D.C. lawmakers softened some of Mayor Muriel E. Bowser’s proposed cuts impacting the city’s poorest residents in the roughly $22 billion budget for fiscal year 2026, which got initial approval ...

D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser is urging the Council to pass the Commanders stadium deal, but Council Chair Phil Mendelson wants to separate it from the main budget bill.

The D.C. Council budget includes $3.5 million to the Department of Forensic Sciences for “the ability to conduct in-house DNA testing.” ...

The D.C. Council made some last-minute additions and subtractions to the 2026 budget on Monday ahead of its first vote on the proposal.

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D.C. Council Chairman Phil Mendelson has pulled the legislative mechanism for the new Washington Commanders stadium from the city’s 2026 budget, saying District lawmakers need more time to ...

WASHINGTON, D.C. (7News) — The D.C. Council released its budget proposal Sunday, which includes funding for the RFK Stadium campus and adjustments to the tipped minimum wage, with the first vote ...

New legislation would allow the D.C. Council to debate and hold public hearings on a football stadium deal separately from the 2026 budget process, the Council chairman announced Wednesday.

D.C. Council has been proceeding on its own timeline. “Frankly, a big reason I’m here is to reiterate that we need some time to do this,” Ward 3 Council member Matthew Frumin said. “We’re in the ...

A tiff between the the Washington, D.C. city council and mayor Muriel Bowser’s office has put a self-appointed July 15 deadline in jeopardy, and the city council needs to approve stadium funding ...