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As 2024 draws to an end, Mayor Muriel Bowser and Metropolitan Police Chief Pamela Smith are highlighting reductions in various categories of crime compared to last year and to five years ago, linking the favorable trends to policy changes…

DC Water this morning lifted the boil-water advisory in effect since Tuesday for about 2,800 affected customers in several Northeast DC neighborhoods east of the Anacostia River.

The DC Council this week adopted a schedule for consideration of the fiscal year 2026 budget, agreeing to an April 2 submission date from the mayor in an effort to avoid the kind of disruptions that characterized the process last spring.

With the District's long-delayed ban on cashless establishments set to take effect Jan. 1, the DC Council voted yesterday to approve emergency legislation exempting bars, restaurants and entertainment venues that have a liquor license or…

DC Water has issued a boil-water advisory for nearly 2,800 customers in parts of Northeast and Southeast as a precautionary measure after a loss of water pressure earlier today — with many of those affected still without water as of early…

With the holiday shopping season underway, Mayor Muriel Bowser visited Georgetown this morning as she encouraged residents to patronize local businesses and highlighted plans for increased police presence in commercial corridors.

The fate of Capital One Arena, fodder for a yearlong discussion, culminated yesterday with an initial vote by the DC Council to approve the venue's modernization — but lawmakers also took final steps on how to fund capital improvements at…

The DC Council today advanced legislation to authorize the District's $87.5 million purchase of Capital One Arena and finalize a redevelopment agreement with Monumental Sports & Entertainment little more than five weeks after the…

After prolonged delays and despite ongoing appeals, the District's newest homeless shelter is open in the West End, offering semi-private rooms and individualized case management designed to help individuals, couples and adult families get…

Mayor Muriel Bowser has nominated Kwelli Sneed to head the Office of Neighborhood Safety and Engagement on a permanent basis after a year and a half as the interim director atop that agency, which administers and oversees many of the…

The long-delayed and often-contentious redevelopment of Ward 8's Barry Farm neighborhood reached a milestone today with a ribbon-cutting for The Asberry — a five-story mixed-use building with units set aside for senior citizens who were…

Amid continued scrutiny of the District's 911 call center, local officials yesterday launched a "Make the Right Call" campaign in hopes of reducing the number of non-emergency calls that contribute to what they described as "an overtaxed…

A Senate committee has advanced legislation that would lease the expansive RFK Stadium campus to the District for 99 years and allow for mixed-use redevelopment that could include a new home for the Washington Commanders.

Mayor Muriel Bowser, at-large Councilmembers Kenyan McDuffie and Robert White, and community leaders helped cut the ribbon today for the new Go-Go Museum & Café in Anacostia in a salute to the history and popularity of DC's home-grown…

The U.S. Department of Transportation today announced more than $80 million in grant funding to Amtrak for short-term improvements to DC's Union Station as well as planning for its expansion.

DC education officials are reporting progress in lowering truancy and chronic absenteeism rates in local schools since the pandemic, but also note that more work remains with too many students missing out on classroom instruction.

A federal judge today set a January 2026 date for the bribery trial of Ward 8 Councilmember Trayon White Sr. — a delay from earlier expectations that a trial might take place next summer.

Mayor Muriel Bowser told reporters this afternoon that she hopes to meet with President-elect Donald Trump as transition and inauguration planning continues.

DC's voter turnout stands at 64.57% in the most recent figures posted by the DC Board of Elections, an update from the election night tally.

While it remains uncertain which party will control the House of Representatives pending the resolution of multiple uncalled races, the outcome is likely to have outsize impact on how DC's home rule fares during Donald Trump's second…