2023

The Republican-led 118th Congress blocked floor privileges to D.C. Mayor Bowser, other leaders of color who govern 4.3 million U.S. citizens

Advocates believe officials are rushing ahead with the clearing instead of taking the time to help house the camp’s residents.

Mayor Muriel Bowser has appointed Linda Harllee Harper as the Executive Director of the Office of Neighborhood Safety and Engagement. She will take on the new role while continuing to lead a separate department: the Office of Gun Violence…

D.C. Mayor Muriel E. Bowser (D) announced Thursday that she is shaking up the organization of her public safety agencies, putting the Office of Gun Violence Prevention and the Office of Neighborhood Safety and Engagement under a single…

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Republican-led House has launched the first salvo in what could be a long-running feud with the District of Columbia over self-government in the nation’s capital.

The Republican-controlled U.S. House flexed its power over D.C. on Thursday in voting to block a pair of local bills, with support from dozens of Democrats as well — the curtain-raiser this session in a long history of congressional…

The Republican-led House of Representatives on Thursday approved two measures that would overturn a pair of bills passed by the D.C. Council, one that allows non-citizens to vote in local elections starting in 2024 and another that revises…

The workers at more than two dozen local farmers markets run by the nonprofit FRESHFARM have unionized with United Food & Commercial Workers (UFCW) Local 400.

A new study from the Urban Institute shows a decline in Black homeownership in wards 7 and 8, home to nearly half of D.C.’s Black residents.

Wards 7 and 8 east of the Anacostia River have long been majority Black communities, but the percentage of Black homeowners is decreasing, according to a new report from the Urban Institute. Meanwhile, researchers found that mortgages…

The GOP-led House of Representatives voted late this morning to disapprove two laws enacted late last year by the DC Council, drawing support from several dozen Democrats who sided against calls from their party's whip to object to the…

A moment of silence for a mechanic who died while trying to protect passengers from a gunman at the Potomac Avenue Metro Station preceded the announcement of a collaboration between D.C. police and Metro to increase law enforcement…

D.C. police will soon start patrolling five Metro stations in the District to augment the transit police force that is struggling to protect the region’s vast rail and bus system from rising violent crime, officials announced Wednesday.

Late and no-show buses have caused students to miss class time and have left families frustrated, scrambling and not knowing what to expect one day to the next

Metro will pay D.C. police officers overtime to beef up patrols in five rail stations during rush hours.

Outside the National Mall, it can be nearly impossible to find a public bathroom in D.C. But a new bill could change this reality by increasing the number of public restrooms across the city.

The DC Council yesterday unanimously approved a long-awaited new contract for DC Public Schools teachers, but members called for a quicker resolution the next time around.