DC Council

D.C. restaurant groups Cava and &pizza offered their hourly workers paid time off this year to vote on Election Day. If a new bill passes, all workers in the District would have the same benefit.

The D.C. Council gave overwhelming preliminary approval Tuesday to a sweeping campaign finance reform bill.

The George Washington University Hospital has the District over a barrel. And the D.C. Council is thinking of giving away one of the city’s biggest bargaining chips.

Emily Annick named her sweets company, 440 Confections, after her home address in D.C. It’s not just that she really loves her condo: Annick runs her business entirely out of her home, and is the first food company to do so under D.C.’s…

The D.C. Council gave preliminary approval to sweeping new campaign-finance regulations Tuesday, including restrictions on government contractors’ political contributions, bringing a potential sea change to a city that has witnessed…

The D.C. Council is poised to decriminalize Metro fare evasion with just one more council-wide vote, and WMATA isn’t taking it lying down. The transit agency took to Twitter on Monday to express its displeasure with the measure, which would…

The D.C. Council voted unanimously this afternoon to move forward a bill that would aim to strengthen rent control laws in the city, reducing the amount by which a landlord can increase a unit’s rent after its occupant moves out.

A group of two year olds were playing together in an empty room at a Capitol Hill church in September when representatives from the Office of the State Superintendent for Education showed up to investigate.

GOVERNMENT CONTRACTING controversies in the District on matters ranging from the lottery to grass-cutting to homeless shelters have underscored an urgent need for reform. But efforts to bring the District in line with the good-government…

Already a leader in offering universal preschool for three and four-year olds, Washington, D.C. now aims to position itself again at the forefront of early childhood investments. In June, the city council unanimously approved the…

WASHINGTON — Normally, holding an annual snow summit in mid-November would be ahead of the game.

D.C. is doing something different this season when it comes to snow removal: There's a new "non-motorized trail" work detail specifically assigned to clearing bike paths, bridge deck sidewalks and ramps compliant with the Americans with…

Conservatives often criticize the “nanny state,” but even we didn’t imagine it would get this bad. The District of Columbia is literally targeting preschool play dates, claiming that parents need city approval before they can baby-sit their…

The D.C. Council has the chance to end dalliances with corruption — and restore confidence in the city’s political process — by adopting the omnibus campaign-finance-reform bill unanimously passed last month by the council’s Judiciary and…

Ward 2 Councilmember Jack Evans has reported income of up to $350,000 in recent years from a consultancy he formed in 2016 with lobbyist N. William Jarvis, who has lobbied Evans since then on behalf of a client seeking a contract extension…