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Metro is launching a new effort to stop fare evasion on buses and trains, with plans to begin issuing citations and fines in November after a warning period over the next month.

As of this morning, the District's three monkeypox clinics are offering only walk-up vaccination services, with no need for pre-registration for either the first or second dose.

Amid the arrival of the third fall since the start of the pandemic, DC Health is still struggling to get its COVID-19 wastewater surveillance program underway, DCist reports.

Last week, the DC auditor's office issued a follow-up report decrying "minimal progress" in implementing recommended reforms at the District's 911 call center. Now comes news of an 11-minute delay earlier this month in dispatching…

The District is investing $10 million in grants to help licensed child development operators open new centers or expand or improve existing facilities.

Hotel activity in DC has largely recovered from the downturn caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a new report from the Office of the Chief Financial Officer on local economic trends.

Pentagon officials once again turned down Mayor Muriel Bowser's request for the DC National Guard to assist in providing humanitarian help to migrants arriving in DC on charter buses sent from Texas and Arizona.

On a largely party-line vote, the U.S. House of Representatives last night backed the transfer of authority over the DC National Guard from the president to the District's mayor — a change described by backers as a major advancement in…

The DC Council is slated to vote on emergency legislation Tuesday that would allow DC residents 21 and older to self-certify a need for medical cannabis.

Audi Field in Southwest DC will host Major League Soccer's All-Star Game next summer, with Mayor Muriel Bowser joining in the late-morning announcement at a celebratory press conference.

Tuesday's primary is almost here, but roughly 13% of DC's registered voters have already cast their ballots.

Initial figures show only one of the District's 40 early vote centers having hit triple digits for daily turnout so far.

A majority of the DC Council is now on record expressing support for transferring the RFK campus from the federal government but opposition to any NFL stadium on the site — regardless of how much the Washington Commanders were to throw…

With the DC Council poised to take a final vote this afternoon on how to redistrict the city's advisory neighborhood commissions, two legislators have proposed an amendment regarding a contentious matter of boundaries within Ward 3.

The DC Council may end up debating in some detail tomorrow how Ward 3's neighborhoods and commercial districts should be grouped into advisory neighborhood commissions.

Last night's televised debate brought added attention to the District's mayoral race, which pits two DC Council members against the two-term incumbent in the pivotal Democratic primary.

Ward 1 Council member Brianne Nadeau yesterday introduced emergency legislation to prevent price gouging on infant formula.

Back in February, Ward 3 Council member Mary Cheh upended DC's local political season when she announced that she had decided to retire rather than go through with her reelection bid. Now she has announced Tricia Duncan as her favored…

Ward 5's incumbent DC Council member announced his endorsement today of Faith Gibson Hubbard, one of the seven candidates vying to become his successor.

Metro is speeding up the transition to new leadership of the region's rail and bus service.