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Early this morning, Mayor Muriel Bowser announced that DC Public Schools would be closed today for the snow but that the DC government would operate on a normal schedule with supervisors encouraged to offer liberal leave.

Mayor Muriel Bowser and others are praising firefighters for evacuating a child care center and adjoining buildings in historic Anacostia this morning in response to a reported gas leak — and less than a half hour before the situation…

The DC Council's Committee on the Judiciary and Public Safety voted unanimously this morning to advance wide-reaching Secure DC public safety legislation, even as a coalition of social and racial justice organizations is urging against the…

A Cold Weather Emergency is expected to remain in effect for DC through Thursday, with cold temperatures accompanying the city's first substantial snowfall in two years.

The DC Department of Human Services provided details today on when the nearly 83,000 local households that receive Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits can expect to see the temporary increase approved by the DC Council last…

Ward 2 Councilmember Brooke Pinto yesterday unveiled a sweeping public safety bill incorporating elements of various proposals offered by Pinto, Mayor Muriel Bowser and others in recent months, with plans for a vote by the Committee on the…

The DC Council yesterday gave initial approval to MacArthur High School as the name for Ward 3's recently opened secondary school, but several legislators dissented despite strong support from the school community.

Ahead of today's legislative meeting, DC Council Chair Phil Mendelson opted to pull two measures that had proved contentious for different reasons — including one that would have authorized a legal fight with the mayor over funding for a…

Mayor Muriel Bowser today launched the new Gallery Place/Chinatown Task Force that she announced last month in the wake of Monumental Sports & Entertainment's deal to move the Washington Wizards and Capitals to a new Alexandria arena. …

Stripped of its national accreditation in 2021, the District's embattled crime lab has regained key certifications for its forensic biology and chemistry units, paving the way for the Department of Forensic Sciences to conduct its own DNA…

Ward 7 Councilmember Vincent Gray announced today that he won't seek reelection next year, making 2024 the culmination of a decades-long DC government career that included a term in the mayor's office and another as DC Council chair.

DC experienced a population gain of 8,023 people over the previous year, according to new census data highlighted by the Bowser administration.

The DC Council is poised to consider emergency legislation tomorrow to assist prospective low-income homebuyers who thought they had secured sufficient Home Purchase Assistance Program funding.

As this week's announcement of a deal for a new Virginia home for the Washington Capitals and Wizards has settled in, some on the DC Council are joining criticism of Mayor Muriel Bowser for not successfully negotiating to keep the teams in…

Politics and sports can make for a potent mix, exacerbating the fallout from a loss.

Mayor Muriel Bowser said this afternoon she thinks DC is "still in the game" with its proposal — announced last night — to keep the Washington Capitals and Washington Wizards at Capital One Arena in Gallery Place by spending $500 million…

The Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority today released a fiscal year 2025 spending proposal with "unprecedented service cuts to Metrorail and Metrobus" deemed necessary to address the transit system's looming budget shortfall…

The U.S. Treasury Department has approved $22.5 million for the expansion and build-out of Whitman-Walker's recently opened Max Robinson Center, Mayor Muriel Bowser announced this morning.

The Washington Post's own employees made news yesterday with a 24-hour strike, with many of its journalists picketing against the absence of a new contract as well as planned buyouts and potential layoffs.

The Metropolitan Police Department will debut a new Real-Time Crime Center early next year, with plans for 24/7 staffing to monitor and respond to criminal activities more swiftly and efficiently in coordination with regional and federal…

The DC Council yesterday approved emergency legislation to help address staffing shortages at DC's 911 call center by allowing retired firefighters and police officers to work as temporary call takers or dispatchers without reducing their…

At an event this afternoon to kick off the sixth annual DMV Black Restaurant Week, the Bowser administration announced $5 million in new Food Access Fund grants in wards 5, 7 and 8.

Mayor Muriel Bowser today unveiled a strategy for DC to achieve carbon neutrality by 2045, an announcement made in conjunction with her participation in the Local Climate Action Summit convened as part of the 2023 United Nations Climate…

After a daylong hearing on crime and policing legislation proposed by Mayor Muriel Bowser, the chair of the DC Council's Committee on the Judiciary and Public Safety stressed the need to act collectively while adding that she's committed…

The Bowser administration is inviting applications for $1.1 million in grant funds to support public safety initiatives in three commercial corridors.

The Washington Post is warning of impending layoffs if more employees don't sign up for voluntary buyouts, per multiple reports.

Mayor Muriel Bowser is visiting Dubai in the United Arab Emirates this week as part of a delegation from the U.S. Conference of Mayors for the 2023 United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP28).

The DC Council voted unanimously yesterday to keep open an independent office that helps monitor conditions in facilities operated by the Department of Youth Rehabilitation Services.