Deputy Mayor of Public Safety Lindsey Appiah and MPD Chief Pamela Smith as expected to answer questions and testify to their agency’s budget.

Council members approved the first reading of an ordinance to ban unpermitted camping on public and private property. If ...

The House approved three bills that seek to overturn D.C. laws, but did not vote on legislation that would address a ...

Mayor Bowser reopened Washington D.C.'s upgraded Public Safety Communications Center, which saw an $18.5 million renovation ...

The proposals address a funding gap created by Congress and look to invest in the city’s future, including in education and public safety. Bowser, alongside city officials, presented the budget ...

King County Executive Shannon Braddock is proposing a new revenue measure to offset the county’s $150 million budget gap.

Washington leads 18 states opposing Trump administration's public safety funding cuts, filing an amicus brief to support the ...

D.C. officials contend that the city already follows immigration law, so the bill would not change much. The legislation now ...

Bowser presented both a revised 2025 budget — meant to deal with the Congress-imposed cut — and a financial plan through 2029. Bowser had warned in March that cuts to public safety ...