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The DC Council is slated to vote on emergency legislation Tuesday that would allow DC residents 21 and older to self-certify a need for medical cannabis.

Mayor Muriel Bowser and other local officials denounced today's Supreme Court's decision overturning Roe v. Wade, warning that abortion rights in the District could be vulnerable if Republicans gain control of the House and Senate in the…

Audi Field in Southwest DC will host Major League Soccer's All-Star Game next summer, with Mayor Muriel Bowser joining in the late-morning announcement at a celebratory press conference.

Incumbents on DC's ballot yesterday fared well — with just one exception — as Mayor Muriel Bowser, DC Council Chair Phil Mendelson, at-large Council member Anita Bonds and Ward 1 Council member Brianne Nadeau all prevailed in the…

With vaccines offering protection against the coronavirus now available to children under 5, President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden are scheduled to visit one of DC's eight COVID-19 Centers this afternoon.

Tuesday's primary is almost here, but roughly 13% of DC's registered voters have already cast their ballots.

Attorney General Karl Racine yesterday filed a civil rights lawsuit against the DC Housing Authority for consistently failing tenants with disabilities, including by forcing hundreds to wait years for safe, accessible accommodations.

The city has a tentative deal for Giant to open a full-scale supermarket at Capitol Gateway Marketplace in Ward 7, where development plans stalled years ago after Walmart pulled out of plans to operate there.

Amid a flurry of announcements in the Ward 3 race, three current DC Council members said yesterday that they were endorsing Matt Frumin, with incumbent Mary Cheh having announced her support the night before.

With voters already casting ballots, two of the nine Democrats in the crowded field for the Ward 3 seat on the DC Council have dropped out of the race and are throwing their support elsewhere.

Initial figures show only one of the District's 40 early vote centers having hit triple digits for daily turnout so far.

The District's early voting centers opened today as the June 21 primary election draws closer.

A majority of the DC Council is now on record expressing support for transferring the RFK campus from the federal government but opposition to any NFL stadium on the site — regardless of how much the Washington Commanders were to throw…

With the DC Council poised to take a final vote this afternoon on how to redistrict the city's advisory neighborhood commissions, two legislators have proposed an amendment regarding a contentious matter of boundaries within Ward 3.

The DC Council may end up debating in some detail tomorrow how Ward 3's neighborhoods and commercial districts should be grouped into advisory neighborhood commissions.

Mayor Muriel Bowser today announced a summertime "202 for Peace" campaign to promote nonviolence.

Last night's televised debate brought added attention to the District's mayoral race, which pits two DC Council members against the two-term incumbent in the pivotal Democratic primary.

The National Park Service cleared a homeless encampment outside Union Station this morning, prompting familiar divisions among those who see such measures as necessary because of an imminent threat to public health and safety and others…