Streetcar hits the street
Streetcars — or rather, a streetcar -- returned to D.C.’s streets for the first time in 50 years Friday night.
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D.C. parking meter management deal stirs controversy
Ever since the city picked Xerox, Rockville-based WorldWide Parking has challenged the decision.
Federal Faces: Hamid Jafari
CDC doctor defied the skeptics, led polio eradication project in India
D.C. parks under fire after reported sex assaults at pool
D.C. lawmakers charge that loose controls let college-age employees have free run of city pools after hours.
Road near old Washington Convention Center reopens
$1 billion CityCenter project reopens 10th and I streets on the site of old D.C. convention center.
Mayor’s plan to replace D.C. trash cans in limbo
Council Chairman Phil Mendelson objects to the money-shifting maneuvers proposed to pay for them.
Catania to run for mayor if Gray is Democrats’ nominee
COLUMN | Independent D.C. Council member Catania would challenge Gray in November.
County Board seeks affordable-housing solutions
The Arlington County Board passes multiple measures to ease an affordable-housing crisis.
Budget deal to affect government workers
Payments and benefits were negotiated at 11th hour in the budget deal that’s going through Congress.
Federal pediatric medical research act passes House
The bill, named for childhood cancer awareness advocate Gabriella Miller, earned bipartisan support
Independent candidate announces for Arlington board
John Vihstadt says he’ll run without party support to challenge Democrats’ power.
Registered nurses vote to unionize at D.C. hospital
Registered nurses at Providence Hospital voted to unionize, continuing a wave of organizing among D.C. nurses.
Evans, Bowser maintain mayoral fundraising advantage
D.C. Council member Jack Evans is the first to raise $1 million, but he’s spending much faster than rivals.
Alexandria mayor to interview for state job
Four-term mayor Euille to talk to McAuliffe administration about jobs in the administration
Andy Shallal, bridge builder?
Busboys and Poets owner sets his sights on the D.C. mayor’s office.
‘Promise’ would give D.C. students money for college
Council bill, likely to clear first hurdle Wednesday, could provide up to $60,000 to city’s poorest students.
Playgrounds show how far DC has come in 20 years
20 years ago, if residents wanted something done, they often had to do it themselves.
Gray finds unfriendly terrain in forum on education
Incumbent D.C. mayor holds up rising test scores as success, but gets boos from crowd at Eastern High School.
Federal Faces: Andrea Bleistein, National Weather Service
At the Weather Service, she is helping to improve disaster response.
D.C. Council member Jim Graham ends suspense, will run
Longtime council member had toyed with stepping down, but said Monday he will seek a fifth term.
Who will vote for Vincent Gray?
A crowded field and a smoothly operating city give the scandal-plagued D.C. mayor reason to hope.
Results are not enough
The District needs a mayor it can trust as it faces a string of challenges.
Washington mourns Nelson Mandela
Tributes to South African president will culminate Wednesday with service at National Cathedral.
D.C. mayor equates apartheid to city’s lack of voting rights
Vincent C. Gray makes the comparison several times over the course of a day of tributes.
D.C.’s Mayor Gray, an incumbent playing catch-up
A probe into the 2010 campaign has undercut the advantages of incumbency for D.C.’s mayor.
All you need to know about D.C.’s mayor’s race
A conversation with the Post’s resident D.C. politics expert, Mike DeBonis.
Three seek Democratic nod for Arlington County Board
The election to fill vacated seat comes next month.
Wal-Mart opens first two stores in D.C.
The giant retailer opens in city after development delays, months of disputes about wages.
Gray needs to ask D.C. voters’ forgiveness for 2010 scandal
COLUMN | District mayor should take responsibility for failures in previous campaign as he seeks reelection.
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