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U.S. House Reinstates D.C. School Voucher Program
WASHINGTON, Md. (AP) — The U.S. House of Representatives voted Wednesday to reinstate school vouchers for District of Columbia students, reviving the only program that uses federal tax dollars to...
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Bill Requires 4,000 Officers On D.C. Police Force
WASHINGTON (AP) — The District of Columbia police department would be required to maintain 4,000 sworn officers under legislation aimed at addressing concerns about attrition on the force. District...
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D.C. Firefighter To Spend Week In Jail For CPR Fraud
WASHINGTON (AP) — A former District of Columbia firefighter has been sentenced to seven days in jail for a scam involving CPR training. Natalie Overton-Williams, 41, of Capitol Heights, Md., was...
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Issa Supports Giving D.C. More Freedom Over Funds
WASHINGTON (AP) — The chairman of the House committee that oversees the District of Columbia said Thursday that he’s open to giving district leaders more freedom to spend their local tax dollars, a...
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Issa Supports Giving D.C. More Freedom Over Funds
WASHINGTON (AP) — The chairman of the House committee that oversees the District of Columbia said Thursday that he’s open to giving district leaders more freedom to spend their local tax dollars, a...
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D.C. Gas Station Denies Price-Gouging Accusation
WASHINGTON (AP) — A businessman who owns nearly half of all gas stations in the District of Columbia is defending himself against an anti-trust probe. The D.C. attorney general’s office is...
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D.C. Residents Warned Not To Open Fire Hydrants
WASHINGTON (AP) — Forecasters say Memorial Day could mark the start of the region’s first heat wave of the year and District of Columbia authorities are reminding Washington residents not to open fire...
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D.C. Officers To Use Web For Info On Georgetown Suspect
ROCKVILLE, Md. (AP) — Police in the District of Columbia plan to start a website seeking tips and leads about a suspect whose DNA is linked to the 1998 killing of a young scientist in Georgetown and...
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D.C. Mayor Says City Won’t Tolerate Flash Mobs
WASHINGTON (AP) — District of Columbia Mayor Vincent Gray says the city won’t tolerate flash mob robberies like those seen in recent days in Northeast Washington and Montgomery County. Early Thursday...
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Office Cleaners In D.C. Area Threaten Strike
ALEXANDRIA, Va. (AP) — About 12,000 office cleaners in Maryland, Virginia and the District of Columbia are threatening to strike when their contract expires this week. The union representing the...
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Hunger Strike For D.C. Rights Faces Long Odds
WASHINGTON (AP) — One week into their hunger strike for District of Columbia voting rights in Congress, Joe Gray and Kelly Mears have lost 20 pounds each. Fellow strikers Adrian Parsons and Sam Jewler,...
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51 Nifty United States? New Bill Would Give D.C. Statehood
WASHINGTON (AP) — Sen. Tom Carper of Delaware has introduced a bill that would make the District of Columbia the nation’s 51st state. While the bill has little chance of passing, the introduction shows...
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District Of Columbia Has $417M Budget Surplus
WASHINGTON (AP) — The District of Columbia ended fiscal 2012 with a $417 million budget surplus, a windfall that illustrates how the fiscal climate in the nation’s capital differs from much of the...
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D.C. Mayor Gives ‘State Of The District’ Address
BEN NUCKOLS Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — District of Columbia Mayor Vincent Gray says the city needs to move away from its dependence on the federal government and promote job growth in the...
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D.C. Lottery Revenue Up After Recent Sales Slump
WASHINGTON (AP) — Lottery revenue in the District of Columbia is on the rise again after a five-year slump in sales. The Washington Post reports that D.C. Lottery revenue in the fiscal year that ended...
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Metro Closing 4 Stations For Weekend Work
WASHINGTON (AP) — Metro says it’s closing four stations on the orange line for weekend work, and passengers will have to use shuttle buses to travel between those stations. Metro will close the Vienna,...
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Metro: Silver Line Track Not Damaged In Tests
WASHINGTON (AP) — Metro officials says new Silver Line tracks don’t appear to have been damaged in an incident during testing that caused major rush hour delays. Metro spokesman Dan Stessel says there...
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Police: Man Fatally Shot In Downtown D.C.
WASHINGTON (AP) — Police are investigating a fatal shooting in downtown D.C. that happened overnight. Police say Paul Aime Tanoh Danzo, 24, of Laurel, Md., was shot multiple times in the head just...
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Panda Breeding Season Arrives At D.C.’s National Zoo
WASHINGTON (AP) — The National Zoo says breeding season has arrived for the giant pandas after a cub was born last year but died six days later. The zoo said Wednesday that female panda Mei Xiang and...
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D.C. Schools Face Boom With Influx Of Young Families
RACHEL BAYE The Washington Examiner WASHINGTON (AP) — The District of Columbia is seeing a boom in its population of children younger than 5, prompting local education experts to question whether the...
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