Legislation

The DC Council should reconsider the current plan for the East End hospital as it does not include provisions for Howard University’s doctors, residents and medical and other health professions’ students to provide services and training.

While the DC Council certainly introduced several commendable bills which weren't passed in 2018, one that UrbanTurf quite liked seemed to recede into the background with a whimper.  In January, Councilmember Charles Allen introduced the Go…

WASHINGTON — The District could soon have its own “red flag” gun safety law on the books.

Two "poison pill" amendments to the deal to build a new hospital in Ward 8 have forced Councilmember Vince Gray to propose more changes that give greater consideration to Howard University's medical school.

The D.C. Council on Tuesday could pass new laws restricting the ability of gun owners to modify weapons and require police to seize guns while enforcing protective orders in domestic disputes.

Mayor Muriel Bowser and Ward 2 Councilmember Jack Evans are pushing a $5.9 million tax break for an international company that has a history of racially discriminatory hiring practices in D.C.

Urban planning nerds who are anxious to see what local lawmakers are going to do to the District’s Comprehensive Plan for development and growth will have to wait a little longer.

You can put your money on this: future elections in D.C. will look very different than the ones from the past. And it comes down to money.

The street outside NASA headquarters could soon be named for the pioneering black women scientists depicted in the film "Hidden Figures."

Within a matter of weeks, the D.C. Council will likely approve legislation tasking the DC Office on Aging (DCOA) with creating and implementing a decadelong strategy to assess and improve various aspects of the District senior living…

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- The District could become the second city in the U.S. to ban conversion therapy for some individuals over the age of 18 if a bill passed by the city council Tuesday night receives approval from the mayor and Congress.

George Washington University Hospital said that it “cannot and will not be involved” in a deal with D.C. to operate a planned new Southeast D.C. hospital unless D.C. Council removes two amendments from proposed legislation that would…

One way or another, D.C. gas station owners should soon be able to petition the city to redevelop their properties — an option unavailable to them for the last dozen years.

George Washington University Hospital—the Universal Healthcare Services-owned, 370-bed facility in Foggy Bottom—is really super committed to D.C.'s healthcare.

George Washington University Hospital has suspended negotiations with the District to build and run a new hospital east of the Anacostia River, telling city officials in a letter Wednesday that conditions placed on the deal this week by the…

WASHINGTON -- A proposal to bring more public restrooms to D.C. has passed an important hurdle.