals in which homes and apartments function as hotels. Council members should learn from the…

Next week, the Council will reconvene until this legislative period concludes in December. Over the coming months, my colleagues and I will work feverishly on a wide range of legislative topics. One piece of legislation that I will focus on…

For thousands of D.C. children, the week after Labor Day means the thrill of a new soccer season and hours spent preparing for opening weekend games. But this year, as last year, there has been a jarring surprise: shuttered fields and…