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Survivors have a legal right to request a rape kit without law enforcement involvement; recently introduced legislation seeks to ensure those kits are protected.

The D.C. Council passed emergency legislation this week that aims to crack down on rising violent crime in part by making it easier to detain certain adults and juveniles before they go to trial.

Weeks after a House subcommittee approved an appropriations bill with multiple policy riders restricting the DC government as well as cuts to requested federal spending for DC's courts, the full House Committee on Appropriations is marking…

The pressure’s on: As D.C. confronts a violent summer, the mayor and city council are banking on new legislation to reduce crime — and fast.

An affordable housing consultant will step in as the interim director of D.C.’s troubled public housing agency on August 1, after the DC Housing Authority’s board of commissioners held a long-awaited vote on Wednesday to authorize the…

Excitement is building in the nation’s capital for the Major League Soccer All-Star Game, which is set for Audi Field on Wednesday, July 19, when the MLS all-stars take on Arsenal F.C. of the English Premier League.

The D.C. Council on Tuesday unanimously approved an emergency bill ordering the city’s inspector general to review an internal investigation that substantiated accusations of sexual harassment by former deputy mayor John Falcicchio. The…

The DC Council voted yesterday to approve a trio of public safety bills proposed by Ward 2 Councilmember Brooke Pinto as emergency legislation.

The D.C. Council on Tuesday approved an emergency public safety bill that proponents say will help stem the increase of violent crime and homicides so far this year. The council acted with a sense of urgency during the last legislative…

The D.C. Council on Tuesday passed emergency public safety legislation as the city weathers a violent summer, establishing a new crime for firing a gun in public and making it easier for judges to detain people charged with violent…

House Republicans have unveiled a bill that would open up the spigots of dark money nationwide and make voting more difficult, especially in D.C. What they are calling the American Confidence in Elections Act integrates nearly 50…

The city’s Office of the Inspector General is set to hire a law firm to probe accusations against the mayor’s right hand man.

The city’s inspector general is instructed to hire a third party to review findings by the Mayor’s Office of Legal Counsel related to harassment claims against John Falcicchio.

The region’s Senators and Airport Authority officials came out against a proposal to expand the number of flights at Washington National Airport. They held a press conference at the airport Monday afternoon.

Legislation introduced Monday would offer District agencies stricter enforcement power against repeat offenders in an effort to reduce dangerous driving.

With a potential vote in Congress this week, senators from Maryland and Virginia are attacking a plan to add more long-haul flights to Reagan National Airport.

Amid signs of broad agreement among DC Council members on most elements of the public safety bill up for consideration at today's legislative meeting, Ward 4 Councilmember Janeese Lewis George is pushing to remove changes to rules…

The D.C. Council is expected to vote Tuesday afternoon on an emergency bill proponents say would address what many officials call a public safety crisis in the city; violent crime is up 33% and homicides 17% higher than the same time last…

As homicides and carjackings in D.C. continue to rise, Mayor Muriel E. Bowser (D) worked to shore up support for emergency legislation that would create a new penalty for firing a gun in public and make it easier to detain some people as…

As the Council gets ready to pass some of Bowser’s anti-crime measures, where’s the discussion about how to solve more crimes?