District Links: $41K+ spent on Vegas trip for DC officials; new protocols ordered after deadly Ward 4 fire; charter school lobbying muscle; and more

By Cuneyt Dil On Sep 5, 2019 Last updated Sep 5, 2019

Happy Thursday. Taxpayers paid at least $41,000 for District officials, including the mayor and some council members, to go to a big annual shopping center conference in Las Vegas last spring, City Paper reports this morning.

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