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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.

Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson — President Joe Biden's pick for the U.S. Supreme Court, where she would become the first Black woman to serve as a justice — has multiple ties to the District.

Karima Holmes is returning to the helm of the agency that runs the District's 911 and 311 call center — a post she previously held for five years, drawing acclaim from some but criticism from others.

Amid uncertainty about what to expect from trucker convoys headed to the Washington area, the Pentagon has agreed to deploy National Guard troops to help with traffic control in DC in the coming days.

Amid rising concern about violent crime in DC, the founding director of the District's Office of Neighborhood Safety and Engagement — which runs the mayor's violence interruption program — has resigned.

The DC Council isn't voting today after all on whether to reinstate the city's COVID-19 vaccine mandate for admission to restaurants, bars and a variety of other venues.