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With the submission deadline for nominating petitions having passed, the DC Board of Elections today released an updated — but not yet final — list of candidates in the June 21 primaries.

A new task force will look to maximize the District's ability to obtain federal funds for "transformative, equitable and sustainable" projects through President Joe Biden's bipartisan infrastructure law.

Two expenditures by the DC government made it into an Associated Press review of questionable uses of COVID-19 relief funds across the country.

A former candidate for Ward 8's seat on the DC Council — once a spokesperson for the late Marion Barry — is making another bid for elected office. This time, however, it's in Maryland as the running made for one of the 10 Democrats seeking…

The convoy of truckers and supporters has become a common sight on the interstates that run through DC, but participants have also been visible at times elsewhere in the city, including on Constitution Avenue and at Black Lives Matter…

The budget process is getting underway in earnest with this afternoon's DC Council briefing, which kicked off with opening statements from legislators citing issues they'll focus on in the upcoming slate of oversight hearings.

Experts say that peak bloom for the cherry blossoms is still a week off — but DC's budget season is already underway, even with the release of some specifics delayed.

Mayor Muriel Bowser released her budget plans today with a presentation to the DC Council at the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library, although portions of the actual document won't be available to the public or the DC Council until…

Authorities arrested a man early this morning suspected of recent attacks on people experiencing homelessness in DC and New York City.

Police in DC and New York City are joining with federal authorities to search for a gunman suspected in recent attacks in both cities on people experiencing homelessness — two of which proved fatal.

The District's first elected attorney general is throwing his support to Brian Schwalb to succeed him.

A DC retirement board has ruled that the death of a Metropolitan Police Department officer in the days after the Jan. 6 insurrection occurred in the line of duty and that his widow is entitled to his full pension.

Congressional leaders unveiled a draft appropriations bill early this morning that preserves the 7-year-old budget rider that has barred the District from regulating recreational marijuana sales.

A new research project — named in honor of the late economist and DC advocate Alice Rivlin — will delve into the District's competitive standing and ways to attract and support inclusive growth.

With a second day of a protest convoy circling the Capital Beltway, DC officials continue to prepare in case the demonstrators head into the District today or later this week.

Doubts about the District's sports betting program continue to swirl as initial revenue estimates fall short for its GambetDC app — and particularly amid news that the app even ran a $4 million deficit last year.

DC Health is replacing its daily data updates on COVID-19 cases with a weekly report that corresponds with the metrics outlined last week by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

DC Public Schools will no longer require students and staff to wear masks while they are outside.

The start of meteorological spring coincides with the arrival of new revenue estimates from the District's top finance official, who expects the government to bring in $148.8 million more in fiscal year 2022 than anticipated three months…

With President Joe Biden's State of the Union address coming up tomorrow, fencing around the U.S. Capitol is being reinstalled amid concern about possible demonstrations related to trucker convoys headed to the area.