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D.C. council members are considering a bill that would use surplus funds at the end of the fiscal year to provide each resident with $100 to use each month for Metro.

The National Park Service says it will remove Melvin Hazen’s name from a park and trail in Northwest D.C., a decision prompted by revelations that the former D.C. commissioner razed and displaced one of the only Black communities west of…

An area of Rock Creek Park is getting a new name.

Volunteers with a coalition of D.C. environmental and religious groups found almost 400 methane leaks throughout the city, including more than a dozen that were “potentially explosive,” according to a report released Wednesday.

The utility company has assessed fees of up to $20,000 for some customers before they can install rooftop solar panels. The D.C. Public Service Commission is looking into a cost-sharing requirement to reduce them.

In 2005, I was given a private tour of the Embassy of Ukraine in Georgetown. Today, my memory of that tour is filled with the sadness of hopes dashed.

As site work slowly persists at one of DC's most controversial major development sites, new Historic Preservation Review Board (HPRB) filings give hints of the phases to come.

A new I-295 interchange and accompanying trail in Ward 8 is now complete and open.

Metro officials face questions about delayed buses and trains, as well as the hold up on electrifying its fleet.

Metro General Manager Paul Wiedefeld says the transit agency is currently offering “very good service.” This is despite nearly two-thirds of its trains still unavailable, and with those that are running, leaving the ends of the Red Line…

The Department of Defense authorized D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser’s and the U.S. Capitol Police’s request to deploy National Guard troops in the city ahead of a potential trucker convoy to protest pandemic restrictions.

The toll has fallen disproportionately on the city’s two poorest wards, which recorded half of its road deaths in recent years

Amid uncertainty about what to expect from trucker convoys headed to the Washington area, the Pentagon has agreed to deploy National Guard troops to help with traffic control in DC in the coming days.

Parents still want more virtual options

If you’ve ever walked down the street in D.C. and thought you smelled natural gas, you’re not imagining things. A new study by a coalition of environmental and religious groups found 389 gas leaks in neighborhoods across the city — more…

Phil Thomas, a fourth generation Washingtonian and the chair of Ward 3 Democrats, is the seventh Democrat to seek the Ward 3 D.C. Council seat.

A Washington Metrorail Safety Commission audit found that Metro doesn’t have adequate emergency response protocol, putting passengers and responders at risk, The Washington Post reports.

The Department of Defense approved the deployment of about 700 unarmed D.C. National Guard troops ahead of potential trucker protests timed around next week's State of the Union address, AP reports.

City politicos are wondering about the mayoral campaign of Robert White, a rising star on the D.C. Council whose bid to defeat Muriel Bowser has yet to lift off.

Local and federal agencies are preparing for possible traffic disruptions in the D.C. region related to plans inspired by the self-styled “Freedom Convoy” that occupied downtown Ottawa for more than three weeks protesting vaccine mandates.…