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Ahead of the release of Mayor Muriel Bowser's final budget proposal and amid campaign-trail debates over who's best positioned to succeed her as mayor, a new publication released by the D.C. Policy Center urges that local leaders not…

The DC Council voted unanimously today to authorize formal submission of Mayor Muriel Bowser's budget plan on April 14, but legislators say they're anticipating an initial mayoral presentation this Friday ahead of the council's previously…

The DC Council is poised to meet tomorrow to authorize formal submission of Mayor Muriel Bowser's budget plan on April 14 — almost two weeks after the original April 1 due date.

After completion of a five-year initiative funded by a $16 million federal grant, DC education officials are hailing significant gains in literacy outcomes among the participating students, the vast majority of whom were economically…

It's no surprise to see Mayor Muriel Bowser and the DC Council at odds on policy issues, but the divide was particularly stark yesterday as legislators approved a 90-day ban on electricity disconnections she had strongly urged against,…

Ahead of today's DC Council meeting, Mayor Muriel Bowser is urging legislators to reject several of the measures up for consideration — including a proposal to temporarily prohibit electricity shutoffs, and an effort to override her most…

Mayor Muriel Bowser joined Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority officials this morning to celebrate the distribution of more than 450,000 "Kids Ride Free" cards since the program's debut.

A particularly hefty agenda for next week's DC Council meeting revisits mulitpe issues that have spurred substantial debate in the past — including consideration of overriding the mayor's most recent veto, extending authority for expanded…

Five Democrats in the House sided with the GOP majority yesterday in a 218-206 vote to approve a bill codifying aspects of President Donald Trump's "Making the District of Columbia Safe and Beautiful" executive order issued a year ago.

At this hour, the House is debating a bill that would codify aspects of President Donald Trump's "Making the District of Columbia Safe and Beautiful" executive order issued a year ago.

Mayor Muriel Bowser yesterday signed emergency legislation to require the public release of Metropolitan Police Department body-worn camera footage in connection with serious use of force incidents involving federal agencies, but vetoed a…

After announcing in November that she wouldn't be running for a fourth term, Mayor Muriel Bowser joked at a press briefing that she was looking forward to having the chance to join friends for a bottomless brunch once she's out of office.…

The District is inviting development proposals for a nearly 7-acre chunk of the St. Elizabeths East campus in Ward 8 as well as several adjoining underutilized Georgia Avenue parcels in the Emery Heights/Brightwood area in Ward 4.

The GOP-dominated House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform yesterday backed a bill to block DC from continuing its automated traffic enforcement program and its restrictions against right turns on red — prompting a new round of…

The House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform is slated to vote this afternoon on a bill that would disallow the District from using automated traffic enforcement and banning right turns on red.

DC Attorney General Brian Schwalb signed onto a multistate lawsuit filed yesterday that seeks to block President Donald Trump's administration from rolling back enforcement of fair housing protections against discrimination.

Citing the possibility of damaging winds and heavy bursts of rain from severe storms this afternoon, Mayor Muriel Bowser is urging residents to prepare for the severe weather and potential disruptions.

Mayor Muriel Bowser is proposing legislation to alter the District's short-term rental law, including allowing tenants to rent out their units and creating a new type of license to apply during designated special events.

Mayor Muriel Bowser and her administration are highlighting a new 50-state study that cites the District as one of the jurisdictions "leading the way for high school transformation" through policy initiatives such as encouraging…

Mayor Muriel Bowser yesterday released a long-shelved report on the feasibility of congestion pricing for downtown DC, but in doing so she faulted the study's methodology and warned against implementation with downtown struggling to…