In an effort to keep the best in teaching talent at home in the District, DCPS has announced a new initiative that gives teachers opportunities for better pay and enhanced responsibility.

Citing a decrease in shootings involving members of the District Police Department, Police Chief Cathy Lanier announced that the unit tasked with investigating such incidents is being reassigned.

Sentencing for Thomas Gore, the former campaign aide to D.C. Mayor Vincent Gray who pleaded guilty to charges earlier this year, has been delayed until Dec. pending the results of the federal investigation.

The Director the Department of Environment in the District has been fired, with officials citing a "serious breach of protocol" as the pretext.

After two years and $34 million, the reflecting pool on the Washington National Mall is finally back in shape and open for some picturesque tourist photos.

Will advocates for D.C. voting rights advance their cause when Democrats meet in Charlotte, N.C., this week for their national convention?

Kojo joins the Politics Hour gang live from Tampa, where he's been covering the Republican National Convention.

Organizers behind the petition to ban corporate donations in D.C. elections say that confusion as to why several thousand signatures were thrown out by the election board lingers.

The race between independent candidates Michael Brown and David Grosso for the at-large seat on the D.C. Council will be one to watch, provided Brown can circumvent a challenge to getting on the ballot.

On the first anniversary of the public unveiling of the memorial dedicated to Dr. Martin Luther King. Jr., it was announced that a controversial paraphrasing of a King quote will be replaced.