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Deon Jones said he has faced threats of violence and false accusations of inappropriate sexual behavior with inmates at the D.C. jail. On multiple occasions, and with senior D.C. Department of Corrections officials looking on, Jones said…

The District must pay more than $251,000 in damages to Fort Myer Construction Corp., one of the city’s most successful and politically connected contractors, following a court ruling on a contract dispute that’s played out over the course…

The new chair of the D.C. board that oversees public housing failed to pay more than $15,000 in income taxes over a multiyear span, a delinquency that resulted in the government placing a lien on any current or future property she owns,…

The DC Council's Twitter account has joked about the "joint" hearing going on today, but it's serious business on several counts: Council members are discussing legislation to legalize and regulate the sale of marijuana for recreational…

For 42 years, the Capital Area Food Bank has served food-insecure families in the D.C. region — and doing so during the holiday season in a pandemic is no small feat.

The D.C. Council is hold its first-ever public hearing on a bill to legalize marijuana sales on Friday, kickstarting a process that many city officials, lawmakers, and advocates have been awaiting for years. (There’s more than 100 people…

The D.C. Council is holding a public hearing on two marijuana-related bills Friday morning.

I’m not sure how else to describe it. I’m just sort of Muriel’ed out.

Employee alleges years of verbal harassment, slurs, intimidation

Each morning before heading to a public charter school in southeast Washington, one teacher must decide if she’s going to pay for an Uber, which can be up to $40 during surges, or wait for a Metrorail train.

Dockless scooters and bikes are sticking around in D.C. into next summer, after the District Department of Transportation said the operators of the rentable vehicles were eligible for extensions of their current permits.

The former commanding general of the D.C. National Guard is demanding the retraction of an inspector general report that says Army leaders had to tell him twice to send troops to the U.S. Capitol during the Jan. 6 insurrection, saying…

D.C. is extending its walk-up vaccine clinics for children 5 to 11 years old who still need to receive their first dose, while also releasing a schedule for those seeking their second shot.

Sam the Barista is not pleased that his mayor gave him a new task at work, one that’s a lot harder than getting the foam just right on a cardamom latte.

With a group of Ballou High School students watching, the District’s mayor and police chief on Thursday relaunched a high school cadet program, with hopes of attracting a new generation of homegrown law enforcement officers.

Donohoe Cos. has its next D.C. development teed up: the overhaul of a Friendship Heights building it built 60 years ago.

Dozens of supporters of ranked-choice voting told the D.C. Council on Thursday that the novel system of electing officials — which was recently used for the Democratic primary in New York City — would help diversify the halls of power,…

Two weeks after the DC Council Sub-Committee on Redistricting released three hypothetical maps showing how DC's ward boundaries could be redrawn to compensate for recent population changes, the final map is up for approval.

Leaders are debating whether to adopt an electoral system in the District that has become increasingly popular in other cities: ranked-choice voting.

Two D.C. restaurants — Moon Rabbit at the Wharf and Oyster Oyster in Shaw — have been named to Esquire’s list of best new restaurants of in America this year, continuing a multi-year trend of local eateries rising to the top of prestigious…