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Ward 2 Councilmember Brooke Pinto this morning announced her campaign for the congressional seat held since 1991 by DC Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton, who has so far said she intends to run again despite calls for her to retire.

Mayor Muriel Bowser this morning marked the launch of a new health care apprenticeship program with a visit to the District's second Advanced Technical Center, located at Whitman-Walker Health's Max Robinson Center.

The DC chief financial officer's latest revenue forecast shows an uptick in the economic outlook for the DC government over the next four years since his last estimates in June, based in part on an improved outlook for corporate earnings…

Mayor Muriel Bowser today offered a preview of the "growth agenda" legislation she'll be asking the DC Council to revisit.

People with insurance coverage through DC Health Link can expect to see an average rate increase of 8.7% for individual plans and 9.5% for small group plans, the DC Department of Insurance, Securities and Banking announced today.

President Donald Trump yesterday signed a memorandum directing federal prosecutors to pursue the death penalty in all appropriate cases in DC, as well as to seek federal jurisdiction for death penalty-eligible crimes that occur in DC.

Ward 1 Councilmember Brianne Nadeau announced this morning that she won't seek a fourth term, likely setting the stage for a crowded field of candidates looking to become just the fifth person to hold the position since the creation of…

DC Attorney General Brian Schwalb today announced a first-of-its-kind judgment against a dangerous driver under recently implemented DC Council legislation, as well as a slate of 12 new lawsuits against Maryland and Virginia drivers who…

DC Attorney General Brian Schwalb announced this morning that Washington Gas will take new steps to stop toxic chemicals from leaching into the Anacostia River from the site of a gas-manufacturing plant that operated for nearly a century…

Mayor Muriel Bowser said today that she'll soon reintroduce aspects of her "growth agenda" as stand-alone bills in an effort to win DC Council approval for provisions that lawmakers pulled out of her FY 2026 budget legislation.

As questions swirl over whether DC Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton will indeed seek another term, at-large DC Councilmember Robert White — who previously served as legislative counsel in Norton's office — is entering the race.

Today's congressional oversight hearing on DC with testimony from Mayor Muriel Bowser, DC Council Chair Phil Mendelson and Attorney General Brian Schwalb caps a hectic few days — with the House approving four bills to repeal or amend local…

With limited but notable Democratic support, the House yesterday approved two GOP bills that would alter the District's juvenile justice laws — with consideration of two other proposals to overturn local laws and amend the DC Home Rule Act…

The House is expected to vote later this afternoon on two measures described by GOP backers as necessary to protect public safety in the District and decried by local leaders and congressional Democrats as intruding on home rule and…

President Donald Trump is threatening to declare a new national emergency and once again federalize DC's Metropolitan Police Department unless Mayor Muriel Bowser allows officers to fully cooperate with U.S. Immigration and Customs…

Four of the DC-related bills advanced earlier this week by the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform are positioned for a vote on the House floor as soon as next week.

At the conclusion of a daylong markup session, the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform voted last night almost exclusively along party lines to advance 13 bills that would amend or repeal several DC criminal justice laws and…

The House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform is in the midst of marking up a series of bills to repeal and alter multiple DC criminal justice laws — with sometimes heated debate falling along party lines, aside from consensus on…

Ahead of tomorrow morning's House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform meeting to mark up 14 DC-related bills, Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton says she intends to speak on all of them — the bulk of which would repeal or alter local…

In conjunction with President Donald Trump's focus on crime and public safety in DC, the GOP-controlled House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform has scheduled a meeting Wednesday to consider more than a dozen DC-related bills…