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The DC Council had a busy day yesterday with consideration of the fiscal year 2026 budget, but the agenda wasn't quite as heavy as expected after a last-minute decision to postpone its initial vote on a package of housing reforms to DC's…

The DC Council voted unanimously this afternoon at its Committee of the Whole meeting to approve the fiscal year 2026 budget package released yesterday by Chair Phil Mendelson, with only a few changes.

Early voting is underway in the Ward 8 special election to fill the DC Council seat left vacant when the DC Council expelled Trayon White Sr. for ethics violations related his pending federal bribery charges.

The DC Council's Housing Committee voted this morning to advance legislation that includes changes to the DC's eviction laws and the Tenant Opportunity to Purchase Act, but the already contentious debate is only beginning.

With the DC Council scheduled to take an initial vote on the fiscal year 2026 budget next Monday, Chair Phil Mendelson hinted at an administrative meeting this morning that it's unlikely he'll be able to identify available funds to restore…

Housing availability and affordability ranked as the overriding concern of residents participating in an initial DC Office of Planning survey conducted as a starting point for the District's forthcoming Comprehensive Plan, dubbed "DC…

The DC Housing Authority yesterday announced plans to modernize and renovate nearly 3,500 affordable housing units at 19 sites across the city, funded largely by $700 million in industrial revenue bonds authorized by the DC Council this…

As members of the DC Council discuss budget proposals at an informal work session today, Chair Phil Mendelson raised the prospect of establishing sanctions in hopes of preventing a repeat of the two-month delay in Mayor Muriel Bowser's…

The DC Council is poised to consider emergency legislation later this afternoon that would expand the District's juvenile curfew law for the summer, but amendments are likely to scale back several of the provisions initially recommended by…

Mayor Muriel Bowser returned this morning to the former McMillan Sand Filtration Site on North Capitol Street to cut the ribbon on the first of 146 townhomes being built as part of the massive Reservoir District redevelopment project…

The DC Council is slated to vote Tuesday on emergency legislation proposed by Mayor Muriel Bowser to amend the District's juvenile curfew law for the summer by having it take effect at 11 p.m. nightly, extending its applicability to…

The DC Council yesterday took an initial vote pulling language related to the RFK campus redevelopment deal from key budget legislation while leaving stadium-related spending in the capital budget.

The DC Council's Committee on the Judiciary and Public Safety voted this morning to approve an extensively revised budget proposal, but only after its chair dropped her controversial plan to eliminate the embattled Office of Neighborhood…

DC Attorney General Brian Schwalb this morning announced four new lawsuits against Maryland and Virginia drivers who collectively owe the District more than $340,000 in unpaid fines, penalties and fees for excessive speeding and other…

An Extreme Heat Alert will remain in effect in the District through at least 8 a.m. on Wednesday, with local officials urging residents and visitors to exercise caution, stay hydrated and check on vulnerable neighbors.

The DC Council this week approved emergency legislation to spend $2.8 million to acquire six parcels along Georgia Avenue NW that are facing foreclosure and at risk of becoming blighted.

Mayor Muriel Bowser is asking the DC Council to act on emergency legislation to amend the District's juvenile curfew law for the summer by having it take effect at 11 p.m. nightly, extending its applicability to 17-year-olds, and enabling…

The DC Council gave initial approval this afternoon to legislation introduced by Ward 2 Councilmember Brooke Pinto as part of her "Peace DC" plan, but only after removing a provision to expand the authority of the Washington Metropolitan…

Mayor Muriel Bowser helped break ground today on the final phase of the decades-long Portals development project near the Tidal Basin, highlighting the forthcoming construction of a new 356-unit luxury apartment building there as…

Mayor Muriel Bowser and other DC officials broke ground this afternoon on a $22 million addition at Ward 4's Barnard Elementary School as her administration highlights further investments in school modernizations in her proposed fiscal…