Ryan M. McDermott

Public Citizen, government watchdog, says Bowser campaign donors exceeded legal limits

UPDATED: A government watchdog said Tuesday that D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser's 2014 campaign received nearly two-dozen illegal donations.

March 7, 2017

Maryland proposes 2 legal marijuana bills

Maryland marijuana activists are making another push for legalization this legislative session, even as the state struggles to launch its medical marijuana program four years after it became law.

March 6, 2017

Frederick Douglass work as U.S. Marshal honored at his D.C. home

On a quiet, rainy Wednesday, the U.S. Marshals Service honored Frederick Douglass with a wreath-laying ceremony normally reserved for fallen officers, this time representing the historic appointment that integrated the service.

March 1, 2017

D.C.’s emergency services department sees improvement one year later

The District has improved its ambulance availability, emergency response times and employee training a year after the city's nationally-recognized medical director quit, calling the department's culture "toxic."

February 28, 2017

ACLU sues D.C. gov’t, says cops entered a transgender activist’s home with warrant

The ACLU sued the D.C. government Tuesday after the civil rights group claims four police officers entered the home of a transgender activist without a warrant and arrested the woman.

February 28, 2017

D.C. marijuana advocates prep for fight with Congress, but not Donald Trump

D.C. marijuana advocates say they are girding for battle now that the Trump administration has said it intends to enforce federal laws on pot possession and distribution.

February 27, 2017

Two D.C. police officers were shot in Trinidad neighborhood; suspect killed

Two D.C. police officers were shot and a suspect was killed in Northeast Thursday night, but both officers don't appear to have life-threatening injuries,

February 23, 2017

Peter Newsham, interim D.C. police chief, appointed as head of Metropolitan Police Department

Interim Chief Peter Newsham was appointed Thursday morning as head of the D.C. Metropolitan Police Department.

February 23, 2017

Vincent Gray, D.C. Council member, resumes push to bring end to tax on fitness clubs

D.C. Council member Vincent Gray wants to end a tax on health clubs that he had tried to kill in 2014, when he vetoed the city's budget as mayor.

February 22, 2017

D.C. family leave bill benefits those who live in Md., Va.

D.C. lawmakers moved Tuesday to change the new paid family leave law, aiming to reduce government involvement in its administration and its payroll tax on city businesses.

February 21, 2017

D.C. family leave bill would impact business, opponents say

Proponents of the District's new paid family leave law are pushing back against lawmakers who want to change how it is funded in order to relieve the burden on local businesses.

February 20, 2017

D.C. family leave act heads to Congress for OK

The District will soon offer the most generous paid family and medical leave in the country after Mayor Muriel Bowser on Thursday declined to veto legislation that was approved by the D.C. Council in December.

February 16, 2017

D.C. Metro rail chief sees shift from safety to reliability as 2017 focus

Metro General Manager Paul Wiedefeld said system officials will turn to reliability for passengers this year after devoting much of 2016 trying to rebuild a crumbling subway.

February 16, 2017

Venus Iraheta, Alexandria, Virginia, teen arrested in connection with gang slaying

Fairfax County police detective identified 10 suspects -- four adults and six juveniles -- who they believe were involved in the murder of a 15-year-old girl.

February 15, 2017

D.C. assisted suicide debate revives statehood push

District activists and local officials insist they can feel new energy surging through the D.C. statehood movement -- even in the face of a vote by a House committee Monday night to strike down a high-profile city law passed less than two months ago.

February 14, 2017

D.C. economy among nation’s most reliant on immigration: Study

Immigrants have had a vast impact on the District's economy, ranking among the top five states in a study done by personal finance website WalletHub.

February 14, 2017

D.C. Council pushes to hire more cops to reduce homicides

D.C. Council member Vincent Gray on Monday pressed his crusade to bolster the District's police force Monday, but the mayor's top civilian public safety official said more officers might not be the answer to the surge in homicides the city has seen over the last two years.

February 13, 2017

Airbnb slams Kenyan McDuffie in radio ads for rules proposal

A national home-sharing service blasted a local legislator this week in radio ads protesting a proposal to regulate the short-term rental industry.

February 9, 2017

D.C. energy merger has officials crying foul

D.C. officials are asking the city's highest court to overturn a multibillion-dollar merger between local energy supplier Pepco and Chicago-based energy generator Exelon that utility regulators approved nearly a year ago.

February 8, 2017

D.C. Council rejects emergency bill to give retention bonuses to retiring police officers

The D.C. Council has rejected an emergency bill that would have offered retention bonuses to retiring Metropolitan Police officers.

February 7, 2017