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WASHINGTON — A proposal to exempt children’s play groups from day-care type regulations is moving forward in the D.C. Council.

The race to save Initiative 77 is on.

The end is near. The agenda for the D.C. Council’s penultimate legislative meeting last Tuesday included more than 100 items, from firearm safety to campaign finance reform to turnstile jumping to building a new hospital east of the…

D.C.’s 2018 local elections are finally finished. Frazier O’Leary, the union-backed (and George Pelecanos-endorsed) candidate, won a special election to represent Ward 4 on the Board of Education on Tuesday.

Remember that idea to connect Georgetown and Rosslyn with an aerial gondola? Well, now some of the area’s powerful heads of business are calling to breathe new life into the plan.

The threat of appeal has delayed and deterred many planned-unit developments (PUD) in the District in recent years, although typically these appeals are associated with projects proposing hundreds of housing units in a construction-heavy…

The bill would also ban bump stocks, increase the penalty for high capacity magazines, and make it harder for some people to register a firearm.

The D.C. Council on Tuesday gave final approval for one LGBT supportive bill and preliminary approval to another in addition to passing a “Sense of the Council” resolution supporting the transgender community in response to the Trump…

Navy Yard dwellers have been feuding with people who live in Capitol Riverfront. Denizens of the Ballpark District are tussling with residents of Southeast Waterfront. The South Capitol Hill crowd is getting into it with folks from the…

Today you may encounter petitioners looking for your signature. The 'Save Our Vote' campaign led by Restaurant Opportunities Center United and Rev. Graylan Hagler were given the green light to forge ahead with their referendum to repeal the…

The D.C. Council on Tuesday cast a first vote in favor of bringing legal sports betting to the nation’s capital, pushing the city one step closer to becoming the first place in the Washington region to capitalize on the increasingly…

Sweeping changes to the District’s campaign finance regulations could soon become law, after the D.C. Council gave final approval Tuesday to a bill aimed at curbing the influence of government contractors in local politics.

Well, that was anticlimactic: Late in today's legislative meeting, Vince Gray moved to postpone a vote on his bill to Dec. 18, after a flurry of amendments appeared to blindside him.

The D.C. Council gave final approval Tuesday to a measure decriminalizing Metro fare evasion, paving the way for fare-jumping to become a civil offense punishable by a $50 fine in the District, rather than existing criminal penalties that…

WASHINGTON — What are the odds that D.C.’s football team would lose two quarterbacks to broken legs this season?

As we collectively utter, “I can’t believe this year is almost over,” it’s worth looking back at all that happened and start to think about our hopes and goals for the coming year.

If all goes as expected, you may be able to bet on sports games from your cell phone or even your seat inside Capital One Arena early next year.

The D.C. Council voted Tuesday to use millions of dollars in new revenue from online sales taxes to cut commercial property taxes, over the objections of advocates who lobbied to direct that funding toward homeless services instead.

WASHINGTON — The popular D.C. restaurant Surfside will open its third location next spring in Tenleytown.

Blow a kiss goodbye to gasoline-powered leaf blowers, which the D.C. Council voted to ban on Tuesday during its legislative session.