The Council of the District of Columbia (or simply D.C. Council) is the legislative branch of the government of the District of Columbia. As permitted...

The 2024 Council of the District of Columbia election will take on November 5, 2024, to elect members to six seats on the city council. The primary took...

Voting rights of citizens in the District of Columbia differ from the rights of citizens in the 50 U.S. states. The United States Constitution grants...

was held for the Council of the District of Columbia. Elections were held in four ward districts as well as for chairperson of the council and two at-large...

The District of Columbia has a mayor–council government that operates under Article One of the United States Constitution and the District of Columbia...

The District of Columbia (a political division coterminous with Washington, D.C.) holds general elections every two years to fill various D.C. government...

District of Columbia home rule is the District of Columbia residents' ability to govern their local affairs. As the federal capital, the Constitution grants...

all members of the Council of the District of Columbia since its creation in 1975. All members are elected to 4-year terms (except for the initial 2-year...

mayor-commissioner and city council appointed by the President. Finally, in 1974, the District of Columbia Home Rule Act allowed for District residents to elect...

The University of the District of Columbia (UDC) is a public historically black land-grant university in Washington, D.C. It was established in 1851 and...

District of Columbia retrocession is the act of returning some or all of the land that had been ceded to the federal government of the United States for...

The District of Columbia Organic Act of 1871 is an Act of Congress that repealed the individual charters of the cities of Washington and Georgetown and...

the District of Columbia and commonly known as Washington or D.C., is the capital city and federal district of the United States. The city is on the Potomac...

elected mayor and the Council of the District of Columbia. The council is composed of a chair elected at large and twelve members, four of whom are elected...

of the District of Columbia § 1–151. Fisheries and Wildlife Omnibus Amendment Act of 2016 (D.C. Law 21-282). Council of the District of Columbia. May...

The mayor of the District of Columbia is the head of the executive branch of the government of the District of Columbia. The mayor has the duty to enforce...

Council of the District of Columbia was held on November 3, and a special election was held on June 27. Elections were held in four of the districts and...

the District of Columbia was held on November 8, 2016. It was the first referendum on statehood to be held in the district. The District of Columbia was...

politician who has served on the Council of the District of Columbia for Ward 7 since 2017. He was the mayor of the District of Columbia from 2011 to 2015. He...

improvement districts (BIDs); these boundaries will overlap. The eight wards each elect a member to the Council of the District of Columbia and are redistricted...

activist in Washington, D.C. She is the Member of the Council of the District of Columbia from Ward 4. George is a member of the Democratic Party. Elected in...

Schwalb The Council of the District of Columbia is the legislative branch of the local government of the District of Columbia. Democrats hold 11 of the 13...

by an Act of Congress "to procure a design for a distinctive flag for the District of Columbia". The District Flag Commission was composed of three non-elected...

on the District of Columbia United States Senate Committee on the District of Columbia Council of the District of Columbia, the legislature for the District...

The District of Columbia Public Schools (DCPS) is the local public school system for Washington, D.C. It is distinct from the District of Columbia Public...

and American politician, currently serving as a member of the Council of the District of Columbia, representing Ward 5 since January 2023. Parker was born...

Washington, D.C. In 2008, he was elected an at-large member of the Council of the District of Columbia and served one four-year term. Brown lived in Chevy Chase...

The District of Columbia Public Library (DCPL) is the public library system for Washington, D.C. The system includes 26 individual libraries including...

December 6, 1970) is an American politician who served as the mayor of the District of Columbia from 2007 to 2011. A Washington, D.C. native, Fenty graduated...

on the Council of the District of Columbia since 2016. From 2008 to 2014, he was legislative counsel in the office of Eleanor Holmes Norton, the District...