The Secure DC Omnibus Amendment Act of 2024 passed the council with 12 “aye” votes, and one member, Councilman Trayon White, voted present. The bill will increase penalties for some crimes and ...

Pinto also added a statement saying: Expulsion is an appropriate sanction in light of the serious violations of the DC Code of Conduct and the Council’s Code of Official Conduct, and I voted in ...

with our schools to make sure that we're setting up kids for success," D.C. council member Brooke Pinto, who authored the bill, told Fox 5 DC. "A big part of that is making sure they're learning ...

The legislation, put forward by Councilwoman Brooke Pinto, combines several bills and proposals from both the council and Mayor Muriel Bowser. Here are some of the provisions of the Secure DC ...

WASHINGTON — After months of debate over solutions to crime in the District, the DC Council is set to vote Tuesday on a massive public safety package. The legislation dubbed "Secure DC Omnibus ...

The law firm said in the ad-hoc report to the council there is substantial evidence that White has engaged in conduct that violated several provisions of the DC Code of Conduct. We don't know ...

Update: D.C. Council member Trayon White was arrested on a federal bribery charge and accused of accepting tens of thousands of dollars in cash bribes in exchange for pressuring D.C. officials to ...

The chairman of the D.C. Council said he believes the Council will approve the deal to bring the Washington Commanders back to D.C. — but it’s going to take longer than the team and the mayor ...

A convicted murderer who spent 27 years behind bars has been appointed to the Washington, D.C., prison sentencing commission that drafts and modifies criminal sentencing guidelines. Joel Castón ...

In response to troubling crime trends, the D.C. Council voted nearly unanimously ... a “critical step in the work to build a safer DC by rebalancing our public safety and justice ecosystem ...

WASHINGTON — The DC Council passed a first vote of the "Secure DC" crime bill on Tuesday with a vote of 12-1. The legislation dubbed "Secure DC Omnibus Amendment Act of 2024," proposed by ...