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Privately funded program is meant to train those who mediate conflicts on the streets of D.C.

Bailey Reavis, of Adams Morgan, long assumed she would never pay off her student debt. She’d enrolled in the University of Colorado Boulder as an in-state student to minimize her debt. Since graduating eight years ago, Reavis has been…

Seven years ago, the District of Columbia made an ambitious commitment: It would aim to eliminate traffic deaths in the city by 2024. Christened Vision Zero, the program prompted other cities and jurisdictions in the region to follow,…

The results of Tuesday's primary election in New York City ensure a change in the top Democrat on the House committee that has oversight of the District. Meanwhile, the outcome of November's election will determine what their role is,…

President Biden yesterday announced the cancellation of up to $10,000 in federal student loans and $20,000 for Pell Grant recipients, offering some relief to borrowers in our area.

The U.S. Court of Appeals rejected each of the union’s arguments against a law aimed at improving police accountability.

D.C. schools Chancellor Lewis Ferebee spent the morning with first-graders and parents at C.W. Harris Elementary School on Wednesday, where he announced a new initiative to improve literacy.

About 40 migrant children could enroll in D.C. public schools, the city schools chief said Wednesday after an announcement from the mayor that school-aged children who arrive on buses from the southern border can attend classes in the…

Because of a lack of support, the children won’t be starting school on time, and some will struggle to attend at all, advocates say

Federal appellate judges rejected the D.C. police union’s challenge of a law that gives the Metropolitan Police Department more power over police disciplinary processes. The law, originally passed in 2020, strips police discipline from…

A national restaurant trade group and owners of some local restaurant chains are waging a high-stakes and last-ditch legal battle to prevent D.C. residents from voting on whether the city should do away with the tipped wage.

Some D.C. public school students may return next week to buildings that lack working heating and cooling systems. Additionally, some students may be unable to return at all to classes due to missing key vaccination requirements.

Maryland and Virginia leaders have opposing views when it comes to where the FBI should build its new headquarters.

Nigel hasn’t been up for his late-morning walks recently. The golden-brown basset hound typically likes routine as much as the next pup: walks around meal times and as much play as he can beg for in between. But on a recent D.C. evening,…

An all-clear was given a little more than two hours after the evacuation order

Private equity billionaire David Rubenstein is part of a bid from Monumental Sports & Entertainment Managing Partner Ted Leonsis to potentially buy the Washington Nationals from the Lerner family, according to a person with knowledge…

D.C. Police Chief Robert Contee can still skip going through the police union to discipline officers, thanks to a recent court ruling.

Ted Leonsis, the owner of Washington’s NBA, NHL and WNBA franchises, has emerged as a suitor for the Washington Nationals, multiple people familiar with the process said Tuesday.

The District government is working to make an accessory apartment (or accessory dwelling unit or ADU) a bit easier to build. The legalization of accessory apartments as part of the 2016 zoning regulations update was a landmark change, but…

Former teachers and staff of Whittle School & Studios, who were terminated abruptly in early July when the private school campus in D.C. was shuttered, on Monday received a portion of one missing paycheck.