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A former Washington, D.C., Council member is returning to his seat, five months after he was kicked out for his involvement in a federal bribery investigation.
The D.C. Council opted to strip Initiative 82 of some of its provisions after the measure struggled to be fully implemented years after voters approved it.
The chairman of the District of Columbia Council on Thursday announced changes to the Commanders stadium deal, setting up the agreement for an Aug. 1 vote. Phil Mendelson made ...
The District of Columbia Council is set to vote Aug. 1 on revised legislation that could allow the Washington Commanders to ...
This week, the Council of the District of Columbia voted to fund ranked choice voting, officially backing a ballot measure that passed in November by a wide margin. This is a welcome change after ...
The Council of the District of Columbia voted 8-4 on Tuesday to pause the next scheduled wage increase for tipped workers, temporarily halting the implementation of Initiative 82. The initiative ...
Ray was a relative newcomer to D.C. politics when he joined the Council in January 1979. A 35-year-old lawyer who had previously worked as an attorney-adviser at the Justice Department, he had run ...