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Back in the good old days (pre-2017), D.C. recycling brochures said it was just fine to put plastic bags in curbside recycling bins. The problem was, many of those bags weren’t really getting recycled, but were instead getting tangled up…

CareFirst and other insurers waged a behind-the-scenes battle over city procurement rules that burst into public view.

The DC Council voted yesterday to approve three new Medicaid contracts worth $8.8 billion over the next five years after a protracted, contentious procurement process that spawned a highly visible lobbying and social media campaign…

Few were satisfied with the overall process, but on Tuesday D.C. lawmakers approved large contracts for three companies to offer health insurance to hundreds of thousands of low-income residents. They also took a first step towards…

The D.C. Council has unanimously passed emergency legislation to reform the city's troubled Housing Authority.

Ward 4 Council member Janeese Lewis George and several other members of the D.C. Council are taking action to make sure maintenance issues are resolved before a repair order is closed.

The apartment is a time capsule. In the fridge, still plugged in and running, sits a mostly empty package of Oscar Mayer deli meat dated May 2019. The freezer holds a 16-pound turkey — best if used by June 29, 2019.

One D.C. police officer was fired after he was found guilty of exposing his genitals to women in a grocery store parking lot. Another was terminated after her guilty plea in a case involving child abuse. Yet another officer was fired after…

The coveted award includes a $7,500 check and the chance to compete for the National Teacher of the Year award

D.C. will receive $16.6 million in federal funding over five years to build out the city’s electric vehicle charging infrastructure.

D.C. officials are staring down a stark reality: Our criminal justice system is a mass incarceration mess. Seven in 10 imprisoned Washingtonians are serving sentences of a decade or longer. These lengthy punishments do little to help…

A popular Rock Creek Park trail near the National Zoo reopened this month, but there’s a catch: it closes earlier than before.

AG Karl Racine is making headlines over reports that his office is almost ready to act against the Washington Commanders and owner Daniel Snyder as the result of a long-running investigation into allegations of workplace misconduct and…

NEW YORK — The office of D.C. Attorney General Karl A. Racine (D) has nearly completed its investigation of the Washington Commanders and their owner, Daniel Snyder, and is planning to take further action in the case, according to a person…

Voting is a foundational right of citizenship. That’s why we oppose a bill, poised to pass the D.C. Council this week, that would allow an estimated 50,000 noncitizen residents to cast ballots in local elections.

A D.C. cannabis company has sued the city for damages and to demand the return of roughly $70,000 seized as evidence in police raids last year that yielded criminal charges, but no convictions.

D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser has named the District’s top teacher.

Victor Martinez is leaving after less than a year. Advocates say it’s part of a pattern of staff churn for the troubled agency.

Mayor Muriel Bowser visited Center City Public Charter School's Brightwood campus this morning to announce Jermar Rountree as recipient of the 2023 DC Teacher of the Year Award.

As D.C. lawmakers prepare to award some of the city’s most lucrative contracts — paying three insurance companies more than $2 billion to provide health care for about a third of all D.C. residents — council members are caught in a bitter…