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Migrants are continuing to arrive in D.C., a humanitarian crisis that's also playing out in other big cities and putting pressure on President Biden to do more.

A shortage of D.C. school nurses has become so critical that about half of public and charter schools will not have a nurse on campus full-time this year.

Ward 1 D.C. Councilmember Brianne Nadeau is re-upping a years-long effort to ban solitary confinement at the D.C. Jail and other facilities operated by the city’s Department of Corrections.

The debate over a new homeless shelter in Causey’s West End neighborhood has brought simmering tensions to a boil, as acquaintances describe years of troubling behavior.

Nearly 100 neighborhood representatives in D.C. signed a letter sent to city leaders Tuesday decrying the operations at the city’s 911 center and calling for more transparency.

Former schools chancellor Kaya Henderson talks about how to engage children in their own education

A citywide coalition of 97 advisory neighborhood commissioners is calling on Mayor Muriel Bowser and the DC Council to resolve "grave concerns" about the performance and dependability of the city's 911 call center operated by the Office of…

Amid forecasts of a record-setting heatwave this week, the DC Department of Parks and Recreation announced plans to keep two outdoor pools and 18 spray parks open past Labor Day.

After years of studying and discussing the idea of launching a curbside composting program, D.C. officials finally began rolling out a pilot program this month. Roughly 9,000 households will be participating — they’ll get food scraps…

After what felt like a blissful early autumn week, D.C. is under another hot weather emergency through Thursday. Temperatures nearing 100 degrees Fahrenheit are expected to sweep the region throughout most of the week, according to the…

It’s been about 17 months since Republican governors from Texas and Arizona started sending thousands of migrants to the District and other cities in protest of President Biden’s border policies, but questions and concerns remain about the…

To avoid shutting down an unprofitable store in Southeast Washington, Giant Food will check receipts and remove products

The complaint also alleges the District Department of Transportation abandoned the facility at Union Station and broke provisions in its lease

D.C. Mayor Muriel E. Bowser’s partial youth curfew went into effect Friday in areas of the city where police have found patterns of criminal activity by juveniles in the overnight hours. The U Street entertainment corridor in Northwest…

Gaps in performance between White students and children of color have grown larger since 2022

Federal infrastructure funding will be used to modernize D.C.’s Ivy City maintenance yard and five other sites across the nation ahead of delivery of new passenger trains

Mayor says she is considering restricting use of building where 10 dogs died, according to one dog owner

Kamari Felton has spent most of his life packing his bags.

Nicole Freeman Smith was working at St. Mary’s Court, a housing development in Northwest D.C. with about 100 affordable homes for seniors, when she gained access to the bank accounts of an elderly resident of the property — a woman in her…

Nicole Freeman Smith was working at St. Mary’s Court, a housing development in Northwest D.C. with about 100 affordable homes for seniors, when she gained access to the bank accounts of an elderly resident of the property — a woman in her…