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The H Street NE AutoZone and its large surface parking lot would turn into 200 apartments under a new redevelopment proposal.

As DC Council members work to finalize a budget proposal for initial consideration in two weeks, Mayor Muriel Bowser is decrying two proposals that she casts as detrimental to fostering a resurgence in downtown DC.

A D.C. council member is advocating to include a $2 surcharge on rideshare trips, hoping to encourage more people to use public transit and decrease traffic congestion.

The retirement of D.C. Police Chief Robert J. Contee III — who plans to take a top-level position with the FBI — is the latest in a string of high-profile departures from the administration of Mayor Muriel E. Bowser (D), who is months into…

People incarcerated in D.C. and their advocates filed a federal lawsuit against the District this week, alleging that the city’s Department of Corrections does not provide prisoners the medical care that the Constitution demands.

D.C. Police Chief Robert J. Contee III announced this week that he will leave his post on June 3, after just two years in the top job, to become an assistant director at the FBI. It’s a blow to the community that in part follows his…

Jose Chaj looks unhappy when told that his preferred bus may not show up anymore. “That’s not good,” the 52-year-old laborer said. He frequently rides the red D.C. Circulator bus between Columbia Heights and downtown — and he’ll often let…

The D.C. Council’s transportation committee wants to buy a condemned and dilapidated relic of D.C.’s street car network — Georgetown’s trolley trestle bridge — and turn it into a multi-use trail. (Talk about a tongue twister!)

A wooded area behind a row of single-family homes in Ward 7’s Deanwood neighborhood provided ample shade to a 13- to 15-person tent community for over a year. But earlier this month, D.C.’s Office of the Deputy Mayor for Health and Human…

A battle is brewing in the DC Council over two proposed mechanisms to fund fare-free Metrobus service and new late-night bus routes.

Mental health diagnoses in D.C. during the pandemic were up 15% above the baseline, per a new Georgetown University report for the D.C. Auditor's Office.

Police Chief Robert Contee will undertake one last major initiative before leaving for a new post at the FBI: getting cops out of their cars and walking in their communities.

The D.C. council is moving to increase funding for climate and environmental programs, after Mayor Muriel Bowser proposed a 14% cut in her budget for the upcoming 2024 fiscal year. The council is also proposing to restore the original…

D.C. Mayor Muriel E. Bowser (D) announced Thursday she will conduct a nationwide search to find the city’s next police chief, seeking to fill what officials say will be a massive void that is left when Robert J. Contee III formally retires…

One day after D.C. Police Chief Robert Contee announced he’d be moving on to a new job at the FBI, he also unveiled a new community policing initiative aimed at reducing crime through deeper neighborhood involvement.

Medical residents and fellows at George Washington University voted to unionize Thursday, joining a growing list of employees organizing in residency programs across the U.S.

D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser launched a national search to find a replacement for departing Police Chief Robert J. Contee III, with hopes of having someone in place by the time he leaves the post in early June. At the same time, Bowser and…

Speaking frankly and in personal terms, D.C. Police Chief Robert Contee addressed the public Thursday, explaining his decision to step down from the police department after more than 30 years on the force, including two years as chief.

Protesters smeared black and red paint on the case and pedestal of Edgar Degas’s “Little Dancer Aged Fourteen” sculpture at the National Gallery of Art in D.C. on Thursday to bring attention to the climate crisis and demand that President…

The sudden announcement of Contee’s departure has officials and critics wondering what’s next for the department.