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...