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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.

The DC Council voted yesterday to approve three new Medicaid contracts worth $8.8 billion over the next five years after a protracted, contentious procurement process that spawned a highly visible lobbying and social media campaign…

AG Karl Racine is making headlines over reports that his office is almost ready to act against the Washington Commanders and owner Daniel Snyder as the result of a long-running investigation into allegations of workplace misconduct and…

Mayor Muriel Bowser visited Center City Public Charter School's Brightwood campus this morning to announce Jermar Rountree as recipient of the 2023 DC Teacher of the Year Award.

The DC Council is slated to vote on emergency legislation Tuesday to undertake several immediate reforms to the DC Housing Authority in the wake of a blistering report prepared by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development.

His biography remained up on the website of the Office of the Deputy Mayor for Public Safety and Justice as of early this afternoon, but Christopher Geldart resigned yesterday after an assault arrest in Arlington and ensuing questions…

It's been five years since The Wharf opened along a prime section of the Southwest waterfront, and now developers are celebrating the anniversary as well as the official completion of the project's second phase with concerts, fireworks and…

Enforcement of the District's immunization requirements began today in DC schools for students in pre-K through the fifth grade.

President Joe Biden's announcement that he will pardon people convicted of simple marijuana possession under federal and local DC law brought praise from District officials as well as calls for greater autonomy via statehood.