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DC Council Chair Phil Mendelson today unveiled his fiscal year 2024 budget proposal, which would undo the mayor's cuts to programs such as emergency rental assistance while providing planning money — but not construction funding — for the…

A generation ago, D.C.’s two top local Democrats shared a Northeast Washington stage with the country’s most powerful Republican, a White southerner who had just become House speaker and who tried to win over a crowd of predominantly Black…

The revised vision for the rail station includes less parking, an underground drop-off area, and integrated bus, pedestrian and bike access

A lawsuit filed by seven D.C. voters represented by an anti-immigration group against the city’s Board of Elections is headed to federal court as the plaintiffs try to stop the District from permitting noncitizens to vote in local…

One of D.C.’s foremost contributions to cumbersome design is the presence of the service lanes on either side of K Street NW in the heart of downtown. You know — those narrow spaces where delivery trucks stop traffic, where pedestrians…

The nation’s capital is at a critical juncture: Crime is up. Homelessness is up. Housing affordability has worsened. Downtown is comatose as office workers often stay home. Plus, deep inequalities remain, especially between largely White…

D.C. has banked its comeback plan on luring more residents to its struggling downtown. The number of increasingly obsolete office properties with the potential to be converted to apartments or condos should provide ample opportunity.

A new health and wellness “destination,” including a spa, water park and restaurants could be coming to D.C.

D.C. is famous for its parks: some of them, like the grassy, manicured National Mall, draw tourists from around the globe. In fact, the District has been ranked number 1 for urban parks in the U.S. by the Trust For Public Land for three…

The U.S. Senate could vote as early as next week to block a D.C. police discipline and accountability bill approved by the city’s lawmakers last year, potentially putting Democratic senators in a difficult situation on a politically…

Republican Sen. J.D. Vance (Ohio) introduced a resolution to block D.C.’s major police accountability legislation Thursday and expects to bring it to a vote next week — even though the congressional review period for the D.C. legislation…

D.C. pledged in 2021 to find out if forensics errors resulted in faulty convictions, but it still has yet to launch this costly effort.

DC Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton has asked the U.S. Botanic Garden to exhibit marijuana to complement its recent display of hemp for the first time.

D.C. Public Schools unlawfully awarded 36 contracts worth an estimated $270 million over the last three years, raising significant concerns around its financial management and forcing the D.C. Council to start retroactively approving the…

The top prosecutor in D.C. says the continued fallout from the District’s shuttered crime lab means his office has been unable to bring charges against suspected offenders in some cases.

Stopping the scheduled sunset of a deed tax hike could generate $104 million for the Council’s priority programs.

Destination DC has released 2022 tourism numbers that show 20.7 million domestic tourists visited the city last year, which is 91% of pre-pandemic numbers in 2019. Those tourists also spent $8.1 billion last year, a more than 50% jump over…

Mayor Muriel Bowser is proposing an unprecedented cap on funding for the D.C. Commission on the Arts and Humanities (CAH), leaving the local arts community concerned about the future of its funding model — despite a projected increase in…

D.C. officials on Thursday said that almost 21 million domestic tourists visited D.C. in 2022, a 10% increase over the year prior. And they unveiled what they say will eventually be a new destination to attract even more visitors: a…

A wellness company will work with D.C. officials to find a location for an affordable, resort-like spa with amenities such as a water park, indoor pool and sauna, officials said Thursday.