The Latest Breaking News from District

The Senate is poised to block new District of Columbia crime laws, voting on a rare motion of disapproval as lawmakers in both parties have expressed concern about rising violent crime rates in cities nationwide

WASHINGTON — Senate Majority Leader Charles E. Schumer has rejected a plea from the Democratic chairman of the Washington, D.C., Council to cancel a planned vote on a House-passed measure blocking the district’s new criminal code.

The expected move next week in Congress to overturn District of Columbia laws dealing with criminal justice and voting has created a political tempest in the nation’s capital, with local activists decrying it as the latest effort to undermine the city’s ability to determine its own future

"The Court permanently enjoins the District ... from ... prohibit[ing] ... speakers ... from reading or quoting verbatim from the text of any book or written works available in any FCS library or classroom, while addressing the school board during the public-comment period at school board meetings."

Workers earning minimum wage in 23 states and the District of Columbia got a raise over the New Year's holiday, according to the Economic Policy Institute.

The COVID-19 pandemic laid bare for the District of Columbia and other major cities that public transit was a lifeline for essential workers and that even modest fares could be a burden to them

"[T]he District wants to be able to use government resources to collect and utilize these e-mail addresses to promote and advance the particular 'community outreach' issues and positions of District (government) leaders while denying others in the community the opportunity to utilize the e-mail addresses to share differing viewpoints."

A net designed to prevent suicides from the Golden Gate Bridge could cost nearly $400 million — double what was originally estimated for the project, according to the two construction firms in charge of the project.

Cannabis is completely legal in the nation's capital, however, due to a convoluted bicameral omnibus bill, recreational marijuana sales are still prohibited in the District.

Teachers and administrators, already facing long hours and low pay, now find themselves under pressure from politicians, parents and even their own school districts.

Kimberly Mata-Rubio said she received a message from a school official asking her to bring leggings for her surviving daughter