The legislation would also reduce the scooter speed limit on sidewalks and set up new rules for parking the vehicles.

A new bill introduced by Councilmember Mary Cheh could allow District residents with prior eviction records to have those records sealed and expunged after a period of three years.

For the past six years, city officials held election dates in April and June to avoid breaking a federal law.

The bill largely targets people who rent out more than one property.

A Virginia Senate panel today approved a two-year moratorium on the use of drones by police and government agencies in the commonwealth.

A D.C. Council bill that would bring down fines for many tickets handed out by speed cameras will be amended at tomorrow’s final legislative session.

Two D.C. legislators want to make it easier for pop-up retailers and restaurateurs to set up shop and use industrial land for their purposes.

After a tough year of campaign finance-related scandals, a D.C. legislator today proposed public financing of campaigns.

If you’re reading this right now and you live inside the District, you probably get a friendly visit in your mailbox (or your email inbox) from a Pepco bill every month. But even among an ocean of cable, internet, gas and cell phone bills which are bloated with all kinds of taxes and surcharges, Pepco’s billing stands out. The news that the D.C. Public Service Commission has rejected the utility’s request to add a proposed 15th surcharge to District customers’ bills is incredibly good news — as much for customers’ ability to read and understand their bill as the small savings that it may mean.

Somebody really loves Bill. As philliefan99’s picture makes abundantly clear, some lovestruck individual took the time to declare his or her love for Bill in the fleeting medium of a snowbank. But is there a contradictory message to declaring one’s love in the snow? Is love recorded by this ephemeral expression truly love, or merely a passing infatuation that will melt away (hopefully before March)? There’s only one person who can say with any…