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For hours, it looked like the DC Council's consideration of a bill to overhaul the DC Housing Authority's governance would mark the dramatic climax of the legislature's daylong meetings on Tuesday.

The DC Council is slated to consider 50+ bills this afternoon at its second-to-last legislative meeting of Council Period 24, but a controversial nomination for the director of DC's 911 call center won't be among them.

In advance of a key vote at tomorrow's legislative meeting, DC Council Chair Phil Mendelson has tweaked the proposed new DC Housing Authority oversight board, including the addition of two more members.

Legislators are slated to decide next week whether to accept Mayor Muriel Bowser's plans for reforms to the governance of the DC Housing Authority amid loud objections from many advocates for residents of the city's public housing.

DC is poised to offer fare-free Metrobus service as soon as July if the DC Council approves proposed legislation next week.

DC Attorney General Karl Racine's office filed an amended complaint this week in its lawsuit against local nonprofit Casa Ruby and its founder, Ruby Corado.

A new report from DC Auditor Kathy Patterson concludes that the DC Department of General Services is mishandling repairs of schools and other facilities.

Officials at the DC Housing Authority are facing a deadline this week for answering the blistering report from the federal Department of Housing and Urban Development. They'll also be asked to provide details on their response Wednesday…

Thanksgiving eve brought welcome news that DC officials and the Washington Teachers' Union have reached a tentative contract agreement after a three-year impasse.

Just as mobile and online sports betting gets underway in Maryland, a DC Council committee is preparing to hold a public hearing on Dec. 13 on legislation to allow commercial operators like FanDuel and DraftKings to compete against the…

With Thanksgiving just days away, Mayor Muriel Bowser is embarking on her administration's sixth annual Home for the Holidays campaign with a goal of placing 900 families and individuals experiencing homelessness into housing by the end of…

A week after filing suit against the Washington Commanders, AG Karl Racine is back this week with a second court challenge.

Remaking the North Capitol Street corridor into an urban boulevard is among the various projects being recommended for funding by a mayoral task force in a report released today.

The DC Council voted unanimously yesterday to approve a revised criminal code in the works for more than a decade, after voting down an effort to raise the proposed penalties for two offenses related to gun possession.

At-large DC Council member Elissa Silverman is asking the DC Board of Elections to undertake a full review of the Office of Campaign Finance's ruling that she misspent campaign funds by polling voters on the Ward 3 primary race.

The figures are still tentative, but DC officials are reporting the city's highest public school enrollment in 15 years.

As election observers continue to mull how Kenyan McDuffie secured his electoral win in the at-large race to unseat incumbent Elissa Silverman, he credited a citywide strategy in an appearance today on WAMU's Politics Hour.

The tune has ended for this fall's game of musical chairs at the DC Council, and independent Elissa Silverman is the one who's lost her seat.

Fresh off winning a historic third term as DC's mayor, Muriel Bowser today announced her plans for a transition over the next several weeks before and after her Jan. 2 swearing-in.

Despite a relatively short ballot in the District, uncertainties abound — in large part due to the absence of full autonomy, which means a shift to Republican control on Capitol Hill could greatly impact local governance.