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Mayor Muriel Bowser today cut the ribbon on a renovated Public Safety Communications Center at 310 McMillan Drive NW, with administration officials saying that completion of the $18.5 million project strengthens the District's ability to…

A new agreement among the DC government, the National Park Service and Georgetown University to transfer several parcels near Key Bridge aims to complete a decades-long effort to expand nonmotorized boating activities along the Potomac…

The House of Representatives is slated to take up three GOP bills this week that DC Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton is decrying as "anti-DC home rule" measures.

As National Park Service workers began installing fencing around Dupont Circle Park this morning to prevent public access during this weekend's WorldPride celebrations, objections quickly arose from community leaders and DC Council members…

A new interactive tool developed by the DC government provides neighborhood-level insights into access to schools, parks, transit services, grocery stores, medical care and other key elements of the physical and built environment.

The DC Council gave initial approval yesterday to legislation that would bar DC students from using personal cellphones at school as of fall 2026.

The DC Council today gave an initial nod to legislation formally naming the recently opened high school on MacArthur Boulevard in honor of legendary Georgetown University men's basketball coach and DC native John R. Thompson Jr.

Mayor Muriel Bowser and other DC officials today celebrated the transformation of one of the District's busiest and most dangerous intersections thanks to a yearslong project that invoked eminent domain to displace the iconic Wendy's…

The Trump administration included DC on a newly posted list of "sanctuary jurisdictions" — accompanied by a warning from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security that local officials will soon receive formal notification of alleged…

Mayor Muriel Bowser's budget proposal to shelve existing plans for a new DC Archives building at the University of the District of Columbia is drawing objections from an advocacy group that helped galvanize support for the planned…

A new report issued today by the DC auditor blasting conditions at the DC jail comes as Mayor Muriel Bowser is proposing to enlist a private-sector partner to finance and build a replacement for the deteriorating facility.

Mayor Muriel Bowser today presented the DC Council with her budget proposals for fiscal year 2026, along with a supplemental budget for the current year that limits spending in line with congressional mandates without resorting to layoffs…

The U.S. Department of Energy's headquarters at the northern end of L'Enfant Plaza is among three federal buildings in DC identified yesterday for possible consolidation and disposition by the bipartisan Public Buildings Reform Board.

Organizers of the proposed "Use of RFK Site for Homes Not Stadiums" ballot initiative say they'll modify their proposed language in the wake of advisory opinions from Attorney General Brian Schwalb and the DC Council's general counsel that…

DC ranks as the nation's "best big-city park system" for the fifth year in a row, according to the latest survey from the Trust for Public Land.

With population growth reported last year for most cities and towns across the country, the U.S. Census Bureau's most recent analysis places DC among the top 15 in terms of the numerical increase.

A decade after the DC Council directed the Department of Housing and Community Development to create a publicly accessible online database of rent-controlled units, the website — dubbed RentRegistry — is set for an official debut on June…

DC budget watchers can make their post-Memorial Day plans now: That's the apparent timetable for Mayor Muriel Bowser's formal submission of her budget plan to the DC Council, which will kick off the 70-day clock for the legislature to…

The DC Council is moving forward with legislation to remove students' personal cellphones from classrooms as of fall 2026, but some legislators are pressing for a faster timetable for implementation.

Amid continuing delays in the receipt of the mayor's budget proposals nearly six weeks after the original deadline set by the DC Council, legislators this afternoon expressed frustration that they still don't know when they can expect to…