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At-large D.C. Council member Robert White learned last month that an eighth grade student was facing a dilemma at a Metro station because she lost her SmarTrip transit card issued through the city’s Kids Ride Free program.

On Monday, just hours after city workers packed up and left a Northeast Washington homeless encampment after scooping up a sleeping man still inside his tent, Deputy Mayor Wayne Turnage assessed the job the District did there as part of a…

As the D.C. courts gear up for a flood of eviction proceedings, many homeless and housing-insecure District residents continue to make last-ditch appeals to landlords, case workers and housing advocates to prevent their precarious…

The consideration of redrawing the ward boundaries in the District — redistricting — has started and some Ward 6 leaders are making it clear to the D.C. Council what they think the priorities should be during the three-month process.

The D.C. attorney general made the case for a bill that would keep 16- and 17-year-olds from being charged as adults at a hearing before the D.C. Council Thursday.

The October run of the award-winning Broadway hit Hadestown is uncertain in D.C., as negotiations between the Kennedy Center and the union representing its stagehands have stalled, the parties announced Thursday.

The Kennedy Center in D.C. may have to close its curtains again, not because of the pandemic, but because of a possible strike by its stagehands.

The American Cancer Society is partnering with the Howard University College of Medicine in D.C. and three other historically Black medical schools for the new Diversity in Cancer Research pilot program.

The upscale restaurant is decorated with citrus trees and an indoor water fountain.

In the months that Lee Simmons stayed at the men’s low-barrier shelter on New York Avenue, he says he worked with his case manager every day to try to get out. The provided meals were helpful, but most other aspects of life there —…

The new retail shop for Old World wines and specialty food is located inside Pizzeria Paradiso.

Downtown D.C.’s economy is showing some signs of a recovery, but office workers are still largely staying home — and that is spelling negative consequences for both property owners and the District’s coffers.

A new project aims to improve safety on 15th Street in D.C. by adding a two-way protected bike lane, the National Park Service said Thursday.

Three days after a 5-year-old girl was hit and killed last month by a van as she rode her bicycle into an intersection in Northeast Washington, a 90-year-old woman died from injuries she suffered in a car accident in Southeast. They were…

Arena Stage kicked off its 2021-2022 season last month after a long pandemic hiatus.

It’s a warm Saturday evening in September and guests are streaming into Library Tavern in Brightwood Park, ordering cocktails and making small talk. In the intimate basement lounge, a jazz trio sets up drums, a guitar, and a standing bass.…

Homelessness has a wide range of causes — from health issues like mental illness and drug addiction, to unemployment, reentry after incarceration, and domestic violence. But national advocates and groups convened to end homelessness all…

Ward 5 Councilmember Kenyan McDuffie will not seek re-election for his seat, his former campaign chairman tells Axios.

The District has begun enacting a pilot program intended to move residents of some of the more prominent homeless encampments in the city into housing. Good intentions aside, however, this week has been one of reckoning in terms of the…

The stagehands who work behind the scenes at the Kennedy Center authorized a strike Thursday morning, more than a year after their contract expired, saying that ongoing talks seem unlikely to result in a new deal. The two sides remain at…