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After two and a half years as chief of DC's Metropolitan Police Department, Pamela Smith is stepping down as of Dec. 31, midway through her four-year term.

The District reached a graduation rate of 78.7% in the 2024-25 school year — the highest mark since 2011, when DC began using the current methodology for calculating graduation rates and a 2.6 percentage point increase from the prior…

Three judicial appointments to the vacancy-laden DC Superior Court are part of the slate of presidential nominees under consideration this week for Senate confirmation — a package that is at least temporarily stalled after an insufficient…

The House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform yesterday voted 24-19 along party lines to approve legislation to prohibit DC from requiring that courts and tribunals defer to the mayor's interpretation of statutes and regulations. …

The DC Council this afternoon approved emergency legislation to relax several aspects of the District Department of Transportation's new rules for streateries that took effect yesterday and reduce the newly established fees.

Janeese Lewis George today launched her mayoral campaign as she aims to become the third Ward 4 councilmember to decamp from DC's legislature to its top executive office.

Seven years ago, soon after winning a second term, Mayor Muriel Bowser memorably generated pre-Thanksgiving headlines by questioning whether mumbo sauce deserves its reputation as "quintessential DC." This year, she's again making news…

More than 50 DC customers who were allegedly misled by a car-sharing company will receive refunds under a new settlement announced today by the DC Office of the Attorney General.

The authors of newly introduced legislation are calling for stronger protections for DC tenants living in dangerous housing and a fix to loopholes that have enabled problem landlords to delay repairs and address issues such as rodent…

A federal judge ruled yesterday that the federal government's ongoing deployment of National Guard troops in the District is illegal, granting the District's request for a preliminary injunction but also issuing a 21-day stay to give the…

Despite the objections of local officials, the House voted last night to establish cash bail and broader pretrial detention in the District, and to repeal the bulk of a police accountability law passed by the DC Council in 2022.

The House is set to vote tonight on a GOP bill that would remake the District's protocols for pretrial detention and bail, as well as a separate measure that would eliminate police accountability measures adopted by the DC Council several…

The DC Council voted unanimously today to remove a procedural impediment to the long-planned 11th Street Bridge Park, which will connect the Navy Yard and Anacostia neighborhoods via the District's first elevated greenway.

Ahead of expected House action on two DC-related bills this week, the District's three top elected officials issued a joint statement today objecting to those measures as well as 11 others advanced by a GOP-run House committee as…

The House of Representatives has announced plans to vote next week on a GOP bill to require mandatory cash bail in DC for various offenses and another bill that would repeal the bulk of a police reform law approved by the DC Council in…

The Washington Commanders this morning announced the selection of global architecture and design firm HKS as the lead architect for the team's new roofed stadium on the RFK campus.

Mayor Muriel Bowser, other DC officials and community leaders today celebrated the completion of a long-awaited Ward 4 segment of the Metropolitan Branch Trail — filling one of the last remaining gaps in the 8-mile regional trail corridor…

DC Attorney General Brian Schwalb today announced a record $41 million judgment against the former owners of the Marbury Plaza apartment complex, where tenants endured dangerous conditions even after a judge demanded repairs to fix…

Amid conflicting reports on whether federal authorities are investigating Mayor Muriel Bowser over her 2023 trip to Qatar, she said today that neither she nor anyone in her office had been contacted by federal officials about any probe.

DC Council Chair Phil Mendelson continued this week to speak against overspending by government agencies and urge more aggressive steps to curb the practice, but he ultimately opted not to force an uncomfortable vote to disapprove a…