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At-large council member Elissa Silverman’s defeat would leave a power vacuum for a politically young crop of progressive lawmakers.

Four D.C. firefighters and paramedics are asking a federal judge to throw out a 2020 city policy restricting facial hair, which they say violates an earlier court order that protects their rights to wear a beard for religious reasons.

Only months ago, D.C. Councilmember Kenyan McDuffie’s (D-Ward 5) political career seemed to have come crashing down as his bid for attorney general collapsed in somewhat spectacular fashion. On Tuesday, though, he experienced a political…

Muriel Bowser, who won a historic third-consecutive term as mayor, said that it’s what D.C. residents think that matters, as the nation’s capital awaits which parties will control the U.S. House of Representatives and the Senate.

It was a crowded race for the two at-large seats in the D.C. Council, with eight candidates elbowing for the top spots in a race fraught with an accusation about misspent public funds.

In a citywide race that pitted three sitting D.C. Council members against one another for two spots, Mayor Muriel E. Bowser’s allies Anita Bonds and Kenyan R. McDuffie won at-large council seats — ousting two-term incumbent Elissa…

Tuesday’s balloting in D.C. had no impact on national midterm election results. But District voters might have altered the city’s political landscape to an extent not anticipated only weeks ago.

WASHINGTON (AP) — The attorney general for the District of Columbia said he is holding a news conference about the Washington Commanders on Thursday, the latest off-field development for the NFL franchise that is the subject of multiple…

The idea that D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser would even need a transition might sound kind of strange, considering that she has already held office for eight years.

Less than a day after D.C. voters elected her to a rare third term, Mayor Muriel E. Bowser (D) on Wednesday reflected briefly on her nearly eight years at the helm of the city’s government before outlining her vision for the next four.

The National Labor Relations Board has determined that Union Kitchen violated several labor laws and engaged in union-busting tactics as workers sought to unionize earlier this year, and that management continued to do so throughout the…

D.C.’s pandemic-worn hospitality industry was thrust into yet another period of uncertainty Tuesday after voters overwhelmingly cast their ballots in favor of a controversial measure intended to raise the minimum wage for tipped workers in…

Opponents of eliminating the tipped minimum wage talk service charges and business model changes.

Silverman’s ouster deals a symbolic blow to the left, though progressives will still control the Council next year.

Fresh off winning a historic third term as DC's mayor, Muriel Bowser today announced her plans for a transition over the next several weeks before and after her Jan. 2 swearing-in.

D.C.’s restaurant servers and other tipped workers will see the way they get paid shift in a profound way now that voters have passed Initiative 82, per the Associated Press.

D.C. voters overwhelmingly approved a law Tuesday phasing out the tipped minimum wage by 2027. The multi-year effort by labor groups to end businesses’ reliance on patrons’ tips to compensate workers prevailed, despite major pushback from…

D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser cruised to a third term in office on Tuesday, cementing her place in modern city history by becoming only the second mayor to be elected to three consecutive terms — and the first woman to do so.

Mayor Muriel E. Bowser is projected to win her third term leading the nation’s capital city on Tuesday, according to the Associated Press, making the moderate Democrat who became known for her standoffs with the Trump administration and…

D.C. voters overwhelmingly approved a ballot initiative Tuesday to raise the minimum wage for District workers who receive tips, after months of debate about its effects on the city’s restaurants and their employees.