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In the digital age, checking your local air quality seems pretty straightforward: a quick internet search, or a glance at the weather app on your phone. But there are big gaps in this air quality data — it’s a bit like when the weather app…

Transit officials said riders who qualify for the federal Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program can sign up for the fare discount

Low-income residents who are enrolled in SNAP benefits will qualify for a new Metro half-off fare discount. The program, called Metro Lift, starts June 20.

Near the start of her second term, Mayor Muriel Bowser directed her team to identify opportunities to relocate DC agencies east of the Anacostia River as an economic development tool. Now, four years later, she marked the opening today of…

The D.C. attorney general’s office has offered to settle out of court with a fraternal police lodge after the city’s liquor board concluded it illegally sold and shipped hundreds of bottles of whiskey without proper permits, according to a…

The FAA’s analysis comes as a coalition of business groups is pushing for more long-distance service at the airport outside Washington

D.C.'s election laws will be next to enter the crosshairs in the GOP’s oversight of the District in Congress, with a hearing next week set to delve into D.C. “election integrity.”

D.C. Mayor Muriel E. Bowser’s (D) administration this week opened a new respite center for U.S. asylum seekers arriving on buses from Texas and Arizona, adding a second clearinghouse in the region for those individuals amid expectations…

Mayor Muriel Bowser on Friday announced that the city has picked a team to redevelop the Franklin D. Reeves Center, the large government building standing at the iconic intersection of 14th and U Streets NW.

Chris Magnus is the city’s new Deputy Auditor for Public Safety. He’s the first to occupy the job, which was recommended by the city’s police reform commission in 2021 and ultimately created by police reform legislation the D.C. Council…

A pair of House committees have scheduled a hearing for next Wednesday on elections in D.C., which could build towards legislation that would require photo ID for voting, eliminate same-day voter registration, and largely do away with the…

Mayor Muriel Bowser's administration today announced its long-awaited pick to redevelop the Reeves Center site at 14th and U streets NW, with the project slated to include a hotel, a new NAACP headquarters, municipal office space, and…

A group of D.C. firefighters who want to retire sued the District on Thursday, alleging officials reneged on promises to let them transfer to a more generous pension plan after the city’s fire and ambulance services merged more than 15…

The National Park Service plans to rehabilitate and heighten nearly 7,000 feet of sea wall that lines the Tidal Basin and West Potomac Park in an effort to deal with daily flooding.

Five current and former Black firefighters were promised pension funds. Decades later they’re ready to retire, but where’s the money?

When D.C.’s Tidal Basin was built more than 100 years ago, the walkways around it were 6 feet above the Potomac River at low tide. Since then, a combination of rising sea level and sinking land has brought the water much closer — in fact…

Applications open Thursday for the new sabbatical program and a separate initiative to help veteran agency leaders plan their future in D.C. government

Eight months after the federal Department of Housing and Urban Development issued a scathing audit of D.C.’s public housing authority, the parent agency has closed out just 42 of 103 findings it mandated the DC Housing Authority address.

United Airlines and groups supporting Dulles Airport yesterday launched a campaign against allowing longer flights out of Reagan National Airport.

As Mayor Muriel Bowser heads into the sixth month of her third term, her administration is rolling out a new sabbatical program and transition planning in an effort to retain long-serving cabinet officials and smooth the replacement…