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As budget season nears a close, the Ward 5 lawmaker wants to keep a deed tax hike in place to make some big investments, setting up debate during the Council’s first budget vote.

The DC Council took an initial vote this afternoon in favor of the version of the fiscal year 2024 budget unveiled yesterday by DC Council Chair Phil Mendelson.

The D.C. Council made one last chess move in the transportation realm Monday, ahead of its first vote on the overall budget the next day.

The D.C. mayor says the measure, which would also make it easier for judges to hold defendants awaiting trial, aims to address ‘gaps’ in District laws

Mayor Muriel Bowser wants to make it easier to detain people accused of crimes, increase penalties for gun possession, and heighten barriers for people convicted of serious crimes to gain early release from prison.

The budget that the council is set to vote on Tuesday would restore D.C. Circulator routes and supports a 25-cent surcharge on ride-hailing trips.

The chair hopes to use the savings to fund overnight bus service and reverse Bowser’s cuts to key housing programs.

Funding for emergency rental assistance has been restored under a final draft of the proposed 2024 budget being circulated ahead of a first vote in the D.C. Council on Tuesday, while plans for the K Street Transitway would be put on hold…

DC Council Chair Phil Mendelson today unveiled his fiscal year 2024 budget proposal, which would undo the mayor's cuts to programs such as emergency rental assistance while providing planning money — but not construction funding — for the…

A generation ago, D.C.’s two top local Democrats shared a Northeast Washington stage with the country’s most powerful Republican, a White southerner who had just become House speaker and who tried to win over a crowd of predominantly Black…

The revised vision for the rail station includes less parking, an underground drop-off area, and integrated bus, pedestrian and bike access

A lawsuit filed by seven D.C. voters represented by an anti-immigration group against the city’s Board of Elections is headed to federal court as the plaintiffs try to stop the District from permitting noncitizens to vote in local…

One of D.C.’s foremost contributions to cumbersome design is the presence of the service lanes on either side of K Street NW in the heart of downtown. You know — those narrow spaces where delivery trucks stop traffic, where pedestrians…

The nation’s capital is at a critical juncture: Crime is up. Homelessness is up. Housing affordability has worsened. Downtown is comatose as office workers often stay home. Plus, deep inequalities remain, especially between largely White…

D.C. has banked its comeback plan on luring more residents to its struggling downtown. The number of increasingly obsolete office properties with the potential to be converted to apartments or condos should provide ample opportunity.

A new health and wellness “destination,” including a spa, water park and restaurants could be coming to D.C.

D.C. is famous for its parks: some of them, like the grassy, manicured National Mall, draw tourists from around the globe. In fact, the District has been ranked number 1 for urban parks in the U.S. by the Trust For Public Land for three…

The U.S. Senate could vote as early as next week to block a D.C. police discipline and accountability bill approved by the city’s lawmakers last year, potentially putting Democratic senators in a difficult situation on a politically…

Republican Sen. J.D. Vance (Ohio) introduced a resolution to block D.C.’s major police accountability legislation Thursday and expects to bring it to a vote next week — even though the congressional review period for the D.C. legislation…

D.C. pledged in 2021 to find out if forensics errors resulted in faulty convictions, but it still has yet to launch this costly effort.