Officials from D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser's administration made a last-ditch effort Monday to restore $55 million in funding to expand the D.C. Streetcar's route. But city lawmakers are unlikely to delay a vote on the nearly $14 billion budget for a transportation project plagued by problems. Published June 12, 2017
Advocates for "smart growth" have long extolled the virtues of creating green spaces, bike paths and pedestrian areas for the benefit of all city dwellers. But a report from the pro-business D.C. Policy Center shows that smart growth designs actually push out longtime, low-income residents to make way for younger, wealthier newcomers. Published June 8, 2017
D.C. regulators fined Mayor Muriel Bowser's 2014 campaign committee $13,000 after an audit uncovered more than a dozen "excessive contributions," several of them from real estate developers and contractors. Published June 7, 2017
Teachers unions increasingly are trying to unionize charter schools nationwide, an effort school choice advocates say will stymie the mission and success the nontraditional schools have delivered to struggling school systems. Published June 6, 2017
City auditors fined D.C. Council member Brandon Todd $5,100 on Wednesday for his campaign's failure to document more than $100,000 in contributions during his 2015 special election. Published May 31, 2017
A Pennsylvania man was arrested on gun charges at the Trump International Hotel in Northwest D.C. around 1 a.m. on Wednesday. Published May 31, 2017
The D.C. Council gave preliminary approval Tuesday to a $14 billion budget for fiscal 2018 that includes $100 million in tax cuts for businesses and wealthy residents. Published May 30, 2017
Travelers' choice between traditional lodging providers and upstart short-term rental services has upset the hotel industry, which claims Airbnb and similar operations unfairly cut into its market share with unregulated accommodations and unlicensed vendors. Published May 25, 2017
Maryland Governor Larry Hogan vetoed a bill passed by the General Assembly that would have required employers in the state to provide paid sick leave. Published May 25, 2017
D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser says she has redoubled efforts to find and help missing children and runaways, but she still asserts that the city isn't facing a crisis of vanishing youths. Published May 24, 2017
The FBI is investigating as a possible hate crime the fatal stabbing of a black student visiting the University of Maryland at College Park, one of a series of racial incidents reported on local campuses this year. Published May 22, 2017
Five of the officers involved in the Freddie Gray case are facing internal charges from the Baltimore Police Department despite being cleared of criminal charges in separate trials last year. Published May 22, 2017
An industry group opposing D.C. legislation to regulate Airbnb-style short-term lodging has filed a complaint with the Federal Trade Commission claiming an ad promoting the measure is deceptive and misleading. Published May 18, 2017
The D.C. Council is mulling several bills to increase affordable housing, as rising rents and home prices push longtime residents out of the city. Published May 17, 2017
Amid an economic boom downtown, owners of the District's convention center plan to upgrade the behemoth concrete-and-glass building in the Shaw neighborhood. Published May 16, 2017
D.C. business leaders called on city lawmakers Monday to cut $100 million in taxes as scheduled in January and not delay the cuts to pay for housing and education. Published May 15, 2017
D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser announced Thursday that she will increase the per-pupil funding by 2 percent next year. Published May 11, 2017
D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser is hailing a one-night tally of homeless people last summer as proof of the success of her efforts to end homelessness in the District. Published May 10, 2017
Opioid addiction isn't merely the scourge of the Rust Belt and the Appalachians: It's crippling and killing people in Washington, D.C., Maryland and Virginia, regional leaders said Tuesday. Published May 9, 2017
Officials from around the D.C. region gathered Monday at Metropolitan Police Headquarters in Northwest to commemorate five local police officers who died in the line of duty last year and to kick off events for National Police Week. Published May 8, 2017
