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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.

Mayor Muriel Bowser this morning announced 10 recipients of nearly $7 million in grants from the District's Food Access Fund, an effort to help businesses open or expand in wards 7 and 8.

With the Nov. 8 general election rapidly approaching, the District has already received ballots from more than 70,000 voters — nearly a third of the total number of votes cast in 2018, the last mayoral election.

Mayor Muriel Bowser is pushing for changes to the sweeping revision of the District's criminal code prior to the DC Council's second vote.

Despite skepticism from several legislators, the DC Council yesterday approved emergency legislation to delay enforcement of the COVID-19 vaccination requirement for DC students until the 2023-24 school year.

A new report based on 14 months of research highlights the various ways that DC agencies turn to automated systems to help make decisions on matters ranging from housing and human services to policing and education.

The DC Council is entering the final weeks of its two-year council period, with a busy legislative agenda facing members in November and December.

The DC Office of Campaign Finance has found that at-large DC Council member Elissa Silverman improperly used campaign funds to conduct two polls in the Ward 3 primary race, ordering her to repay the money due to her participation in the…

Like everyone who is stocking up on Halloween candy, the DC government is making preparations for Halloween weekend.

DC tourism officials are proposing a temporary hike in the hotel tax to fund more vigorous marketing campaigns — a step they say is necessary in the face of similar initiatives from other travel destinations that have more successfully…

As the DC Council convenes a hearing this afternoon to discuss teacher and principal retention and turnover in the District, a new survey by the Washington Teachers' Union identifies high levels of dissatisfaction among educators.

District students experienced greater drops in math and reading test scores during the pandemic than the national average or the big city average, according to newly released results on the National Assessment of Educational Progress.

As the DC Council considers whether to alter the parameters of newly established migrant services, a public hearing yesterday aired testimony on the experiences of people who were bused from border states and decided to stay in the…

AG Karl Racine today announced a $10 million settlement that he called the country's largest civil penalty ever in a housing discrimination case.