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The Bowser administration is inviting applications for $1.1 million in grant funds to support public safety initiatives in three commercial corridors.

A new D.C. Council bill would transfer some 911 dispatching responsibilities away from the troubled Office of Unified Communications and back to the D.C. fire department. The bill, which Ward 1 Councilmember Brianne Nadeau unveiled…

Hanlon believes Pinto improperly mixed Council and campaign business, filing complaints just as her reelection bid heats up.

The Washington Post is warning of impending layoffs if more employees don't sign up for voluntary buyouts, per multiple reports.

Mayor Muriel Bowser is visiting Dubai in the United Arab Emirates this week as part of a delegation from the U.S. Conference of Mayors for the 2023 United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP28).

The Washington Teachers’ Union (WTU) says timely negotiations on a new contract are needed to address issues of teacher retention and other after-effects of the COVID-19 pandemic.

After losing their children to gun violence, these moms turned their ‘pain into purpose,’ performing in a play to empower and uplift other grieving women.

A D.C. Council proposal would establish pedestrian corridors starting in 2026, closing roads to cars for at least some hours each week

WASHINGTON (AP) — Though it’s no longer the homicide capital of the United States, the nation’s capital is witnessing a multiyear spike in the number of homicides but solving far fewer of them.

The District has doubled its number of traffic cameras this fall, and officials say plans include adding another 140 devices before the end of March as part of a large-scale modernization and expansion of the city’s automated traffic…

Weak code enforcement and high housing costs can strand families in the city’s rapid rehousing program in terrible living conditions

Water is flowing in the century-old Dupont Circle Fountain once again following the completion of a major rehabilitation project, the National Park Service shared in a post on X on Tuesday.

Free COVID-19 rapid tests are back and available for pick-up at D.C. Public Libraries again, just in time for Thanksgiving.

Weak government oversight allows property owners to evade rent control and unlawfully raise rents on working-class Washingtonians.

The high school students wrote books about climate change, extreme weather and grief

The DC Council voted unanimously yesterday to keep open an independent office that helps monitor conditions in facilities operated by the Department of Youth Rehabilitation Services.

Ward 2 community members and advocates for the unhoused say they’re disturbed by the sudden announcement this month that the D.C. government will delay the opening of a homeless shelter in the West End by six months.

One observer called the situation with the city’s Science Advisory Board a “shitshow” as the Bowser administration works to stamp out oversight and transparency of another critical public safety agency.

The Office of Police Complaints identified a pattern of White officers pulling Black people’s hair during minor stops, when the person was compliant, and when the officer was in no imminent danger.

The DC Council voted unanimously this afternoon to authorize Mayor Muriel Bowser to extend public emergencies on the opioid crisis and youth violence through Feb. 15.