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Happy Indigenous Peoples’ Day. It is the first time Columbus Day has been renamed in DC, after the DC Council passed emergency legislation last Tuesday. The change took effect for 2019 when Mayor Muriel Bowser signed the bill on Friday.

TGIF! Several campaigns for next year’s DC Council races are reporting how much money they have raised, with public financing continuing to bolster the chances of challengers against incumbents.

Happy Thursday. In 2012, then-DC Council member Michael A. Brown accepted cash bribes tucked inside a Redskins coffee mug. This morning, Brown — who went to prison for taking $55,000 in bribes from undercover FBI agents posing as…

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Happy Tuesday. The DC Council will again try to establish an excise tax on soda and other sugary drinks — nine years after industry lobbying shelved the last attempt.

Happy Monday. Council Chairman Phil Mendelson says that tomorrow he'll announce the ad hoc committee to review the law firm’s investigation into Council member Jack Evans …

TGIF! Climate activists have a new “No Pepco Pledge” for candidates running in next year’s elections.

Happy Thursday. Columnist jonetta rose barras goes long on the battle over control of the DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities, trying to decipher why the mayor’s office is bent on acquiring more power over how the commission operates.…

Happy Wednesday. Join DL as we play a bit of ‘Where are they now?’ involving Jack Evans’ committee staff.

Happy Tuesday and new fiscal year. Council member Jack Evans has a legal defense fund, and the law regulating how its funds can be spent was just recently amended.

Happy Monday. Students who are at-risk for academic failure would benefit from attending the top public schools of the city, says a new report — if only those schools weren’t so far from many of those children.

TGIF! Six candidates running to be the next Ward 2 council member debated last night, nailing incumbent Jack Evans, who did not attend and has not announced plans for re-election.

Happy Thursday. Did the city violate the Home Rule Act in its push to legalize sports gambling as soon as possible by authorizing a no-bid contract to manage the program?

Happy Wednesday. The FBI showed up yesterday at the Department of Consumer and Regulatory Affairs, the large agency in charge of permitting and licensing, to execute a search warrant on one individual.

Good Tuesday morning. Mayor Muriel Bowser has been talking about adding more housing in Upper Northwest, where many residents in low-rise and single-family-home neighborhoods resist tall buildings.

Happy Monday. Political analyst and DC statehood champion Mark Plotkin died Sunday at the age of 72, his former station WTOP reported …

TGIF! Muriel Bowser continued the week’s statehood theme by unveiling mayoral-commissioned statehood art at noon:

Happy Thursday. At the first House hearing on DC statehood in 26 years, Republican detractors brought criticisms ranging from constitutional arguments down to the nitty-gritty.

Happy Wednesday. DC Council members signaled they support drastic cutbacks on vaping, introducing bills with widespread support yesterday to ban the distribution of flavored electric cigarette products and restrict where products can be…

Happy Tuesday. A group critical of Ward 2 Council member Jack Evans staged a theater protest outside the Wilson Building this morning, dubbed "Shark Tank: Wilson Building Edition." Sitting on a creme rug, three clients heard Evans serve…