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Metro and its largest union, Amalgamated Transit Union Local 689, say they’ve reached a tentative agreement addressing union concerns over privatization.

George Washington University is suing its corporate partner in one of the Washington region’s foremost hospitals, crossing a new threshold in a dispute that could affect plans to build a new medical center east of the Anacostia River.

Metro and its largest union have reached an agreement on a four-year contract that will head off some privatization efforts.

Metro may be five to seven years away from returning its trains to running on automatic mode, known as Automatic Train Operation, or ATO, according to the Washington Metrorail Safety Commission.

D.C. Attorney General Karl A. Racine has filed a lawsuit against Greyhound for idling its buses at Union Station for longer than the legal limit, polluting the air and endangering the health of commuters and workers.

Over the past decade, talk of returning Metrorail to an autopilot system has risen and faded repeatedly, lingering around as an unresolved question after the 2009 fatal collision of two Metro trains in Fort Totten.

Metro and its largest union have tentatively agreed to a four-year labor contract that would allow the transit agency to give up controversial plans to privatize operations at a bus garage and phase two of the Silver Line, the two sides…

The District’s attorney general filed suit Tuesday against Greyhound Lines, alleging the bus company illegally idles its buses for long periods at Union Station, contributing to air pollution.

The one year anniversary of Dupont Circle Business Improvement Development marks progress through cleaner streets, planned events and expanded and new businesses.

Last week, WMATA put forth six proposals to address congestion on Metro's Blue, Orange, and Silver Lines, one of which would create a Georgetown Metro station and extend a new Blue Line through DC into Prince George's County.

After getting a bad rap for years, Brookland Middle School saw the highest enrollment increase of all Washington middle schools after administrators and parents turned its reputation around.

The black-owned Industrial Bank has spread northeast into Harlem, New York and two locations in New Jersey. Opened on U Street in Shaw in 1932, owners hope to continue their legacy of providing good customer service to the various…

A Northwest D.C. building where some tenants participated in a rent strike for more than a year has traded hands.

Dozens of Greyhound buses roll in and out of Washington, D.C. each day. While they’re here, many of them sit idling at Union Station, in violation of the District’s environmental laws, according to D.C. Attorney General Karl Racine.

With its arched exterior, classical ornamentation, and vaulted, gilded ceiling, Union Station appears to be a Beaux Arts triumph, built to stand the test of time. You might not guess that the District’s stately transit hub is a bit of a…

Taylor Simons says it was taking a while for her party to split their check. The restaurant thought they were trying to leave without paying.

Racial housing segregation in the United States wasn’t created “by accident or the result of private prejudices,” but through “racially explicit policy on the part of federal, state, and local governments.” It was enacted by conservative…

Happy Tuesday. The DC Council is advancing toward a final vote on expelling Jack Evans from the office he's held since 1991.

More than four years after its initial introduction, and two months after a contentious two-night hearing, the Zoning Commission voted unanimously to approve a planned unit development (PUD) for the former Superfresh grocery site just off…

It’s not often that a D.C. government agency goes on something of a massive hiring spree. But that’s exactly what the Department of Consumer and Regulatory Affairs has quietly done in recent months, training hundreds of new inspectors to…