Politics

Barbara Bazron will take over as the new director of the D.C. Department of Behavioral Health (DBH) which has been at the forefront of tackling the District's high rate of opioid overdoses. D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser announced the appointment in an email to her Cabinet members on April 9.

Washington, D.C. City Council member Brianne K. Nadeau on April 2 proposed a bill that would ban almost all outside employment for council members, according to a report in AP.

D.C. Ward 5 Councilmember Kenyan McDuffie on Tuesday introduced a bill to the D.C. Council to build eight new statues, one in each ward of the city, of accomplished women and people of color who were born and raised in D.C.

D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser presented her Fiscal Year 2020 Proposed Budget and Financial Plan of $15.5 billion on March 20 to the D.C. Council after a season of public engagements.

D.C. Attorney General Karl Racine on Wednesday announced the filing of lawsuits against seven people who are accused of showing false proof of residence in the District in order to send their children to D.C. public schools for free.

A data security legislative proposal titled “Security Breach Protection Amendment Act of 2019” has been introduced by D.C. Attorney General Karl Racine on March 21, in response to major breaches of personal data.

D.C.’s Department of Human Services is planning to abandon the use of motels as homeless shelters, according to a report by the Washington City Paper.

The District of Columbia is planning to file a lawsuit against oil giant ExxonMobil for selling gasoline fossil fuel products without informing consumers about its effects on climate change.