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With support from 18 Democrats, the GOP-led House of Representatives approved legislation yesterday to exert congressional control over criminal sentencing in the District by barring the DC Council from acting to increase or decrease…

With the GOP-led House of Representatives poised to vote this afternoon on legislation that would remove the DC Council's authority to change criminal penalties, the White House has released a statement opposing the bill and saying its…

With the results of an independent investigation into complaints of sexual harassment by a former chief aide to Mayor Muriel Bowser still under review by the DC Council's attorneys prior to the public release of a redacted version, a leak…

Mayor Muriel Bowser helped open the District's second Safe Commercial Corridor Hub this morning at 2300 Martin Luther King Jr. Ave. SE in Anacostia.

Mayor Muriel Bowser and other DC officials this morning celebrated the opening of the Department of Parks and Recreation's first dog park east of the Anacostia River.

The DC government has settled administrative complaints filed by two women found to have been sexually harassed by John Falcicchio when he was deputy mayor for planning and economic development.

In the wake of an overnight operation by the Metropolitan Police Department to clear a pro-Palestinian encampment on the George Washington University campus, a House committee canceled a planned hearing this afternoon at which GOP leaders…

The DC Council will vote this afternoon on whether to override Mayor Muriel Bowser's veto of emergency legislation that allows housing voucher applicants to self-certify eligibility requirements in some instances and restricts the DC…

Mayor Muriel Bowser and her top education officials this morning announced a 2.2% rise in enrollment at DC's public schools in the 2023-24 school year.

As the DC Council winds up its slate of public hearings on the mayor's fiscal year 2025 budget proposal and committees prepare to make their recommendations, early childhood educators and their allies rallied this morning outside the John…

The long-awaited demolition of RFK Memorial Stadium — last used in 2019 — has received a key environmental approval, the National Park Service announced this morning.

House GOP leaders are seeking testimony from Mayor Muriel Bowser and Metropolitan Police Department Chief Pamela Smith on the District's handling of the pro-Palestinian encampment at George Washington University.

Bipartisan Senate and House negotiators have agreed on a Federal Aviation Administration reauthorization bill that includes the addition of five incoming and five outgoing flights at Reagan Washington National Airport — the result of a…

Mayor Muriel Bowser joined administration officials and business leaders on Rhode Island Avenue NE this morning to kick off Small Business Week and tout investments past, present and future in DC-based small businesses.

With regional leaders having agreed to increase their subsidies to the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority in the wake of dire budget warnings that included drastic service reductions, Metro's board of directors yesterday…

With regional leaders having agreed to increase their subsidies to the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority in the wake of dire budget warnings that included drastic service reductions, Metro's board of directors yesterday…

A ribbon-cutting with Mayor Muriel Bowser today marked the completion of the second phase of the MLK Gateway project, which includes a new 55,000-square-foot headquarters for the DC Department of Housing and Community Development in…

DC Attorney General Brian Schwalb has issued a formal opinion dismissing the legal effect if the city's independent chief financial officer refuses to certify the District's fiscal year 2025 budget prior to its submission to Congress.

The federal funding announced yesterday for the expansion of the District's Solar for All program will benefit roughly 19,000 low- and moderate-income households by helping boost locally generated community and rooftop solar capacity,…

A push earlier this year to work out permitting issues that briefly blocked operation of the temporary Artomatic installation in vacant space at 2400 M St. NW has helped inspire a new pilot program to streamline the process for other…