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The DC Council yesterday approved emergency legislation to help address staffing shortages at DC's 911 call center by allowing retired firefighters and police officers to work as temporary call takers or dispatchers without reducing their…

At an event this afternoon to kick off the sixth annual DMV Black Restaurant Week, the Bowser administration announced $5 million in new Food Access Fund grants in wards 5, 7 and 8.

Mayor Muriel Bowser today unveiled a strategy for DC to achieve carbon neutrality by 2045, an announcement made in conjunction with her participation in the Local Climate Action Summit convened as part of the 2023 United Nations Climate…

After a daylong hearing on crime and policing legislation proposed by Mayor Muriel Bowser, the chair of the DC Council's Committee on the Judiciary and Public Safety stressed the need to act collectively while adding that she's committed…

The Bowser administration is inviting applications for $1.1 million in grant funds to support public safety initiatives in three commercial corridors.

The Washington Post is warning of impending layoffs if more employees don't sign up for voluntary buyouts, per multiple reports.

Mayor Muriel Bowser is visiting Dubai in the United Arab Emirates this week as part of a delegation from the U.S. Conference of Mayors for the 2023 United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP28).

The DC Council voted unanimously yesterday to keep open an independent office that helps monitor conditions in facilities operated by the Department of Youth Rehabilitation Services.

The DC Council voted unanimously this afternoon to authorize Mayor Muriel Bowser to extend public emergencies on the opioid crisis and youth violence through Feb. 15.

New signs designate Marion Barry Avenue through Southeast DC on the corridor previously known as Good Hope Road, and a community celebration in historic Anacostia on Saturday marked the occasion with go-go music and tributes to the former…

The DC Council is slated to vote Tuesday on legislation authorizing Mayor Muriel Bowser to extend the public emergencies she declared this week on the opioid crisis and youth violence.

A new research report from the Urban Institute says that just over 1 in 10 residents of DC are experiencing housing insecurity, a term that encompasses factors such as a lack of affordability, inadequate accommodations, and frequent or…

Mayor Muriel Bowser this morning kicked off the $64 million reconfiguration of Ward 5's long-shuttered Spingarn High School to serve as the DC Infrastructure Academy's new training center.

A key credit rating agency yesterday reduced the District's outlook from "stable" to "negative" days after doing likewise to the U.S. government amid the threat of a shutdown and the potential for extensive budget cuts and a reduced…

Mayor Muriel Bowser announced this afternoon that she has declared a public emergency to bolster the DC government's response to the city's opioid crisis and the sustained increase in youth violence.

The designation of an empty parcel in Greenbelt, Maryland, as the future site of the FBI headquarters — the subject of a long-running, contentious and competitive selection process — could ultimately lead to dramatic changes for…

A unanimous DC Council yesterday rejected Mayor Muriel Bowser's plans to shift $20.6 million in federal funds from the Emergency Rental Assistance Program to replenish contingency funds spent on the family Rapid ReHousing program.

When the DC appropriations bill comes to the House floor for debate — expected to take place as soon as this week — legislators will consider additional budget riders to bar the District government from spending money on signage to…

A student assembly this morning at BASIS Washington, D.C., culminated in loud cheers with the announcement that teacher Kelly Maranchuck had received a prestigious Milken Educator Award for DC — accompanied by a $25,000 check.