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Good Monday morning. The DC Council will take up a proposal to give residents a taste of free public transit, by way of $100 loaded every month on SmarTrip cards. It's a major new bill from Charles Allen, who has the support of six other…

TGIF! Use of congestion pricing downtown and a requirement for ride-hailing companies to use electric or hybrid vehicles are two suggestions from a new DC auditor's report to cut carbon emissions.

Happy Thursday. Mayor Muriel Bowser is again pushing for restoration of late-night Metrorail service, describing it as necessary to maximize the District's economic potential.

Happy Wednesday. As Attorney General Karl Racine's battle over housing code violations continues, one landlord has been arrested after a judge found he did not make court-ordered payments to a third party to make repairs on his properties,…

Happy Tuesday. Two DC police officers have told council members that superiors are downplaying crimes to make stats look better, and WUSA9 has docs that seem to prove it in two instances.

Happy Monday. Mayor Muriel Bowser defended her support of Democratic presidential hopeful Michael Bloomberg in a WaPo interview posted over the weekend, saying no candidate is perfect.

TGIF! Long a bottleneck even for express buses, the stretch of 14th Street NW through Columbia Heights is slated to get dedicated bus lanes for the next year as a pilot program.

Happy Thursday. Former officers with the Metro Transit Police told the DC Council yesterday they felt pressured to make arrests. The bad news adds onto the WaPo report from last week that some officers at the department held a competition…

Happy Wednesday. The District's urgent need for additional affordable housing comes up frequently, but a related matter — ensuring safe living conditions in existing units — isn't raised as often.

Happy Tuesday. DC's revitalization can be told through many stories, and one involves the city's juvenile detention reforms.

Happy Presidents Day! Mayor Muriel Bowser is having a rough time making the rounds of the national media as a top surrogate for Michael Bloomberg.

TGIF! The DC Council last year did not advance a bill to decriminalize sex work. Now there's a national group looking to put the issue on the ballot for voters to decide.

Happy Thursday. After news that Metro Transit Police arrested a 13-year-old boy, WaPo reports that Metro's officers held a contest last year to encourage arrests.

Happy Wednesday. Statehood for DC will likely pass the U.S. House for the first time ever, after legislation advanced out of committee yesterday on a 21-16 vote.

Happy Tuesday. Ever so briefly at today’s House committee markup of DC statehood, the ranking Republican — speaking on an amendment to the bill — echoed the comments that Democratic proponents had offered earlier on behalf of the…

Happy Monday. Can campaigning for Michael Bloomberg give Muriel Bowser a path to becoming a national figure? Will it put a spotlight on DC's mayor not seen since the days of Adrian Fenty?

TGIF! DC's homeland security director delayed the release of a cybersecurity report for over a year, and yesterday he got a shellacking at a DC Council hearing from Charles Allen, whose committee oversees his agency.

Happy Thursday. The next big ballot initiative in DC could reduce local enforcement of laws against 'magic mushrooms' and psychedelic drugs, if supporters can gather more than 25,000 signatures in time for November.

Good Wednesday morning. Washington Metropolitan, the struggling school set for closure, came one council member's vote short of staying open yesterday.

Good Tuesday morning. Mayor Muriel Bowser may have cut off a line of attack from her left-leaning critics in the education world, declaring yesterday that she will increase the spending formula for public school students by 4%.