D.C. voters have good reason to concentrate their minds on November. Not only will they elect a mayor, a D.C. Council chair, two at-large and four ward council members in the Nov. 8 general election, but the congressional midterms are also!-->…
Gun violence in this country is constant and devastating. In addition to the high-profile national tragedies, we have seen a troubling increase in instances of local, often unreported, community violence many people live with every day.
A year ago, the DC Council touted funding for 2,400 new housing vouchers — enough to dramatically reduce the number of people experiencing chronic homelessness in DC. Now, with little more than two months left in the fiscal year, DC has!-->…
The District, snared in the heat wave that began this week for more than 100 million people nationwide, is bracing for temperatures that could hit triple digits for the first time since 2016.
NEW YORK (AP) — The Democratic mayors of New York and Washington are asking the Biden administration to help with what they say is a surge in their cities of asylum-seeking migrants from border states, eliciting gleeful reactions from!-->…
Developers are forging ahead with a tweaked plan for the historic Bond Bread Factory and Washington Railway & Electric Co. buildings near Howard University after Covid-19 induced delays.
This weekend, as temperatures are expected to reach 100 degrees or higher with the heat index, the District is extending hours at 11 outdoor pools across all eight wards. Mayor Muriel Bowser declared a heat emergency through Monday.
Dennis Sobin first ran for D.C. mayor 40 years ago. Since then, he’s made millions in the sex trade, lost those millions, moved to Florida, spent years in prison, gotten out, launched a nonprofit, written plays for the Kennedy Center’s!-->…
The House of Representatives passed the fiscal year 2023 DC appropriations bill yesterday without the longtime riders that have limited the District's ability to spend local funds on abortion and on regulating recreational marijuana.