DC Council

Jack Evans leads an extraordinary life. As the D.C. Council’s longest standing member, with boundless influence and reach, he sits in box seats, attends who’s who events and galas, and poses for photo ops whenever the opportunity arises. …

The Metro Board will not discipline its chairman, Jack Evans, this week.

Activists in Washington say the mayor’s proposed budget would worsen disinvestment in black communities.

DOES wants the Line to get its $46 million tax abatement anyway.

The growing number of people killed on D.C. roads could spur major changes to traffic laws, roadway and development design, and parking enforcement.

A major piece of legislation that aims to reduce traffic fatalities and reach the District’s Vision Zero goals reads like a laundry list — nearly 25 ideas from ban right turns on red everywhere to lower speed limits and putting more…

The D.C. Council’s health committee nixed a plan last Thursday that was supposed to expedite the construction of a new hospital in Ward 8.

D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser’s proposed tax increases on commercial property and large real estate transactions look increasingly likely to become law, even though Council Chairman Phil Mendelson believes she’s used “misleading” tactics to…

The Metro Board was slated to hold a closed session on Tuesday to discuss an ethics investigation into the board’s chair, Jack Evans. But now, that session has been postponed, reports WTOP, and replaced with a closed session for the Metro…

The Metro Board suddenly delayed any final action Tuesday on ethics issues facing Metro Board Chairman Jack Evans.

Mayor Muriel Bowser has proposed several changes to make it easier for local alcohol manufacturers to sell their wares, including allowing wineries and distilleries to ship products directly to consumers and raising the allowable amount of…

A pair of proposed changes to D.C.’s Freedom of Information law is drawing opposition from open-government advocates, who say they could potentially make it tougher for the press and public to request and obtain government emails and other…

Is the recycled rubber padding going in at playgrounds and fields safe? The District is set to fund a study to reassure a small group of concerned parents and determine what should or should not be allowed in the future.

Last month I wrote about the controversy over how contracts were awarded to provide food services to D.C. homeless shelters — including accusations that the District might have been defrauded. Since then, I’ve received new information and…