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Tuesday’s vote on the fiscal 2024 budget was the first of two that the council will take before sending it to Mayor Muriel E. Bowser to sign

The D.C. Council on Tuesday gave initial approval to a $19.7 billion budget for 2024 crafted under challenging financial conditions for the city, with lawmakers touting increases in funding for key housing programs while also enacting…

A number of D.C. officials, including Mayor Muriel Bowser, testified before a House committee on Tuesday at the request of Republican representatives. It was the second time in recent months local officials had been called to testify…

Congress has voted to reject D.C.’s police accountability legislation, the second time this year that a D.C. bill has been swatted down on the Hill. But President Biden has already threatened to veto the measure disapproving of the D.C.…

The U.S. Senate voted 56 to 43 along party lines Tuesday to repeal a D.C. police discipline and accountability bill that the council approved last year. The House already passed a measure blocking the bill, also known as the Comprehensive…

Safe water advocates say D.C is backtracking on an important effort to eliminate dangerous lead pipes while the Council looks for federal funds to make up the difference.

As budget season nears a close, the Ward 5 lawmaker wants to keep a deed tax hike in place to make some big investments, setting up debate during the Council’s first budget vote.

The DC Council took an initial vote this afternoon in favor of the version of the fiscal year 2024 budget unveiled yesterday by DC Council Chair Phil Mendelson.

The D.C. Council made one last chess move in the transportation realm Monday, ahead of its first vote on the overall budget the next day.

The D.C. mayor says the measure, which would also make it easier for judges to hold defendants awaiting trial, aims to address ‘gaps’ in District laws

Mayor Muriel Bowser wants to make it easier to detain people accused of crimes, increase penalties for gun possession, and heighten barriers for people convicted of serious crimes to gain early release from prison.

The budget that the council is set to vote on Tuesday would restore D.C. Circulator routes and supports a 25-cent surcharge on ride-hailing trips.

The chair hopes to use the savings to fund overnight bus service and reverse Bowser’s cuts to key housing programs.

Funding for emergency rental assistance has been restored under a final draft of the proposed 2024 budget being circulated ahead of a first vote in the D.C. Council on Tuesday, while plans for the K Street Transitway would be put on hold…

DC Council Chair Phil Mendelson today unveiled his fiscal year 2024 budget proposal, which would undo the mayor's cuts to programs such as emergency rental assistance while providing planning money — but not construction funding — for the…

A generation ago, D.C.’s two top local Democrats shared a Northeast Washington stage with the country’s most powerful Republican, a White southerner who had just become House speaker and who tried to win over a crowd of predominantly Black…

The revised vision for the rail station includes less parking, an underground drop-off area, and integrated bus, pedestrian and bike access

A lawsuit filed by seven D.C. voters represented by an anti-immigration group against the city’s Board of Elections is headed to federal court as the plaintiffs try to stop the District from permitting noncitizens to vote in local…

One of D.C.’s foremost contributions to cumbersome design is the presence of the service lanes on either side of K Street NW in the heart of downtown. You know — those narrow spaces where delivery trucks stop traffic, where pedestrians…

The nation’s capital is at a critical juncture: Crime is up. Homelessness is up. Housing affordability has worsened. Downtown is comatose as office workers often stay home. Plus, deep inequalities remain, especially between largely White…