The council voted in favor of the measure 12-1, though its chairman suggested the mayor needed to do more herself to combat rising crime.
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The inspector general will hire a third party to review findings by the Mayor’s Office of Legal Counsel related to harassment claims against John Falcicchio.
The House Oversight Committee chairman's RFK legislation could mark a major development in Mayor Muriel E. Bowser's push to bring the Commanders back to D.C.
The administration of Mayor Muriel E. Bowser (D) increased the HPAP’s maximum allotment significantly last year — but funds are now unavailable until October.
A bill introduced Wednesday would require sexual harassment complaints against mayoral appointees to be investigated by a third party.
Officials say the new shelter would serve adults with acute medical conditions and other populations that can’t be properly served in the city’s other shelters.
The spending bill contains some long-standing bans around legal marijuana sales in addition to a new proposal that restricts traffic cameras.
Attorneys for a woman who accused former D.C. deputy mayor John Falcicchio of sexual harassment say the city released too much identifying information about her.
The calls for a separate third-party probe into John Falcicchio come after a report from the Mayor’s Office of Legal Counsel said he sexually harassed a D.C. employee.
The Retail Village at Sycamore and Oak in Congress Heights is a new incubator space for local entrepreneurs in the heart of one of D.C.'s most economically disadvantaged areas.
Council member Kenyan R. McDuffie (I-At Large) first introduced a reparations bill in the fall of 2020, but this year is the first time the idea is getting a hearing.
The 25-acre site in Northwest D.C. was one of the last untouched parcels of land in a city plagued by rising living costs.
A half-century after the decline of Black Broadway, a redevelopment plan seeks to reimagine the aging Reeves building and revitalize ties to the corridor’s history.
The hearing is part of heightened D.C. oversight House Republicans have launched this year.
D.C. will cap rent hikes in rent-stabilized buildings at 6 percent this year and 12 percent over two years, with lower caps for seniors and people with disabilities.
The joint hearing of the House Oversight and Administration committees will examine the American Confidence in Elections Act, which would overwrite D.C.'s election laws.
Applications open Thursday for the new sabbatical program and a separate initiative to help veteran agency leaders plan their future in D.C. government.
The council’s unanimous vote on the budget comes about two weeks after lawmakers moved to reverse some cuts proposed by Mayor Muriel E. Bowser (D).
Biden followed through on his threat to veto a congressional measure seeking to block D.C.'s policing bill.
City leaders are seeking to reverse declining tax revenue from office properties downtown that have become increasingly vacant.
