2023

In an interview, Robert J. Contee III said he instituted reforms and that he also tried to advocate for violent offenders to be held accountable

The District last year completed a report on the historic value of the Uptown Theater in Cleveland Park, calling the famous local institution “an excellent example of an Art Deco motion-picture palace with high historic integrity and…

A group of good government reformers has filed initial paperwork with the D.C. Board of Elections to put a referendum on the ballot next year that would open up primaries to independent voters and institute ranked-choice voting. These…

Linda Harllee Harper, who led two D.C. agencies tasked with reducing gun violence and seeking alternative ways to reduce crime, died Friday morning, the mayor’s office announced.

Linda Harllee Harper, who was appointed by D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser to be the city’s first gun violence prevention director in January 2021, died Friday at age 58.

D.C.’s version of mayoral control of schools suppresses accurate data and discussion about education issues. We don’t have to go back to the old system to fix that.

Linda Harllee Harper, a longtime D.C. government employee who most recently served as director of the city’s offices of neighborhood engagement and gun violence prevention, died early Friday morning.

President Joe Biden delivered yesterday on his threat to veto the GOP-initiated effort to overturn a police accountability law approved by the DC Council.

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden on Thursday — the third anniversary of George Floyd’s murder — vetoed an effort led by congressional Republicans to overturn a new District of Columbia law on improving police accountability.

President Biden vetoed a GOP effort to block D.C’s major police accountability legislation Thursday, noting the legislation contained “common-sense” changes aimed at enhancing public trust.

President Joe Biden on Thursday vetoed a congressional resolution that sought to block a police discipline and accountability bill passed by the D.C. Council, siding with city lawmakers and advocates in a fight over police reform and…

“Uhh, thank you so much Optimus Prime,” said the mildly bemused D.C. bureaucrat, responding to the iconic leader of the Autobots.

The D.C. Council held a six-hour public oversight hearing this week to decide the best way to address the District’s dangerous driving crisis.

DC Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton joined with 13 House members from Maryland and Virginia this week in opposing a recently introduced bill to increase air traffic at Reagan National Airport.

City leaders are seeking to reverse declining tax revenue from office properties downtown that have become increasingly vacant

Protests are planned at the Wharf today following Monday's abrupt closure of Moon Rabbit restaurant at the InterContinental hotel.

Mayor Muriel Bowser joined leaders of the DowntownDC and Golden Triangle business improvement districts this morning to launch development of the Downtown Action Plan, which will lay out strategies and programs to revitalize downtown amid…

With just a little over a month before the last day of school, the principal of one of D.C.’s larger middle schools is out of the job.

Activists say he isn’t going far enough as big rent hikes loom.