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Efforts to pass legislation to limit rent hikes for tenants living in rent-controlled buildings ground to a temporary halt yesterday afternoon amid procedural wrangling over whose proposal to consider first.

D.C. Public Schools Chancellor Lewis Ferebee on Wednesday said that staffing and procedural changes are being made in the wake of revelations that the school system unlawfully awarded $270 million worth of contracts, but some lawmakers…

The D.C. Council on Tuesday gave final and unanimous approval to a $19.7 billion budget for 2024, closing out what most lawmakers said was one of the toughest budget seasons in recent history — but not before they bickered over some…

At first, they thought it was an active shooter drill. On what seemed like a normal Wednesday, students at Roosevelt High School — along with children at neighboring campuses — were placed on lockdown.

The D.C. Council on Tuesday approved the city’s $19.7 billion fiscal 2024 budget, voting for proposals to temporarily boost benefits for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) and offer $20 million for excluded workers, if…

The Council couldn’t agree on a cap on rent increases for tenants in rent-controlled units, as several competing proposals snarled progress.

D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser announced a $900,000 plan to purchase and cancel medical debts incurred at D.C. hospitals as part of her 2024 budget proposals, which could result in erasing up to $90 million of medical debt for D.C. residents.

Ward 4 Councilmember Janeese Lewis George was forced to turn to a risky funding source for her big priorities.

The DC Council is slated to take a final vote on the fiscal year 2024 budget this afternoon, but legislators are first debating multiple amendments to the $19.7 billion spending plan.

In an interview, Robert J. Contee III said he instituted reforms and that he also tried to advocate for violent offenders to be held accountable

The District last year completed a report on the historic value of the Uptown Theater in Cleveland Park, calling the famous local institution “an excellent example of an Art Deco motion-picture palace with high historic integrity and…

A group of good government reformers has filed initial paperwork with the D.C. Board of Elections to put a referendum on the ballot next year that would open up primaries to independent voters and institute ranked-choice voting. These…

Linda Harllee Harper, who led two D.C. agencies tasked with reducing gun violence and seeking alternative ways to reduce crime, died Friday morning, the mayor’s office announced.

Linda Harllee Harper, who was appointed by D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser to be the city’s first gun violence prevention director in January 2021, died Friday at age 58.

D.C.’s version of mayoral control of schools suppresses accurate data and discussion about education issues. We don’t have to go back to the old system to fix that.

Linda Harllee Harper, a longtime D.C. government employee who most recently served as director of the city’s offices of neighborhood engagement and gun violence prevention, died early Friday morning.

President Joe Biden delivered yesterday on his threat to veto the GOP-initiated effort to overturn a police accountability law approved by the DC Council.

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden on Thursday — the third anniversary of George Floyd’s murder — vetoed an effort led by congressional Republicans to overturn a new District of Columbia law on improving police accountability.

President Biden vetoed a GOP effort to block D.C’s major police accountability legislation Thursday, noting the legislation contained “common-sense” changes aimed at enhancing public trust.

President Joe Biden on Thursday vetoed a congressional resolution that sought to block a police discipline and accountability bill passed by the D.C. Council, siding with city lawmakers and advocates in a fight over police reform and…