Washington, D.C., Banned Bird E-Scooters: 'Arbitrary and Capricious,' Says Company
The company scored 445 points on the city's checklist—one fewer point than a company that did receive a permit.
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A New FBI Building Would Cost Billions. Do We Even Need One?
Congress' end-of-the-year omnibus bill was delayed by arguments over where to build the new facility.
Washington Has Been Much More Successful Than California in Displacing the Black Market for Pot
Lighter regulation is one likely explanation.
Worries About Inflation Didn't Stop Voters From Approving Minimum Wage Increases
A minimum wage increase passed in Nebraska and appears to have done the same in Nevada. In D.C., tipped workers will get a possibly unwelcome increase as well.
Bikini Baristas Win Lawsuit Over Unconstitutional Dress Code
Plus: Fiona Apple fights for court transparency, ACLU asks SCOTUS to consider boycott ban, and more...
Netflix Teams Up With the Obamas To Produce Big Government Propaganda
The G Word, a new documentary, only occasionally covers serious issues. But it opts not to do honest reporting.
School Choice Is Winning in Arizona—and Beyond
"There's a new special interest group in town: parents."
D.C.'s Preschool Teacher Education Requirement Won't Help Working Families
Even if credentialed teachers help kids learn more, it’s not worth making D.C. day cares prohibitively expensive and pushing experienced teachers out of jobs.
NYC and San Francisco Prioritize 'First Doses First' for Monkeypox Vaccine. Why Won't the CDC Do the Same?
The CDC and FDA, when confronted with scarce vaccine supply, refuse to learn from their COVID-19 mistakes.
Pete Buttigieg Is Moving to Michigan. He Should Take the Transportation Department With Him.
It would signal that the transportation future involves decentralization and rapid change rather than Washington-style command-and-control.
Blocking a Highway Is Not a Legitimate or Effective Form of Protest
Climate protesters who blocked an interstate outside D.C. likely cost a man his parole.
Secret City Recounts the Gay History of D.C.
In his new book, James Kirchick focuses on homosexuals' relationship with national politics during a time when gays were banned from working for the federal government.
Seattle City Council Passes Rent Control by Another Name. Is It Legal?
New bills passed earlier this week require landlords to give tenants 180 days' notice before raising rents and pay relocation expenses to low-income tenants who move in response to rent hikes.
D.C. Gyms Want To Require Vaccination Instead of Masks. The City Said No.
Officials would rather if everybody were masked than vaccinated.
Unlicensed Dog Grooming Alarms Local News Reporter
Do we really need the state to step in over an unfortunate tragedy?
D.C. Council's Ban on Flavored Tobacco Products Is a License for More Over-Policing of Minorities
Legislators cannot have it both ways.
D.C.'s Attorney General Is Suing Amazon To Force It To Feature Worse Deals
A new antitrust suit targets third-party seller agreements.
War Zone Washington?
More than 5,000 members of the National Guard descended on Washington, D.C., following the January 6 riot.
Trump Returns to Twitter, Concedes Election
Condemns “violence, lawlessness, and mayhem” by his supporters at the Capitol.
Republicans, White House Aides Beg Trump To Call Off MAGA Occupation of Capitol
“This is banana republic crap we’re watching happen right now.”
The Head of D.C.'s Long-Troubled Metro System Says Another Federal Bailout Is Needed To Stave Off Apocalyptic Service Cuts
D.C.'s public transit agency has already received close to $1 billion in federal coronavirus relief funds.
America's Disastrous Drug War Is Finally Unravelling
Voters came out for legalizing marijuana, removing criminal penalties for psychedelic use, and treating drug addiction as a public health concern.
D.C. Voters Tell Cops and Prosecutors to Leave Psychedelic Users Alone
The ballot measure applies to noncommercial production, distribution, and possession of "entheogenic plants and fungi."
Shrooms Are on the D.C. Ballot
The reformers who canvassed for signatures for the initiative say they're optimistic it will pass despite objections from Congress, which controls D.C. spending.
Seattle and Washington State Are Being Sued Over Their Eviction Moratoriums
A new lawsuit argues that the city and state's eviction bans are an unconstitutional impairment of contracts unrelated to the COVID-19 pandemic.
D.C. Prosecutions Highlight the Connection Between Gun Control and Racial Disparities
Why do progressives who worry about unequal justice support policies that are bound to make that problem worse?
D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser Tells Retailers To Call the Cops on Customers Who Don't Wear Masks
Armed agents of the state shouldn't be enforcing mask mandates.
Washington, D.C., Might Decriminalize Magic Mushrooms
The Decriminalize Nature D.C. initiative has gathered enough signatures to land on the ballot this November.
House of Representatives Votes to Give D.C. Statehood
The House voted to recognize the District of Columbia as a state, but many obstacles still lie ahead.
Seattle Says It Will Ask Protesters To Voluntarily Leave 'Autonomous Zone.' What Happens If They Don't?
Plus: Trump tries to cancel skilled worker visas, Seattle repeals "prostitution loitering" law, Pennsylvania makes cosmetologists prove "good moral character," and more...
A Labor Council Has Expelled Seattle's Police Union. Good.
Police unions exist to protect cops at the expense of the public.
'I'm Paying for My Own Suicide': Scenes From a Quieter Night of Protests in D.C.
A heavy but hands-off militarized police presence squared off with demonstrators in the nation's capital tonight.
Those Curfews Sure Didn't Work
Plus: George Floyd's death ruled "homicide caused by asphyxia," and more...
Protesters Tear-Gassed, Arrested, Buzzed With Military Helicopters During Another Night of Protests in D.C.
Tonight's anti-police protests in the nation's capital saw fewer incidents of fires and vandalism, but also a heavy dose of aggressive police tactics.
D.C. Cops Kept Herding Protesters Into Harm's Way
They still were a lot better-behaved than officers elsewhere.
Washington, D.C., May Permanently Legalize To-Go Cocktails
If there's a silver lining for the bars and restaurants that have been hit by the COVID-19 lockdowns, it's the widespread loosening of liquor laws.
The Reopen Debate Is a False Dichotomy
Staying inside forever and going back to normal today aren't the only choices.
A Woman Set Up a Little Free Pantry Without a Permit. The County Threatened Criminal Charges.
A civil rights lawsuit alleges that the government violated Kathy Hay's constitutional rights when it shuttered her free pantry.
Coronavirus Fears Mount in D.C. Jail After Quarantines
Lawyers, inmates' families, and correctional officers worry the jail is ill-prepared to handle an outbreak.
Has D.C. Found the Right Way To Do 'Free' Public Transit?
Councilmember Charles Allen has proposed giving every D.C. resident a $100 monthly subsidy for bus and train rides.
D.C.'s Cash-strapped Public Transit Agency Didn't Know It Had Hundreds of $400 Gold Pins Sitting in Storage
A recent Inspector General's report found the agency had serious problems tracking and managing its inventory.
D.C.'s Police Department Is Being Sued (Again) for Sexually Violating Someone During a Search
D.C. cops appear to have a thing for illegally probing butts.
'It's a Lie, but It's Fun': An Officer's Falsified Report Leads to a Man's Suicide
The officer was suspended for only six days.