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Seven years ago, a prominent developer announced ambitious plans to build condominiums at a well-known Northwest Washington crossroads, a proposal that triggered fierce opposition, multiple rounds of still-pending litigation and cranky…

A hacking group claims to have breached D.C.’s Board of Elections records, accessing 600,000 lines of U.S. voter data, according to the DCBOE.

Red tape results in four-month average wait for approval despite ongoing reforms, costing some residents apartments

The D.C. Board of Elections announced Friday that in a data breach, hackers were able to access thousands of D.C. residents’ voter records.

Truist Bank has donated the former SunTrust Bank branch and adjacent plaza at the corner of Columbia Road and 18th Street NW in Adams Morgan to nonprofit Jubilee Housing, clearing the way for development of affordable housing on the…

District and federal agencies are investigating after a hacking group claimed to have accessed 600,000 lines of U.S. voting data maintained by the D.C. Board of Elections, including records from city voters, the agency said in a statement…

D.C.’s Department of Forensic Science, which has been without accreditation since 2021, may finally regain it as early as January 2024, according to Ward 1 Councilmember Brianne Nadeau.

The union effort at Compliments Only is over after the Dupont Circle sandwich shop’s owners refused to recognize their workers’ union and lead organizers resigned, two former employees say.

Serious collisions occurred this week in Washington, and Rep. Henry Cuellar (D-Tex.) came out the worse for wear. But so did the House of Representatives and neighborhoods in this capital city.

Heather McGaffin, the head of D.C.’s often scrutinized 911 call center, defended her agency’s performance Thursday amid heavy criticism from both the public and lawmakers.

A DC Council committee yesterday heard renewed criticism of the District's 911 call center from an array of public witnesses, but the director of the Office of Unified Communications defended its overall performance and said recent hiring…

White is backing new hiring incentives for DFS. But without accreditation, the lab still can’t test much of the evidence it collects at crime scenes.

The Council is considering legislation that would prohibit questions about a housing voucher applicant’s citizenship or criminal record.

Ahead of today's public hearing on the operations of the District's 911 call center and legislation to improve transparency and response times, Ward 6 Councilmember Charles Allen announced legislation aimed at addressing an ongoing…

The director of the District’s beleaguered 911 call center, before a D.C. Council committee on Thursday, denied any missteps by her agency in a response to an August flash flood that killed 10 dogs at pet day care facility, saying “there…

On a dreary morning in mid-September, Kenilworth Courts resident Sheila Herring walked us through the complex, taking a brief reprieve from her own apartment. It’s being treated for a mouse infestation so severe that the critters have…

At-large councilmember Robert White introduced a public safety bill Wednesday aimed at uniting the city’s multi-agency response as homicides reach their highest rates since the 1990s.

Low-income families who rely on food assistance and workers who were excluded from pandemic aid, such as undocumented immigrants, are expected to receive millions in boosted benefits and cash, respectively, after the District ended up in…

Amid a flurry of questions about carjackings and other violent crime, Mayor Muriel Bowser told reporters today that her administration is working on a new legislative package to include changes intended to improve the ability to recruit…

Rep. Henry Cuellar (D) was attacked Monday in front of his Navy Yard apartment building, police said, which houses other lawmakers, both Democrats and Republicans