The $1.5 million that it would cost to fully replace balconies at the historic Kenesaw apartment building could end up tripling the condo fees of some low-income residents.
The nation's capital has perhaps the least intrusive pandemic policies of any big, blue American city.
Why hasn't a collapse in rail transit service produced nightmarish levels of traffic congestion? Thank working from home and flexible work schedules.
A 2016 Reason story detailed the D.C. Jail's long history of failure. Now the federal government is finally paying attention.
D.C. transit officials have known since 2017 about a safety defect in its 7000 series cars that caused a derailment last week.
Everyone over the age of two will have to wear a mask when indoors, said Mayor Muriel Bowser today.
Legislators cannot have it both ways.
A bride-to-be says the regulation is an irrational and unconstitutional restriction on her special day.
Washington, D.C., policy makers are pairing their very gradual reopening with a series of complicated, confusing, and unworkable regulations.
Also: Should D.C. be a state?
Madam's Organ owner Bill Duggan says opening venues for the vaccinated would be a "win-win-win." Artists could perform, businesses could make money, and people would have one more reason to get their shot.
Songs like "Gun Totin' Patriot" and "We Outside" might be ridiculous, Trump-worshiping schlock, but their embrace of controversial themes breathes some rebelliousness back into rap.
The Harmonious Living Amendment Act improves on past proposals to fine street musicians. It still suffers from all the typical problems that come with top-down regulation.
Yesterday's events at the Capitol building should be understood as a colossal law enforcement failure.
The president's weak pleading has done little to mollify demonstrators currently storming the Capitol.
"I hope my case can start removing senseless boundaries to teletherapy," said Brokamp, who is suing in federal court on First Amendment grounds.
Plus: House OKs bloated $1.4 trillion spending package, new Amash bills aim to protect asylum seekers and immigrant detainees, and more...
The new law layers more bureaucratic requirements on a hospitality industry trying to bounce back from its worst year on record.
Plus: Vaccine distribution begins, stimulus talks continue, and more...
D.C.'s public transit agency has already received close to $1 billion in federal coronavirus relief funds.
Voters came out for legalizing marijuana, removing criminal penalties for psychedelic use, and treating drug addiction as a public health concern.
The ballot measure applies to noncommercial production, distribution, and possession of "entheogenic plants and fungi."
The reformers who canvassed for signatures for the initiative say they're optimistic it will pass despite objections from Congress, which controls D.C. spending.
Why do progressives who worry about unequal justice support policies that are bound to make that problem worse?
Armed agents of the state shouldn't be enforcing mask mandates.
The Decriminalize Nature D.C. initiative has gathered enough signatures to land on the ballot this November.
The House voted to recognize the District of Columbia as a state, but many obstacles still lie ahead.
Plus: Trump tries to cancel skilled worker visas, Seattle repeals "prostitution loitering" law, Pennsylvania makes cosmetologists prove "good moral character," and more...
Saturday afternoon's protests in the nation's capital saw huge crowds, few police, and no violence.
A heavy but hands-off militarized police presence squared off with demonstrators in the nation's capital tonight.
Plus: George Floyd's death ruled "homicide caused by asphyxia," and more...
Tonight's anti-police protests in the nation's capital saw fewer incidents of fires and vandalism, but also a heavy dose of aggressive police tactics.
They still were a lot better-behaved than officers elsewhere.
Mayors are imposing curfews and governors are deploying the National Guard in response to anti-police-abuse protests.
It's full of ill-conceived and contradictory guidance.
If there's a silver lining for the bars and restaurants that have been hit by the COVID-19 lockdowns, it's the widespread loosening of liquor laws.
Staying inside forever and going back to normal today aren't the only choices.
Lawyers, inmates' families, and correctional officers worry the jail is ill-prepared to handle an outbreak.
Councilmember Charles Allen has proposed giving every D.C. resident a $100 monthly subsidy for bus and train rides.
Mayor Muriel Bowser: "Immediate action is necessary to regulate these electronic devices before they infiltrate the city."
A recent Inspector General's report found the agency had serious problems tracking and managing its inventory.
D.C. cops appear to have a thing for illegally probing butts.
The argument for getting rid of walking on metro station escalators demonstrates the flaws of central planning logic.
What happened to me could have happened to a cyclist or pedestrian. Blame cars, not scooters.
From morning till past midnight, supporters and opponents of a bill to decriminalize prostitution offered starkly different visions of safety and rights.
