Muriel Bowser

City officials in the nation’s capital took steps Tuesday to expand the safety net for unpaid federal employees and contractors who are struggling to make ends meet as the partial government shutdown stretches into a second month.

D.C. councilmembers on Tuesday gave a sharp rebuke of Mayor Muriel Bowser's argument that "lawlessness begets lawlessness" on the District's transit system.

As part of D.C.’s effort to eliminate traffic deaths and serious injuries by 2024, the District Department of Transportation (DDOT) is setting up a new Vision Zero office that will focus on safety strategies, including through engineering,…

Mayor Muriel Bowser used her veto power last week for only the second time, seeking to overturn a bill that eliminates criminal penalties for failing to pay fares on the Metro system. But lawmakers on the D.C. Council voted Tuesday to defy…

The D.C. Council voted overwhelmingly Tuesday to override Mayor Muriel E. Bowser’s veto of its legislation decriminalizing fare evasion on Metro. The 11-2 vote means the legislation now heads to Congress for final review.

Mayor Muriel Bowser vetoed decriminalization legislation that advocates say would curb the discriminatory policing tactics associated with fare evasion enforcement. Today, the D.C. City Council will decide if it will override her veto.

D.C. Mayor Muriel E. Bowser (D) begins her second term in office with an unquestioned mandate from voters and a widely lauded vision for a city whose prosperity could finally be shared across barriers of race, class and neighborhood.

D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser is urging the Trump administration to reconsider its refusal to make unemployment insurance available to federal workers who are still on the job amid the shutdown, yet missed their last paycheck and could miss…

Sweeping changes to campaign-finance regulations in the nation’s capital are on track to become law after Mayor Muriel E. Bowser (D) opted not to veto legislation passed by the D.C. Council.

In a signal of her disapproval, D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser has opted to leave unsigned a bill that prohibits homeowners from renting out, on a short-term basis, homes other than their primary residences. The legislation, which the D.C.…

D.C. Mayor Muriel E. Bowser (D) announced Friday that she plans to equip the District’s police officers with a life-saving overdose antidote, reversing her administration’s previous opposition to an initiative supporters say will help…

Mayor Bowser announced on Friday that she will move to equip D.C. police officers with naloxone, a lifesaving opioid overdose antidote.

Mayor Muriel Bowser wants to add more officers to the Metropolitan Police Department. Councilmember Vince Gray wants to know why it took her so long to make that call.

Mayor Muriel Bowser quietly vetoed the Fare Evasion Decriminalization Act earlier this week, writing in a letter to D.C. Council Chairman Phil Mendelson that the bill will hurt the already cash-strapped agency and that “we should not…

During her Second Term Outlook Address on Tuesday, postponed due to Monday’s snow, Mayor Muriel Bowser announced renewed priorities for her next four years in office as well as a series of organizational changes within the D.C. Government.