2023

The House Committee on Oversight and Accountability will follow up tomorrow's hearing on the DC government with a vote soon after on a GOP effort to block the District's police reform bill.

More children in the nation’s capital would be eligible to receive financial assistance for child care programs under a plan rolled out by D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser on Monday.

The D.C. Office of Campaign Finance has thrown out the last complaint filed against former councilmember Elissa Silverman over polling she conducted ahead of last year’s Democratic primary, closing out a political and legal saga that…

The D.C. Office of Campaign Finance has dismissed a third and final complaint related to former D.C. Council member Elissa Silverman’s decision to poll last year’s Ward 3 Democratic primary election, concluding a controversial saga that…

A controversial bonus for D.C. Housing Authority Executive Director Brenda Donald appears contrary to District law, is inconsistent with her contract, and was awarded against long standing DCHA practice, according to a copy of that…

Mayor Muriel Bowser’s proposed 2024 budget, unveiled before the D.C. Council last week, contains broad proposed cuts to city services prompted by an uncertain financial outlook. But one change, some officials say, would also undermine the…

An early college program at Coolidge High School could be a model for the rest of the city, leaders said

As she celebrated her third inauguration in early January, D.C. Mayor Muriel E. Bowser posed for a photograph with dozens of city hall staffers, a crowd that included a close adviser who stood next to her, as he has since she took office,…

Republicans in charge of the House Committee on Oversight and Accountability are gearing up for Wednesday's hearing on crime, public safety and the DC government's operations, but they're already hinting at a sequel.

By December 2023, all preschool teachers and many at-home day care providers in the District must have at least an associate’s degree

Marjorie Taylor Greene, Democrats offer two different views of jail conditions

The Metropolitan Police Department has 411 fewer officers than three years ago because of attrition and struggles in attracting recruits. The force is the smallest it has been in decades, with fewer than 3,400 sworn officers, and D.C. is…

The proposed reductions in spending include some programs that received an infusion of federal dollars during the pandemic.

Mayor Muriel Bowser unveiled her proposed fiscal year 2024 budget with a grim speech on Wednesday, declaring that amid a tough economic forecast, the city must go back to “the basics.” D.C.’s days flush with federal cash, she said, have…

The DC Council's budget oversight season is now underway, with the mayor formally presenting her budget proposal for fiscal year 2024 at this afternoon's public briefing after legislators made opening statements.

D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser’s vision for the city includes police officers back in schools, a new jail and a school for paramedics. It’s all part of a massive, $19.7 billion proposed budget Bowser presented to the D.C. Council on Wednesday.