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Housing availability and affordability ranked as the overriding concern of residents participating in an initial DC Office of Planning survey conducted as a starting point for the District's forthcoming Comprehensive Plan, dubbed "DC…

The DC Housing Authority yesterday announced plans to modernize and renovate nearly 3,500 affordable housing units at 19 sites across the city, funded largely by $700 million in industrial revenue bonds authorized by the DC Council this…

As members of the DC Council discuss budget proposals at an informal work session today, Chair Phil Mendelson raised the prospect of establishing sanctions in hopes of preventing a repeat of the two-month delay in Mayor Muriel Bowser's…

The DC Council is poised to consider emergency legislation later this afternoon that would expand the District's juvenile curfew law for the summer, but amendments are likely to scale back several of the provisions initially recommended by…

Mayor Muriel Bowser returned this morning to the former McMillan Sand Filtration Site on North Capitol Street to cut the ribbon on the first of 146 townhomes being built as part of the massive Reservoir District redevelopment project…

The DC Council is slated to vote Tuesday on emergency legislation proposed by Mayor Muriel Bowser to amend the District's juvenile curfew law for the summer by having it take effect at 11 p.m. nightly, extending its applicability to…

The DC Council yesterday took an initial vote pulling language related to the RFK campus redevelopment deal from key budget legislation while leaving stadium-related spending in the capital budget.

The DC Council's Committee on the Judiciary and Public Safety voted this morning to approve an extensively revised budget proposal, but only after its chair dropped her controversial plan to eliminate the embattled Office of Neighborhood…

DC Attorney General Brian Schwalb this morning announced four new lawsuits against Maryland and Virginia drivers who collectively owe the District more than $340,000 in unpaid fines, penalties and fees for excessive speeding and other…

An Extreme Heat Alert will remain in effect in the District through at least 8 a.m. on Wednesday, with local officials urging residents and visitors to exercise caution, stay hydrated and check on vulnerable neighbors.

The DC Council this week approved emergency legislation to spend $2.8 million to acquire six parcels along Georgia Avenue NW that are facing foreclosure and at risk of becoming blighted.

Mayor Muriel Bowser is asking the DC Council to act on emergency legislation to amend the District's juvenile curfew law for the summer by having it take effect at 11 p.m. nightly, extending its applicability to 17-year-olds, and enabling…

The DC Council gave initial approval this afternoon to legislation introduced by Ward 2 Councilmember Brooke Pinto as part of her "Peace DC" plan, but only after removing a provision to expand the authority of the Washington Metropolitan…

Mayor Muriel Bowser helped break ground today on the final phase of the decades-long Portals development project near the Tidal Basin, highlighting the forthcoming construction of a new 356-unit luxury apartment building there as…

Mayor Muriel Bowser and other DC officials broke ground this afternoon on a $22 million addition at Ward 4's Barnard Elementary School as her administration highlights further investments in school modernizations in her proposed fiscal…

The House of Representatives voted 224-194 this afternoon to approve a GOP-backed bill to nullify DC laws and policies that govern when local agencies such as the Metropolitan Police Department and the Department of Corrections share…

Mayor Muriel Bowser today cut the ribbon on a renovated Public Safety Communications Center at 310 McMillan Drive NW, with administration officials saying that completion of the $18.5 million project strengthens the District's ability to…

A new agreement among the DC government, the National Park Service and Georgetown University to transfer several parcels near Key Bridge aims to complete a decades-long effort to expand nonmotorized boating activities along the Potomac…

The House of Representatives is slated to take up three GOP bills this week that DC Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton is decrying as "anti-DC home rule" measures.

As National Park Service workers began installing fencing around Dupont Circle Park this morning to prevent public access during this weekend's WorldPride celebrations, objections quickly arose from community leaders and DC Council members…

A new interactive tool developed by the DC government provides neighborhood-level insights into access to schools, parks, transit services, grocery stores, medical care and other key elements of the physical and built environment.

The DC Council gave initial approval yesterday to legislation that would bar DC students from using personal cellphones at school as of fall 2026.

The DC Council today gave an initial nod to legislation formally naming the recently opened high school on MacArthur Boulevard in honor of legendary Georgetown University men's basketball coach and DC native John R. Thompson Jr.

Mayor Muriel Bowser and other DC officials today celebrated the transformation of one of the District's busiest and most dangerous intersections thanks to a yearslong project that invoked eminent domain to displace the iconic Wendy's…

The Trump administration included DC on a newly posted list of "sanctuary jurisdictions" — accompanied by a warning from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security that local officials will soon receive formal notification of alleged…

Mayor Muriel Bowser's budget proposal to shelve existing plans for a new DC Archives building at the University of the District of Columbia is drawing objections from an advocacy group that helped galvanize support for the planned…

A new report issued today by the DC auditor blasting conditions at the DC jail comes as Mayor Muriel Bowser is proposing to enlist a private-sector partner to finance and build a replacement for the deteriorating facility.

Mayor Muriel Bowser today presented the DC Council with her budget proposals for fiscal year 2026, along with a supplemental budget for the current year that limits spending in line with congressional mandates without resorting to layoffs…

The U.S. Department of Energy's headquarters at the northern end of L'Enfant Plaza is among three federal buildings in DC identified yesterday for possible consolidation and disposition by the bipartisan Public Buildings Reform Board.

Organizers of the proposed "Use of RFK Site for Homes Not Stadiums" ballot initiative say they'll modify their proposed language in the wake of advisory opinions from Attorney General Brian Schwalb and the DC Council's general counsel that…