DC mayor intends to declare emergency to bring back curfew zones

Hours before the District of Columbia’s law that allows police to establish curfew zones for teens was set to expire Wednesday, D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser said she intended to declare a mayoral emergency to revive the measure.

Bowser said the move is intended to provide a bridge to the next D.C. Council meeting on April 21, where the issue is expected to come up for a vote.

Bowser repeated her support for the Juvenile Curfew Second Temporary Amendment Act of 2025 that gives authority...