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Mayor Muriel Bowser and her top education officials this morning announced a 2.2% rise in enrollment at DC's public schools in the 2023-24 school year.

As the DC Council winds up its slate of public hearings on the mayor's fiscal year 2025 budget proposal and committees prepare to make their recommendations, early childhood educators and their allies rallied this morning outside the John…

The long-awaited demolition of RFK Memorial Stadium — last used in 2019 — has received a key environmental approval, the National Park Service announced this morning.

House GOP leaders are seeking testimony from Mayor Muriel Bowser and Metropolitan Police Department Chief Pamela Smith on the District's handling of the pro-Palestinian encampment at George Washington University.

Bipartisan Senate and House negotiators have agreed on a Federal Aviation Administration reauthorization bill that includes the addition of five incoming and five outgoing flights at Reagan Washington National Airport — the result of a…

Mayor Muriel Bowser joined administration officials and business leaders on Rhode Island Avenue NE this morning to kick off Small Business Week and tout investments past, present and future in DC-based small businesses.

With regional leaders having agreed to increase their subsidies to the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority in the wake of dire budget warnings that included drastic service reductions, Metro's board of directors yesterday…

With regional leaders having agreed to increase their subsidies to the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority in the wake of dire budget warnings that included drastic service reductions, Metro's board of directors yesterday…

A ribbon-cutting with Mayor Muriel Bowser today marked the completion of the second phase of the MLK Gateway project, which includes a new 55,000-square-foot headquarters for the DC Department of Housing and Community Development in…

DC Attorney General Brian Schwalb has issued a formal opinion dismissing the legal effect if the city's independent chief financial officer refuses to certify the District's fiscal year 2025 budget prior to its submission to Congress.

The federal funding announced yesterday for the expansion of the District's Solar for All program will benefit roughly 19,000 low- and moderate-income households by helping boost locally generated community and rooftop solar capacity,…

A push earlier this year to work out permitting issues that briefly blocked operation of the temporary Artomatic installation in vacant space at 2400 M St. NW has helped inspire a new pilot program to streamline the process for other…

DC voters registered as Democrats have an opportunity this weekend to choose 13 delegates and one alternate who will go to Chicago in August for the party's national convention.

When Mayor Muriel Bowser and Monumental Sports & Entertainment reached their deal last month to keep the Capitals and Wizards at an upgraded Capital One Arena, one of the announced terms envisioned the Mystics playing up to four games…

Recent revisions to employment data present a less rosy picture of the District's post-pandemic jobs recovery, according to DC's chief economist.

Mayor Muriel Bowser's public schedule notes that she's leaving the District today for personal travel this week, but it's her official trip last weekend to Augusta, Georgia, that's drawing flak.

Mayor Muriel Bowser reiterated her calls for DC autonomy and statehood during remarks this afternoon at a "Full Democracy Champions" luncheon held as part of the government's DC Emancipation Day festivities.

Mayor Muriel Bowser today announced three new recipients of Vitality Fund grants to help expand their presence in downtown DC — including an Atlanta-based firm that's expanding its local office to serve as its new headquarters.

Mayor Muriel Bowser yesterday afternoon signed emergency and permanent versions of the far-reaching Secure DC legislation passed last week by the DC Council.

Mayor Muriel Bowser this morning joined other DC officials on a tour of the Golden Triangle area's first major office-to-residential conversion project, pairing the visit to the nearly completed Elle apartments with an announcement of the…

DC Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton is blasting two bills passed yesterday by the House Committee on Oversight and Accountability as "undemocratic and paternalistic," singling out one as particularly extreme because it would prohibit the DC…

Mayor Muriel Bowser and DC Council Chair Phil Mendelson have reiterated in recent days and weeks the District's offer of $500 million for modernization of the Capital One Arena if the Wizards and Capitals stay there — statements that may…

The public safety package approved 12-0 yesterday was a year in the making, Ward 2 Councilmember Brooke Pinto said during debate over the Secure DC Omnibus Amendment Act of 2024.

The DC Council is slated to take a second and final vote this afternoon on the expansive Secure DC bill, but will first debate several amendments — including one to allow DNA testing prior to a defendant's conviction in the case of violent…

DC's Republican Party has just provided Nikki Haley, former governor of South Carolina, with her first win of the GOP's presidential primary season.

The District's chief financial officer yesterday released an updated economic forecast that nudges revenue estimates for the current fiscal year upward by $67.6 million from his office's December estimate, with a similar $64.3 million rise…

The U.S. House of Representatives voted 348-55 last night to transfer authority over the RFK Memorial Stadium campus to the District for up to 99 years, paving the way for redevelopment there if the Senate follows suit and President Joe…

Legislation to transfer jurisdiction over the RFK Stadium campus to the District for 99 years — paving the way for redevelopment of the 174-acre site, potentially including a new home for the Washington Commanders — is slated for debate on…

DC Attorney General Brian Schwalb yesterday joined the Federal Trade Commission and eight states in a lawsuit to block a proposed merger between the companies that operate Harris Teeter and Safeway.

A new action plan for downtown DC proposes just over $400 million of public investments over the next five years, with downtown business leaders saying that the spending would ultimately generate more than that in annual tax revenue.