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For the past five years, Right Care, Right Now program redirects non-emergency calls to nurses who diagnose patients over the phone

The red neon sign was in place over the entrance and the shelves were neatly stocked with wines, whiskeys and vodkas. Sorab Dilawri was ready to launch his new liquor store on that corridor of D.C. cool known as H Street NE.

New signs designate Marion Barry Avenue through Southeast DC on the corridor previously known as Good Hope Road, and a community celebration in historic Anacostia on Saturday marked the occasion with go-go music and tributes to the former…

Officials hope to introduce instruction during the 2024-2025 school year

A jubilant crowd — many of them Ward 8 residents and some of Marion Barry’s greatest admirers — gathered at a usually busy intersection in the community he loved, to witness the District’s latest honor for its former mayor.

The blue tarp covering the new street sign finally fell and the crowd erupted.

The DC Council is slated to vote Tuesday on legislation authorizing Mayor Muriel Bowser to extend the public emergencies she declared this week on the opioid crisis and youth violence.

The six-month delay comes as neighbors who oppose the project have filed a second lawsuit to block it, raising zoning concerns.

A novel study on housing insecurity in the District estimates that more than 82,000 residents – 12% of the city’s population – do not have stable housing. The overwhelming majority of those are Black and Hispanic households.

A new research report from the Urban Institute says that just over 1 in 10 residents of DC are experiencing housing insecurity, a term that encompasses factors such as a lack of affordability, inadequate accommodations, and frequent or…

D.C. activist and go-go music advocate Ronald Moten finally broke ground Wednesday on the long-awaited Go-Go Museum and Café coming to Anacostia in a ceremony attended by D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser, a number of councilmembers, Del. Eleanor…

Ward 4 Councilmember Janeese Lewis George introduced a bill Wednesday that seeks to prevent property owners with histories of housing code violations from renting out new buildings to tenants, in an effort to combat the conditions issues…

D.C. Council member Anita Bonds (D-At Large) held a long-awaited hearing examining the District’s sexual harassment policy Tuesday, weeks after Mayor Muriel E. Bowser (D) rolled out a new anti-sexual-harassment order and months after…

Mayor Muriel Bowser this morning kicked off the $64 million reconfiguration of Ward 5's long-shuttered Spingarn High School to serve as the DC Infrastructure Academy's new training center.

The latest National Climate Assessment shows the D.C. region is especially at risk of extreme weather, flooding, and sea level rise as the earth warms. The congressionally mandated assessment, released today, also shows uneven progress in…

Incidents of injury and assault at D.C.’s youth detention facility have reached their highest reported level in nearly two years, according to data provided by an independent monitor.

The Aston has drawn opposition from wealthy neighbors and property owners since the city proposed the project earlier this year.

D.C.’s juvenile justice system seems to be melting down. But Mayor Muriel Bowser seems to prefer a “see no evil, hear no evil” approach to the mounting crisis within the Department of Youth Rehabilitation Services.

Metro’s first two 60-ft. electric buses began carrying passengers today — a milestone in the transit agency’s plans to fully electrify its fleet and phase out fossil-fuel-powered buses.

Mayor Muriel E. Bowser on Monday declared a public emergency over the opioid crisis, answering critics who say substance abuse should command more attention from the District government as overdose deaths rise.