D.C.’s operating budget for fiscal year 2025 is up in the air — but not because of decisions made by the D.C. Council or ...

Image courtesy of GovTech By Patrick D. Lewis Since 1973, the District of Columbia has enjoyed “home rule,” the system that allows DC residents to elect their mayor and city council who make laws and ...

Advocates are seizing the moment to call for change, urging Congress not to “get back in the city management business” before ...

It would repeal the District of Columbia Home Rule Act one year after passage. Mayor Bowser has addressed calls to repeal Home Rule in recent months and doubled down on her past statements Monday ...

The executive order, bearing the misnomer “Making the District of Columbia Safe and Beautiful,” furthers Trump’s efforts to establish a dictatorship by means of cracking down on demonstrations, ...

The sudden focus on the District of Columbia startled its leaders and ... While the District won the power of Home Rule during the Nixon administration, it is facing new threats as Congress ...

A federal judge rejected a request by immigration advocacy organizations to block a Trump administration rule requiring ...

introduced the Bringing Oversight to Washington and Safety to Every Resident (BOWSER) Act, an acronym for Bowser, in early February in an effort to repeal the Home Rule Act which permits ...

Even so, homeowners face high median property tax bills, due in part to high home prices. District of Columbia Property Tax Breaks for Retirees Homeowners of all ages might qualify for Washington ...