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Low-income customers faced even higher losses, while commercial users saved about $193 million, Department of Energy and Environment data shows.

Newly obtained emails reveal internal turmoil between D.C. agencies, local police, and the National Security Council.

Unsafe playground equipment. Crumbling roads and trails. Burned picnic tables and rusted, inoperable water dispensers.

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How the company responds to labor’s warnings about lost driving jobs in D.C. and accusations it is trying to "steamroll" the District.

Tenant organizers fought to exempt renovated buildings from the sweeping housing law, but advocates say that isn’t working in practice.

Dream City breaks down the president's threat to "take back Washington"

The mayor proposed eliminating an office that has helped low-income students access food over the summer and made it easier to start farmers markets.

Taxpayers paid $1,539,835 for a human fire watch and fire alert system repairs as the work dragged on for 11 months in the Marion Barry Building, which has been plagued by maintenance issues for years...

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Low-income customers faced even higher losses, while commercial users saved about $193 million, Department of Energy and Environment data shows.

Watch as the candidates in the Democratic primary for D.C.'s Congressional representative face off.

Primary candidates for D.C.’s congressional delegate debate issues from criminal justice and the environment to public health and education.

We held the forum alongside The Washington Informer and Spotlight D.C.

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Despite the AG’s lawsuit, another notorious slumlord has reappeared as a representative at a building in Razjooyan’s enterprise.

Reporters Suzie Amanuel and Alex Koma's reporting on the troubling practices of landlord Sam Razjooyan has led to increased scrutiny over the controversial property owner.

Ali “Sam” Razjooyan and his associates are accused of doctoring loan documents and tricking tenants out of their rights. While they get rich, tenants are displaced.

D.C. Council Chairmen Phil Mendelson announced Monday he’s nominating Doni Crawford to fill the seat of Kenyan McDuffie, who resigned to run for mayor. Crawford is 36 years old and lives in Ward 5. Th...

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New Medicaid ceilings paired with soaring premiums risk punishing bills and loss of coverage for thousands.

Our city has been through a lot this year. Throughout it, local journalists have doggedly covered on underreported subjects that hold the powerful accountable. That's why on Thursday December 11th fro...

D.C. police officers are held to one standard, federal agents another.

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Last year, evictions rose to record levels, with 1,869 households removed from their homes. And these trends show no signs of slowing down.

At the heart of the investigations by the DOJ and a House committee is whether there has been a widespread effort to intentionally downplay crime in D.C.

Rapid Rehousing for Individuals is missing key income data needed to gauge effectiveness, according to the Office of the D.C. Auditor.

We interview the filmmaker behind “Cracked Shells.”

Advocates say the elimination of DC Health Care Alliance, which insures 26,000 low-income residents, could have disastrous consequences.

Park Police helicopters circled more often than they did in the same time period last year and at lower altitudes than other law enforcement helicopters in D.C. this August.

The D.C. Council failed to enshrine those protections into law, but the Commanders have pledged to save the majority of the towering oak and elm trees on the 180-acre site.