Pepco has faced increasing scrutiny over expensive customer bills in recent months. A new ruling could have a lasting impact on how the utility calculates its rates.
Many of these residents have lived in Columbia Heights for decades. Their precarious situation shows just how hard it can be for longtime residents of D.C. to stay here.
Between a potential expulsion of their colleague, an unpopular eviction bill, and "downtown revitalization," lawmakers are busy wrapping up their legislative loose ends before the session ends this fall.
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