At his weekly press conference earlier today, Mayor Vince Gray signed into law a bill that strengthen's the city's "First Source" law requiring government-assisted projects to fill at least 51 percent of any jobs created with District residents. more ›

WMATA has plenty of problems to deal with. But that won't stop "protracted labor struggle" from being added to the list. more ›

Yeah, there might be a little lull in the housing market, and maybe renting has again become cooler than owning. But neither one is likely to be any cheaper in the future. more ›

Our editor Aaron Morrissey will be stepping down at the end of the month, so DCist is looking to hire a new senior editor. This is a paid, full-time position with benefits. more ›

Our editor Aaron Morrissey will be stepping down at the end of the month, so DCist is looking to hire a new senior editor. This is a paid, full-time position with benefits. more ›

Most everyone knows that the District's government is big -- some 33,000 people work for it. But today, The Washington Times breaks down why it's so costly and how that's slowly changing. more ›

Our editor Aaron Morrissey will be stepping down at the end of the month, so DCist is looking to hire a new senior editor. This is a paid, full-time position with benefits. more ›

On Wednesday, President Barack Obama will make another pitch for his American Jobs Act by focusing on a local infrastructure project that could benefit under the plan: the Key Bridge. more ›

When it comes to talking about D.C. government ethics, it's easy to beat up on one group -- the councilmembers with second jobs. Yesterday, they rose to defend themselves. more ›

After years of delays, the CityMarket at O development in Shaw may well pick up steam thanks to a job creation plan proposed by President Barack Obama. more ›

This morning, Mayor Vince Gray announced that clothing retailer Ross would soon be opening its first store in the District, only blocks away from the H Street NE Corridor. more ›

It didn't take long for government watchdog Dorothy Brizill to strike. Only minutes after Mayor Vincent Gray announced three new nominees to serve on the D.C. Board of Elections and Ethics this morning, Brizill threw one of the nominees' qualifications into question by noting that he had not lived in the District for the amount of time required by law. more ›

Tomorrow morning, Mayor Vince Gray will be the featured speaker at a summit organized by the D.C. Department of Human Resources, discussing "the pivotal role that HR professionals and practitioners play in the city's efforts to recruit and hire qualified District residents." more ›

Good morning, Washington. Just as the weekend kicked off, the jobless numbers rolled in, and the District did not fare well. According to a Labor Department report released Friday, unemployment rose in D.C. to 11.1 percent in August. That’s up from 10.8 percent in July. Estimates put the total number of jobs lost in August around 15,000, and about 13,700 were lost in the public sector. more ›

This morning, the District is expected to announce the donation of $3 million from the charitable arm of Walmart to establish job training programs around the city -- another in a series of donations which will serve to market the store as a stakeholder in the District. more ›

A word to the wise for those who might be considering knocking off work a little bit early today and taking a trip to the Kogod Courtyard or to a matinee at Gallery Place: a pro-labor organization has planned a protest of Walmart at the company's lobbying office on 8th Street NW this afternoon. more ›

Thomas Nelson, a 54-year-old SYEP supervisor, pled guilty today on charges that he sexually abused a 17-year-old girl working in the program. more ›

Mayor Vince Gray hosted his first youth town hall Saturday at the THEARC Theater in Ward 8, and about 50 young District residents turned out to vent their frustrations with what they said was a lack of summer jobs. The meeting kicked off a series of monthly meetings the mayor has planned citywide to hear from D.C. residents 21-years-old and younger. more ›

Remember Pamela Goins? She was the Metro custodian who, in 2008, was fired for her role in a prostitution ring at the Farragut North station. That didn't stop her from getting another job working for WMATA, though. more ›

Have you used the Washington Post's website to look for a job in the District? If so, don't be shocked if you get some extra spam over the next few weeks. more ›

Unemployment in the District of Columbia went up in May after the federal government didn't hire as many people as it had been. So, obviously, the District government is trying to fill in the gaps. With strippers. more ›

Please excuse the brief interruption to our regularly scheduled programming: DCist is looking to hire a new weekend editor. This is a paid, part-time freelance position. more ›

Both Sulaimon Brown and Cherita Whiting, who the Council spent serious time and effort subpoenaing to appear at a hearing on the hiring practices of the Gray administration, didn't show up as expected at the Wilson Building today. more ›

Those who use public transportation for incredibly long commutes on a daily basis will no doubt be able to verify the findings of a new report by the Brookings Institution on transit in the nation's 100 largest metropolitan areas. The report reveals that a majority of the Washington metropolitan statistical area's jobs are not located within a 90-minute radius of Metro and other regional transit systems. more ›

The District of Columbia's public school system now says that about 750 teachers and support staff have been "excessed" for the 2011-12 school year, though they are promising to help those teachers find other jobs within the District. more ›

You think the District's the only place where people with connections (allegedly) proposition the guy in charge for a high-paying job? Think again. Confederate General Robert E. Lee was fielding these kind of requests back in the 1860s, guys. more ›

Since Sulaimon Brown appears to have no intention of abiding by Councilmember Mary Cheh's subpoena to testify in front of the Council about his claims that the Gray campaign paid him and gave him a job, we're left to hope that other people can piece together the gaps in the story. For example: on this morning's "The Politics Program" with Mark Plotkin, Mayor Vince Gray was finally able to recall the subject of a 14-minute phone call he had with Brown on July 15. more ›

We've now passed the hour mark on Ward 3 Councilmember Mary Cheh's oversight hearing on the hiring policies of Mayor Vince Gray and his administration. But so far, the most notable news is who isn't testifying at the hearing: Sulaimon Brown, former Gray Chief of Staff Gerri Mason Hall, Gray campaign chair Lorraine Green and campaign consultant and alleged bag man Howard Brooks, who weren't even on the hearing's witness list. more ›

First, it was Cherita Whiting. Then, Sulaimon Brown. Now, it's Talib Karim. What these three have in common is that they're all supporters of Mayor Vince Gray who landed good jobs in his administration -- and they all have questionable personal histories. But should those questionable histories -- which include a stint in jail, a restraining order for stalking, and a domestic dispute -- play a role in how we judge their qualifications for the positions they hold? more ›