Matt Connolly

Published: Tue, May 21, 2013

D.C. ranks second in country behind New York state D.C. public schools spent $18,475 per student in fiscal 2011, more than any state outside of New York, according to census data released Tuesday. Among the country's 100 public school systems with the most students, Montgomery and Prince...

Eric P. Newcomer

Published: Tue, May 21, 2013

Memorial Day weekend in the D.C. area traditionally means cars full of coolers, kids, grandparents and stressed-out parents stuck in traffic and inching their way to the beach. And it's not changing this year, even though fewer people are expected to travel. Although AAA Mid-Atlantic expects...

Alan Blinder

Published: Tue, May 21, 2013

The District is moving a long-running regulatory clash with the U.S. Department of Labor to a courtroom after a series of rulings that threaten to add $20 million in underpaid wages to the cost of a major mixed-use project. The D.C. government's lawsuit, filed in federal court, is tied to the...

Harry Jaffe

Published: Tue, May 21, 2013

In working the streets and the phones to figure out where our nascent mayoral campaign is headed, I realized I was dealing with two realities -- parallel universes, if you prefer. In one, council members battle it out to win the executive branch's top job. Ward 4's Muriel Bowser announced her...

Naomi Jagoda

Updated: 6 hr ago

A District woman who had been drinking alcohol and smoking crack cocaine before she drove a car up onto a sidewalk and killed a pedestrian last month in Southwest D.C. has pleaded guilty. Maria N. Werts, 49, pleaded guilty Tuesday to charges of involuntary manslaughter and driving under the...

Alan Blinder

Published: Tue, May 21, 2013

The House has approved a measure that will allow Emancipation Hall to host the June unveiling of the first District-selected statue inside the U.S. Capitol. "Today, after years of work, our city receives closure that residents will be represented in the Capitol with a statue, like each of the...

Alan Blinder

Published: Tue, May 21, 2013

"My thoughts and prayers go out to the people of Oklahoma City and Moore, as well as to the residents of the District who have family members and other loved ones in the affected areas," Gray said in a statement. "The District of Columbia stands ready to help in any way we can in response to...

Jonetta Rose Barras

Updated: 16 hr ago

Oh, let's nip it right now. Tommy Wells isn't running to be the city's first white mayor. If Jack Evans or David Catania jumps in the race, as has been predicted, they won't be vying to be the District's chief executive based on the color of their skin either. When a candidate plays the race...

Alan Blinder

Published: Mon, May 20, 2013

The District didn't collect $6.5 million in tax penalties because its chief financial officer refused to enforce a D.C. law tied to electronic-filing requirements for certain businesses, the city's inspector general has found. Businesses facing a tax tab of more than $10,000 are required to...

Matt Connolly

Published: Mon, May 20, 2013

District Mayor Vincent Gray announced Monday that 16 former public school buildings would be made available for public charters and other community organizations to use.