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A partnership between the District’s public schools and a California-based nonprofit will allow students to shape their own curriculums

Three dozen D.C. officers were reinstated and awarded back pay years after being fired, including some deemed a “threat to safety,” according to a review by the District’s auditor.

The prevailing political wisdom in D.C. is that most of the contests for elected office are settled during the Democratic primary; more than 76% of the city’s voters are registered Democrats, after all.

The Metropolitan Police Department was forced to rehire more than three dozen officers it tried to fire between 2015 and 2021 — and those rehirings led to the District paying those officers $14 million in lost wages, according to a new…

The mayor’s pick to lead the Department of Buildings, one of two agencies to replace DCRA, kicked off a lengthy fight.

A woman who previously worked for a D.C. government program designed to support people returning from incarceration was arrested Tuesday and is facing charges of embezzlement and fraud, according to the U.S. Attorney for D.C.

Rhayda Barnes Thomas was indicted this week for stealing D.C. government funds. Another D.C. government agency hired her while the investigation crawled along.

The DC auditor's latest report delves into a disciplinary process at the Metropolitan Police Department that has resulted in the reinstatement of 36 officers who received $14 million in back pay in recent years.

A former D.C. government employee was arrested this week over allegations that she embezzled money from a city program designed to help formerly-incarcerated residents and others struggling with employment, the Justice Department said…

Geldart is charged with assault and battery after allegedly getting into a fight outside a Ballston gym. He’s currently on leave.

Chris Geldart, D.C.’s deputy mayor for public safety and justice, is under investigation for allegedly assaulting a man in an Arlington, Virginia, parking lot on Saturday.

Chris Geldart, D.C.’s Deputy Mayor for Public Safety and Justice, is on leave from his job as the city looks into an incident in which he allegedly assaulted someone in Arlington on Saturday afternoon.

The U.S. Interior Department announced a new policy this week that will require all law enforcement agencies within the department — including the U.S. Park Police — to wear body cameras.

Election Day is just over a month away, and the talk of the town for D.C. political insiders revolves around Kenyan McDuffie's uncertain future.

Newly released student immunization rates are bringing calls for a broader effort to boost vaccination rates as a key deadline looms.

The D.C. Council on Tuesday voted 12-1 to pass a bill that prohibits drivers from making a right turn on red at most intersections.

The D.C. Council on Tuesday took the first of two votes to allow the District’s noncitizen residents to cast ballots in local elections, coming close to concluding an almost decade-long effort by activists and council members to…

The D.C. Council on Tuesday gave initial approval to a pair of bills that will reshape the city’s election system, largely by expanding how people vote and who can vote.

The change follows a steep drop in fare evasion tickets and arrests in recent years, with 15,000 in 2017 falling to fewer than 300 last year

For a dozen years, internal and external audits of the Washington subway’s communications systems — the basic tools that enable transit workers to talk with each other and the public — have spotlighted troubles that could endanger…