While the great majority of the District's money is kept outside of local banks, that could eventually change. more ›

Okay, so technically the D.C. map is reflected the wrong way (or maybe I want Virginia back and wards 6 and 8 sent back to Maryland), but I'm still quite proud of my craftsmanship. Of course, I wasn't the only person who chose the to rep the good ol' D of C on my Jack-o'-lantern. more ›

We've certainly seen better times for Washington's history, but there's still hope on the horizon. more ›

In which we share some thoughts on being a state and a little-d District. more ›

Beta city-blog SocialStudiesDC -- having already offered up dramatic readings of Missed Connections -- has hit another home run with this map, which attempts to organize the District through various stereotypes. more ›

Much like planking, I don't claim to understand tarp-surfing. I just know that reader Andy Rothwell videotaped these people are doing it in the District of Columbia, and it looks like the kind of whimsical fun we should all be having instead of having to work on a Monday afternoon. more ›

District officials are "looking into" claims by two attorneys that developers or building owners may have avoided paying millions in taxes over the past decade. With the District facing a deficit in the hundreds of millions in the coming years, it seems like a potential windfall if it would be feasible to go after the "lost" revenue. more ›

This morning, Mayor Vince Gray released an official statement in reaction to last night's news that U.S. forces had killed Osama bin Laden in Pakistan, thanking President Barack Obama, the armed forces and the intelligence community, and noting that "District residents are reminded to remain vigilant at all times." Both MPD and Metro Transit Police are on heightened alert after the announcement. CIA Director Leon Panetta has said to that al-Qaida will "almost certainly" attempt to avenge bin Laden's death. more ›

To those around the country who incorrectly view our fair city as simply a place where real America comes to protest, don't forget: our local government is to thank for a couple of extra days to file your income taxes this year. more ›

As 2011 came to a close, there was some confusion about who was going to be in charge of several of the District's agencies once new Mayor Vince Gray was inaugurated. One of those agencies was DDOT, which remained without new leadership weeks after outgoing director Gabe Klein was informed he would not be retained in early December. That changed today: Terry Bellamy, who was serving as DDOT's deputy director of operations under Klein, will take over on an interim basis. more ›

The Whitman-Walker Clinic is extending National HIV Testing Day (NHTD) to a full week in D.C. NHTD, which takes place on June 27 this year, is a Department of Health & Human Services initiative to raise awareness of and to increase testing for HIV nationwide. more ›

Rep. Jason Chaffetz (R-Ut.) announced this week that he was introducing legislation disapproving of the District's plan to legalize marijuana for medicinal purposes. more ›

Considering how many local blogs obsessively cover the District Department of Transportation, it only makes sense that the city's transpo officials get into the game themselves. In social media, as it is on The Wire, it's play or get played. more ›

City Desk reports that the D.C. Council has killed the Special Committee on Statehood and Self-Determination -- and it's Council member Marion Barry's (D-Ward 8) fault. more ›

Second-tier candidates have a long history swinging elections one way or another. Witness the accusations lobbed at Ralph Nader to this day over his taking vital votes from Al Gore in the 2000 presidential election. more ›

There's a stretch of sidewalk on Rhode Island Ave., between 9th and 7th streets NW, that has long been difficult to navigate. The root system belonging to a series of large trees planted there has, over the years, led to major cracks in the concrete that continued to be pushed upward, causing something like an obstacle course to form. There'd be several feet of flat sidewalk, and then, bam, you needed to climb up a foot or two of twisted tree root, broken slabs and maybe even a layer of hastily applied blacktop over that. It was difficult enough to manage for the able-bodied; forget about it if you have trouble walking or, even worse, get around in a wheelchair. more ›

D.C. Mayor Adrian Fenty is set to announce Friday that a Yes! Organic Market will become the retail anchor for a new mixed-use development at 2323 Pennsylvania Ave. SE, marking the first all-organic grocer to open east of the Anacostia River. more ›

Real estate developer Don Peebles has been playing the "Maybe I will, maybe I won't" game since late last year on whether he'll jump into the District's mayoral contest. But even an admonition from WRC/NBC4's Tom Sherwood (or DCist's own Sommer Mathis, for that matter) hasn't made Peebles any more resolute on whether or not to run. more ›

The D.C. Board of Elections and Ethics is tweeting updates this morning as 2010 candidates stop by on the first day to pick up nominating petitions. more ›

The National Association of Realtors released their quarterly data today by metropolitan area. As reported by the Washington Business Journal, the headline number is that first quarter prices in D.C. were up 4.7 percent year over year for single-family homes. However, prices were actually down quarter over quarter. more ›

Those pesky Save Our Safety Net folks (the same ones who got several D.C. Council members to put on superhero capes last week) got up in D.C. Council Chairman Vincent Gray's face with a camera during a lobbying push this morning. You've got to admire their moxie. more ›

Apparently marijuana doesn't scare legislators as much as it used to. more ›

Henri Cauvin is reporting over at the Washington Post that more than 100 employees were laid off today from D.C.'s Child and Family Services Agency. The layoffs were "prompted by citywide budget cuts and plans to restructure some jobs" at CFSA. more ›

After the late-April demise of legislation that would have granted the District a voting seat in the House, plenty of activists and residents have been asking -- what's next? Yesterday Greater Greater Washington contributor David C. added his voice to the chorus of people proposing unconventional approaches to enfranchising District residents -- a Territorial Representation Amendment. more ›

City officials gathered Wednesday morning to open the Streetcar Showcase, a four-day exhibit designed to get residents excited about the streetcars the District hopes will soon begin operating in Anacostia and on H Street/Benning Road. more ›

Is there a parliamentary term for beating a dead horse? Because if there is, the Senate appears to be doing just that. more ›

For those of you who, like us, got suckered today by DDOTDC's Twitter feed into thinking there was going to be some actual news about the future of D.C.'s streetcar program, allow us to properly phrase our collective response: pttttttttttttttthhhbt! The "exciting news" teased this morning turns out to be merely more details on an upcoming event that the transportation department already announced back in December. It's not nice to toy with us, DDOT! more ›

In just his first term in Congress, Rep. Jason Chaffetz (R-Ut.) has already made a career out of trying to legislate for the District. So much so, in fact, that the freshman has risen to the level of ranking Republican member on the House subcommittee charged with overseeing the city's laws and budget. Needless to say, plenty of D.C. voting rights advocates would love to see him gone, and now some are stepping up to try and make that happen. more ›