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D.C.’s schools chancellor on Tuesday proposed renaming Woodrow Wilson High in Northwest Washington after August Wilson, the celebrated playwright known for his revelatory art about the African-American experience in the 20th century.

Washington Sports Club’s parent company will pay D.C. $100,000 as part of a settlement over allegations that it did not adhere to the city’s COVID-19 emergency protocols and put customers at risk.

D.C. officials have selected a team of developers to remake a pair of shuttered schools near Truxton Circle into a mix of apartments and for-sale townhomes, including some managed by a community land trust to build opportunities for…

The Biden administration issued a policy position Tuesday in support of D.C. statehood, forcefully backing legislation to make the District the 51st state ahead of a House vote scheduled for Thursday.

As the D.C. Council prepares to debate and propose amendments to the city’s Comprehensive Plan, a new analysis from the Council’s Office of Racial Equity has issued a withering assessment of the plan’s impact on racial equity.

The White House said Tuesday that it “strongly supports” a bill heading to a House vote later this week that would make D.C. the 51st state, saying that passing the bill into law would “make our Union stronger and more just.”

More than a year after the coronavirus pandemic brought in-person instruction to a grinding halt, colleges and universities across the region are hoping the increasing availability of COVID-19 vaccines could signal a return to some…

The Biden administration has officially backed statehood for D.C.

Upon learning to read while enslaved, Frederick Douglass began his great journey of emancipation, as such journeys always begin, in the mind. Defying unjust laws, he read in secret, empowered by the wisdom of contemporaries and classics…

Others might not receive their benefits, even after system updates related to federal legislation were completed. Why? It’s complicated.

Chelsea Allinger’s relationship with Greater Greater Washington goes back to not long after she moved to DC at the end of the early 2000s: On a coworker’s recommendation, she became a regular reader of what was then an urbanism blog.

"To write poetry is to love. Love does not mean shying away from gun violence, insurrections, and tragedy."

The NoMa pipeline continues to grow on its more-triangular parcels.

A marijuana advocacy group is giving away free joints outside coronavirus vaccination sites in the District on Tuesday.

In a move that echoes the city’s response to Black Lives Matter protests last year, the D.C. National Guard will be on hand for any possible demonstrations in the city in the coming weeks.

The chief federal watchdog for the Secret Service blocked investigations proposed by career staff last year to scrutinize the agency’s handling of the George Floyd protests in Lafayette Square and the spread of the coronavirus in its…

Union Kitchen is forging ahead with plans to open a new location at Eckington Yards, more than two years after the District-based business signed on to open a culinary business incubator and grocery store in the mixed-use project from JBG…

The public health crisis has accelerated the vacancy rate in the central business district, forcing city leaders to consider drastic alternatives to fill unused office space

The D.C. Council will debate on Tuesday which of Washington’s neighborhoods could host taller apartment buildings and more dense development, taking steps toward amending the powerful planning document that will shape the city for years to…

Get ready for putting, boozing and entertainment in the heart of Dupont Circle.