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Good Wednesday morning. Let DL draw your attention to one point in the clash between Council Chairman Phil Mendelson and Chief Financial Officer Jeff DeWitt.

Good Tuesday morning. There is an unprecedented showdown between Council Chairman Phil Mendelson and Chief Financial Officer Jeff DeWitt over next fiscal year’s budget, making good on the CFO's promise that he would reject a plan that dips…

Happy Monday. A fourth challenger in Ward 2 has emerged to the expected re-election bid of longtime legislator Jack Evans, the subject of a federal investigation and recall effort.

TGIF! There’s a new WaPo-Schar School poll that shows most people in the region drive cars to get around, with 64 percent of District residents saying they have driven to get someplace in the past year.

Happy Thursday. DL’s not a regular Tucker Carlson viewer but, having watched last night's episode, feels safe in concluding that Robert White’s appearance on the provocateur’s show went pretty well.

Good Wednesday morning. There is a — no joke — sinkhole outside of the District’s crime lab.

Happy Tuesday. A bill to decriminalize prostitution was unveiled today at the DC Council, introduced by David Grosso along with Anita Bonds, Robert White and Brianne Nadeau. The bill was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary and…

Good Monday morning. Robert White will introduce a bill tomorrow to allow prisoners the right to vote, WaPo reports.

TGIF! Sedgwick Gardens seems to offer a case study into the city’s mismanagement of housing programs. The experiences at the 140-unit apartment building in Cleveland Park, which reportedly is nearly half full with housing voucher users,…

Happy Thursday. The lone holdout for statehood in the Washington area's congressional delegation has given his support. Maryland Rep. Steny Hoyer wrote in a WaPo op-ed posted this morning that he is "hesitant" no more in supporting…

Good Wednesday morning. After much pontificating about Muriel Bowser not being able to sway the DC Council, the mayor got a key triumph with yesterday’s vote to approve the fiscal 2020 budget.

Good Tuesday morning. Today the DC Council votes for the final time on the fiscal 2020 budget. Council Chairman Phil Mendelson’s attempt to use millions from Events DC’s reserves to make urgent public housing repairs is still being…

TGIF! ‘Jack Evans’ clients had interests before District government’ is A1 WaPo today, below-the-fold.

Good Thursday morning. Hillary Clinton will be in Congress Heights today, at GW University’s Rodham Institute Summit on health.

Good Wednesday morning. Elissa Silverman and Muriel Bowser's administration have been in a public spat over funding for workforce development and employment programs. When Silverman’s committee with oversight over the Department of…

Good Tuesday morning. DL’s notebook came up empty last night at ANC 4B — at least as far as the expected resolution to “reprimand Brandon Todd," which never came up. Printer troubles were to blame for the unprinted resolution, apparently. …

Happy Monday. A new pro-statehood coalition, “51 for 51,” will kick off tomorrow to press statehood as an issue during the Democratic presidential primary.

Good Thursday morning. There are now two candidates who have declared they are running against Jack Evans for the Ward 2 DC Council seat he's held since 1991, and both say they will use the new publicly financed campaign system.

Happy Wednesday. The legal battle over a former Sanford Capital property in Congress Heights continued in court today.

Happy Tuesday. The DC Council gave initial approval today to the 2020 budget and related legislation with only one close vote. Amid multiple references to broken promises, it came on an unsuccessful amendment that would have backed the…