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A split DC Council yesterday voted down proposed amendments to the mayor's emergency legislation to establish a migrant services office, leaving unresolved most of the concerns raised by advocacy groups that work with immigrants and with…

The full D.C. Council on Tuesday voted unanimously to approve legislation aimed at stopping drivers from turning right on red lights in the District.

A U.S. House committee on Tuesday advanced a bill that D.C. Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton said would provide the biggest expansion of D.C. home rule in nearly 50 years.

A years-old engineering report cites older examples of a track problem that has caused wheels on rail cars to move apart

The D.C. Council on Tuesday voted to create a government office that lawmakers say will offer immediate support to the thousands of asylum seekers being bused to the District at the direction of GOP governors from states on the southern…

District voters might feel a sense of deja vu over a hotly debated ballot initiative to change how tipped workers are paid. After all, the city’s voters passed a very similar measure in 2018 with 55 percent of the vote, before the D.C.…

D.C. Attorney General Karl Racine says in a new court filing that Metro is too sensitive a place to allow regular commuters to carry handguns, because trains and buses carry large numbers of federal workers and also D.C. school children on…

The DC Council is slated to vote later today on emergency legislation to create a new office within the Department of Human Services to provide assistance to migrants being sent to the District by charter bus from border states such as…

Despite the furor over Initiative 77, Initiative 82 looks safe should voters approve it in November.

The D.C. Council will vote Tuesday on an emergency bill to establish an Office of Migrant Services to handle the thousands of migrants being bused to the city.

The full D.C. Council is scheduled Tuesday to consider legislation aimed at stopping drivers from turning right on red lights in the District.

DC's first Lidl store will open soon, bringing a new grocery option to wards 7 and 8.

The District will spend nearly $25 million to help 600 low-income families transition out of homelessness, including up to $10,000 in cash, Mayor Muriel E. Bowser (D) announced Monday.

If you get caught by a traffic enforcement camera in the D.C. area, the ticket results in a fine. But some District lawmakers think the tickets also should include a point on the driver’s licenses of vehicle owners.

As a part of a new pilot program, D.C. will be giving up to $10,000 in cash to 600 families transitioning out of homelessness, to support housing, food, and income assistance as they advance their career or find employment.

In good news for D.C. streateries, the city’s Office of Risk Management has dropped a proposed increase on insurance rates for businesses seeking permits to operate in outdoor spaces.