An additional $500,000 was set aside in the school budget to keep up. DCist/WAMU analyzed 700 requests: 40% focused on culture-wars debates.

D.C.’s elected officials send each other text messages, but can you find out what they’re saying to each other? It’s complicated.

The D.C. Open Government Coalition has sued the D.C. Council over legislators’ practice of using personal email accounts for official business.