The D.C. Board of Elections ruled Friday that city council member Elissa Silverman’s due-process rights were not violated when the Office of Campaign Finance determined that she misspent public campaign funds on polling for the Ward 3!-->…
D.C. voters on Tuesday will determine the city’s mayor, several council seats and whether tipped workers should receive the full minimum wage. While Mayor Muriel E. Bowser (D) is likely to win a third term, other contests are more heated,!-->…
The pandemic and the economy have partnered to deal American cities the most transformative blow since the 1960s when urban renewal policies tore through urban neighborhoods with freeway construction. Workers today are abandoning their!-->…
Nearly five years ago, the Republican-led legislature in Virginia joined forces with Democrats who dominated Maryland and D.C. to establish an earmarked annual subsidy of hundreds of millions of dollars for Metro, the capital’s transit!-->…
Election Day likely won’t bring drastic change to the Washington this year, with Mayor Muriel E. Bowser (D) nearly assured of a third term leading the capital city. But voters will have a second chance to weigh in on whether businesses!-->…
In 2025, D.C. will host WorldPride, one of the biggest LGBTQIA+ celebrations in the world. The selection comes after InterPride, an international association representing more than 400 organizations from 70 countries, had to cancel their!-->…
D.C. has been selected to host WorldPride 2025, on what will be the 50th anniversary of the local celebration of LGBTQ+ diversity, but the District was not the first choice.
With the Nov. 8 general election rapidly approaching, the District has already received ballots from more than 70,000 voters — nearly a third of the total number of votes cast in 2018, the last mayoral election.
The most heated race on the ballot in D.C.'s election this month sets up an unusual competition: Three sitting council members are running for two spots.