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Icy conditions continue to cause disruptions as crews work to clear more residential streets of snow from Monday's storm, with more than a few observers taking to social media to draw attention to icy side streets and uncleared sidewalks. …

Amid widespread worries that Republican control of the White House and both chambers of Congress will mean incursions on DC's limited home rule, DC Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton and Maryland Sen. Chris Van Hollen yesterday announced that they…

The DC Council voted unanimously this afternoon to approve a new five-year contract negotiated by the Washington Teachers' Union, DC Public Schools, and Mayor Muriel Bowser's Office of Labor Relations and Collective Bargaining.

With DC seeing its heaviest snowfall in years, the DC government closed public schools, libraries and recreation centers for the day and banned parking along snow emergency routes so crews can better clear major roadways. Trash, recycling…

The DC Council yesterday afternoon approved its rules and organizational structure for the upcoming term, but only after unsuccessful attempts to include a few revisions opposed by Chair Phil Mendelson.

The DC Council's new term began today as five reelected legislators and one new member were sworn into office — notably including Ward 8 Councilmember Trayon White Sr., who faces potential expulsion due to alleged ethics violations in…

Mayor Muriel Bowser met yesterday with President-elect Donald Trump, saying in a brief statement that the two of them — occasional antagonists during Trump's first four years in the White House — "had a great meeting" where they discussed…

The District's efforts to obtain long-term control over the RFK Stadium campus appeared doomed — until a last-minute scramble and early-morning action in the Senate reversed the outcome, leading to the potential for a new Washington…

The Anacostia Watershed Society has issued its annual "State of the Anacostia" report card, with an overall grade of D+ that represents the highest mark in the study's 10 years.

Just two days after the DC Council gave final approval to the District's deal with Monumental Sports & Entertainment to modernize Capital One Arena, Mayor Muriel Bowser today took part in a ceremonial "hammer swing" to mark the…

The newly negotiated stopgap spending measure — slated for consideration in the Senate and House this week, pending a final agreement — reportedly includes a provision to transfer control of the sprawling RFK Stadium campus to the…

The DC Council will consider expelling Ward 8 Councilmember Trayon White Sr. early next year after a 11-0 vote this morning by the committee charged with investigating whether there was "substantial evidence" of ethics violations in…

The DC Council yesterday released a photo "50 years in the making" that features two-thirds of the officials elected to citywide office under home rule and four-fifths of those who are still alive.

The DC Council's ad hoc committee yesterday afternoon released its investigators' report on the bribery and residency allegations against Ward 8 Councilmember Trayon White Sr., with a meeting scheduled Monday at 9:30 a.m. for members to…

Mayor Muriel Bowser is slated to break ground this afternoon on an $18 million expansion of the Southeast Tennis and Learning Center — a facility backed by the U.S. Tennis Association and long shepherded by Cora Masters Barry, the center's…

As of this morning, it's no longer been 15 years or so since DC's mayor testified before the House appropriations subcommittee with authority over the DC budget — including the federal portion that funds the local courts and determines…

As 2024 draws to an end, Mayor Muriel Bowser and Metropolitan Police Chief Pamela Smith are highlighting reductions in various categories of crime compared to last year and to five years ago, linking the favorable trends to policy changes…

DC Water this morning lifted the boil-water advisory in effect since Tuesday for about 2,800 affected customers in several Northeast DC neighborhoods east of the Anacostia River.

The DC Council this week adopted a schedule for consideration of the fiscal year 2026 budget, agreeing to an April 2 submission date from the mayor in an effort to avoid the kind of disruptions that characterized the process last spring.

With the District's long-delayed ban on cashless establishments set to take effect Jan. 1, the DC Council voted yesterday to approve emergency legislation exempting bars, restaurants and entertainment venues that have a liquor license or…