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At the beginning of the year, DC's Office of Planning (OP) filed a zoning application seeking to increase inclusionary zoning (IZ) requirements in an effort to achieve more affordable housing production citywide. Now, as the Zoning…

The District's top health official on Wednesday singled out social gatherings, going to work, travel and dining out as medium-to-high-risk behaviors that are fueling an uptick of Covid-19 cases in the city.

The good news, D.C., is that you have options when it comes to selecting the next two at-large councilmembers.

Some congressional Republicans are campaigning against giving 705,000 residents voting representation and full autonomy in their bids for reelection. Others are introducing bills to undermine D.C. statehood.

We sent the following questionnaire to candidates for the D.C. Council’s two At-large seats who included specific plans relating to housing and homelessness on their websites. Candidates were contacted using the information registered with…

While the District has had an eviction moratorium in place since mid-March, tenants have still been feeling the threat of eviction–and the long-term consequences of eviction filings.

Rapid rehousing is one of D.C.’s most controversial homeless services programs. This election season, as candidates battle for two at-large seats on the D.C. Council, some candidates have made changing the program part of their campaign. …

A 16-year D.C. police veteran has claimed in a lawsuit that the department retaliated against her after she raised concerns about the conduct of some supervisors, including allegations that officers had been instructed to conduct unlawful…

The number of incidents that involved a D.C. police officer using force last year increased again, but at a much slower clip than in previous years.

In March, when the District reported its first cases of COVID-19, the D.C. government scrambled to rent hotel rooms and secure leases for facilities where people experiencing homelessness could quarantine. There were fears about mass virus…

More than 60,000 ballots have already been mailed to the D.C. Board of Elections or left in a secure drop box. Before they can be counted, each must be inspected for a valid signature.

One of the protesters who was demonstrating in D.C. on a night when the military was captured on video flying helicopters closely over crowds is seeking financial compensation for physical and mental injuries.

Everyone who runs the Marine Corps Marathon knows it’s going to be hard to do — that’s often the point.

Happy Wednesday. Nearly 1 in 4 of the DC residents who tested positive for the coronavirus last week had recently gone to a social event with more than five people, according to DC health officials. About 1 in 5 had been to a restaurant or…

WASHINGTON — Purchase orders show that just after 6:00 p.m. on June 1, at the very same hour that federal police were using tear gas canisters and tear gas grenades to clear protesters from Lafayette Square Park, the D.C. Metropolitan…

After two nights of chaotic protests near the White House at the end of May, D.C.’s Metropolitan Police Department found its supply of rubber ball grenades, high-impact sponge rounds, long-range tear-gas projectiles, and pepper spray…

On Saturday, Lottie Mae Thomas Wright celebrated her 100th birthday.

Before Deshala Royster ended up in D.C.’s foster care system, decorating her bedroom with vision boards that tell of the life she hopes to create, she spent years taking on adult roles in the life she was handed.

The ACLU has filed a complaint against the D.C. National Guard for using a helicopter tactic usually reserved for war against demonstrators in D.C. during protests against police brutality racial injustice.

D.C. has released new data that shows what people were doing in the days before they got a COVID-19 diagnosis — or at least what they said they were doing.