Earlier this month, the D.C. Council cast its first of two votes on an omnibus public safety bill with about 100 provisions. The bill, called “Secure DC,” is a combination of provisions from a dozen ...

Service fees are becoming ubiquitous at D.C. restaurants, particularly after the passage of Initiative 82, which phases out the tipped minimum wage and requires restaurant owners to pay their ...

Taking stock of the housing crisis in D.C. and across the country, it’s not difficult to see that something has to change: As housing and living costs rise, more people than ever are spending at least ...

It’s only a few days into 2024 and we’ve already got “Northern Virginia woman builds likely illegal underground tunnel system under her home” on our bingo card. Kala, who has asked news outlets not to ...

More D.C. restaurants closed this year than last, and some were longtime establishments that hold sentimental value for locals. Dozens of area restaurants close every year, a byproduct of a dense ...

Madi Kennedy says she earns more money now than she ever has. Kennedy is a server at The Diner on 18th Street NW, where she earns $8 per hour, plus tips. Both her hourly wage and tips have increased ...

On December 2, 1997, 26 years ago this week, the MCI Center opened at the corner of F and 6th Streets Northwest in the District’s Chinatown neighborhood. City officials celebrated, hoping the arena ...

The D.C. Council passed a bill on Tuesday that will create a free master’s in social work program at the University of the District of Columbia, aiming to bolster the city’s network of social workers ...

Hundreds of D.C. middle school students in Wards 7 and 8 will be getting educational and financial support from a $21 million U.S. Department of Education grant that officials say will boost college ...

D.C.’s first sobering center, or “stabilization” center, opens this week to provide short-term care for people experiencing a substance-use crisis or emergency. The stabilization center at 35 K St. NE ...

This story was completed with support from SpotlightDC and in partnership with the Investigative Reporting Workshop at American University. For D.C. Metropolitan Police Department sergeant Tony Giles, ...

Danuelle Doswell and Mignon Hemsley, co-owners and co-founders of Grounded, a plant business that’s going brick-and-mortar in Anacostia. Grounded Grounded, the Black women-owned, D.C. plant company ...