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During the pandemic, Mayor Muriel Bowser and DC Council Chair Phil Mendelson frequently sat side by side while briefing the public on conditions in the District and the government's response. This morning, they notably did so again to…

The DC Council is slated to consider emergency legislation Tuesday to adjust rules for the city's Emergency Rental Assistance Program and eviction proceedings in an effort to resolve a financial crisis faced by the District's affordable…

A new chief judge will take charge of the DC Superior Court next week, with the transition coming as several appointments to vacant judicial positions wind through the Senate.

Amid persistent complaints in Ward 5's Fort Lincoln neighborhood about mail being lost, stolen, destroyed and burned, DC Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton is calling on U.S. Postal Service officials to meet with affected residents — and pushing…

The DC Fire and Emergency Medical Services Department's expanded transfusion program — announced in January and implemented in early April — is showing "drastically improved" survival rates for patients suffering from hemorrhagic shock, DC…

The U.S. Department of Education this afternoon announced the selection of Payne Elementary School and DC Bilingual Public Charter School as National Blue Ribbon Schools for 2024.

The Federal Emergency Management Agency and Mayor Muriel Bowser this week announced that the District will receive $12 million in a federal grant to establish the Resilient Housing for All loan fund — a boost to the city's efforts to…

Mayor Muriel Bowser celebrated the start of the city's 10-day "Dine All Night" event with a visit this morning to the downtown site of the Asian Night Market Pop-Up, taking place today from 3 to 10 p.m. in Chinatown Park.

The DC Council yesterday afternoon followed through on plans to disband the committee previously headed by Ward 8 Councilmember Trayon White Sr., who is facing a federal bribery charge.

The DC Council voted unanimously this afternoon to adopt an emergency version of the fiscal year 2025 budget — due in large part to an unusually protracted congressional review period that has resulted from a legislative calendar with…

The DC Council's ad hoc committee — established to determine whether the bribery charge against Ward 8 Councilmember Trayon White Sr. and related residency questions merit his censure or expulsion — is slated to hold its first meeting…

The DC Council is poised to vote Tuesday on a resolution to disband the Committee on Recreation, Libraries and Youth Affairs — thereby removing Ward 8 Councilmember Trayon White Sr. from a post key to the bribery charge he faces in federal…

Ward 8 Councilmember Trayon White Sr. pleaded not guilty this afternoon to a federal bribery charge in a courtroom filled with his supporters as well as reporters.

Mayor Muriel Bowser and the DC Council held their annual commemoration and memorial ceremony this morning at a downtown fire station on the 23rd anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks.

In the wake of high-profile errors and delays at DC's 911 call center, the head of the DC Council committee with jurisdiction over the Office of Unified Communications is vowing increased oversight and pushing new legislation to improve…

DC Attorney General Brian Schwalb announced two lawsuits today against a DC landlord, accusing Ali "Sam" Razjooyan of jeopardizing the health and safety of tenants at two apartment complexes east of the Anacostia River.

A federal grand jury has indicted Ward 8 Councilmember Trayon White Sr. on a bribery charge in the wake of his arrest last month.

Mayor Muriel Bowser this morning unveiled the first three conditional recipients of tax abatements for commercial-to-residential conversion projects downtown — a key milestone for a program years in the making as the District struggles…

As the yearslong transformation of the St. Elizabeths East campus in Ward 8 continues, Mayor Muriel Bowser and her administration announced this morning that a team led by Banneker Communities will redevelop a 202,758-square-foot site…

A new lawsuit seeks to hold three federally licensed gun stores in Montgomery County liable for enabling illegal gun trafficking into the District, with DC Attorney General Brian Schwalb blasting the dealers for choosing "profits over…

With the deadline for public comment set for Monday, the proposed "Better Bus" overhaul that would alter routes — including some that date to DC's once-extensive streetcar network — and remove hundreds of stops is drawing increased…

Mayor Muriel Bowser and other DC officials celebrated the opening of the first major office-to-housing conversion in the Golden Triangle Business Improvement District at a ribbon-cutting this morning, saying another 11 such projects are in…

With a House vote expected this summer on the appropriations bill that includes the District of Columbia, multiple GOP lawmakers are pushing to add more riders to limit local spending and programs they deem objectionable.

Amid concern about rates of chronic absenteeism and truancy that worsened during the pandemic and have shown only modest improvement, the DC Council is poised to consider a pilot program to test whether the mayor's push to refer such cases…

With sweltering temperatures predicted to continue for at least the next several days, Mayor Muriel Bowser has activated an Extended Heat Emergency through Thursday at 10 p.m. "or until conditions improve."

Citing a recent increase in complaints to her office about DC's 911 call center, Ward 1 Councilmember Brianne Nadeau is pushing for the Office of Unified Communications to take further steps to avoid dispatch failures and delays in…

Independence Day is one of the busiest days each year for Metrorail, and the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority is once again offering free rides on July 4 from 5 p.m. until the system closes at midnight.

Ahead of next week's 75th Anniversary 2024 NATO Summit in downtown DC, local and federal officials are warning of roadblocks, vehicular and pedestrian checkpoints, bus route adjustments and more as the result of security zones around key…

A House committee is scrutinizing Amtrak's efforts to use eminent domain to take control of Union Station's retail space as a means to improve railway operations in part by expanding passenger and customer areas.

A DC Council hearing yesterday aired continued questions about the depth and scope of the internal investigations that sustained allegations of sexual harassment by John Falcicchio when he was deputy mayor for planning and economic…