The D.C. Council heard Councilmember Kenyan McDuffie’s (D-Ward 5) campaign-finance reform bill, a legislation package to close loopholes and increase transparency nearly two years in the making in response...

Liquor stores in the District of Columbia will now be open on Sunday. The D.C. Council approved the measure earlier today, revoking Blue Laws that mandated that liquor stores be closed on Sundays. The...

At least three Georgetown students were turned away at the polls when they tried to vote in yesterday's special election for at-large member of the D.C. Council. The students' names were not on the...

After passing the now-infamous Disorderly Conduct Amendment Act in January, the D.C. Council proved that it had failed its student constituents by imposing noise laws that blatantly target the young adult...

Five candidates for a seat on the D.C. Council butted heads on topics including school reform, taxes and spending at a debate Wednesday. But they all agreed on one thing: opposition to campus plans recently...

The D.C. Council may be slashing budgets for everything from transportation to education, but when it comes to councilmembers' compensation, it has stuck to its guns. In 2006, members of the D.C. Council...

Members of the D.C. Council earn the second-highest salaries of local representatives in major cities nationwide, according to a recent report from The Pew Charitable Trusts. The Pew report compared...

With the primary elections less than six months away, the races for D.C. Council and mayoral seats are intensifying. On the mayoral side, current D.C. Mayor Adrian Fenty, a Democrat, has announced his...

Following years of suspect and uncouth behavior, former Washington mayor and Councilmember Marion Barry (D-Ward 8) has finally been rebuked by the D.C. Council. The council voted Tuesday, March 2, to censure...