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Sweeping changes to the District’s campaign finance regulations could soon become law, after the D.C. Council gave final approval Tuesday to a bill aimed at curbing the influence of government contractors in local politics.

Well, that was anticlimactic: Late in today's legislative meeting, Vince Gray moved to postpone a vote on his bill to Dec. 18, after a flurry of amendments appeared to blindside him.

The D.C. Council gave final approval Tuesday to a measure decriminalizing Metro fare evasion, paving the way for fare-jumping to become a civil offense punishable by a $50 fine in the District, rather than existing criminal penalties that…

WASHINGTON — What are the odds that D.C.’s football team would lose two quarterbacks to broken legs this season?

As we collectively utter, “I can’t believe this year is almost over,” it’s worth looking back at all that happened and start to think about our hopes and goals for the coming year.

If all goes as expected, you may be able to bet on sports games from your cell phone or even your seat inside Capital One Arena early next year.

The D.C. Council voted Tuesday to use millions of dollars in new revenue from online sales taxes to cut commercial property taxes, over the objections of advocates who lobbied to direct that funding toward homeless services instead.

WASHINGTON — The popular D.C. restaurant Surfside will open its third location next spring in Tenleytown.

Blow a kiss goodbye to gasoline-powered leaf blowers, which the D.C. Council voted to ban on Tuesday during its legislative session.

The D.C. Council has approved a law that could bring rakes back into style: banning gas-powered leaf blowers.

Undercover DEA agent Sam Gaye doesn’t remember that early September day in 1989 particularly vividly. After all, it was nearly 30 years ago and it was supposed to be an ordinary case.

The yearslong pursuit to revive the second-largest National Park Service-owned square in downtown Washington with a host of amenities and programmed open spaces is nearing an important milestone.

Ward 3 community activist Monika Nemeth, who became the first out transgender person to win election to a seat on the city’s Advisory Neighborhood Commission in the city’s Nov. 6 election, won election on Monday night as president of the…

NoMa is preparing to break ground on the new Tanner Park in January, potentially bringing the first large green space to the near northeast neighborhood by next fall.

When Ward 4 resident Andrew Hunt received a campaign email from Rhonda Henderson last week, he wondered: How did the candidate for the Ward 4 seat on the D.C. State Board of Education get his email address?

Federal and District officials have an updated plan to expand Amtrak and commuter rail service across the Potomac River that also benefits cyclists and pedestrians, as part of the Long Bridge redevelopment project. Just don’t expect…

A liberal political action committee on Tuesday placed an unofficial “Khashoggi Way” street sign outside the Saudi Embassy in Northwest to protest the presumed involvement of Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman in the Oct. 2 murder of…