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TGIF! The mayor is a big fan of billionaire Mike Bloomberg’s not-yet-official presidential run. Muriel Bowser tweeted this morning that “an important voice is entering the race for President,” a declaration that fell way flat …

Happy Thursday. Jack Evans says he no intention to resign his DC Council seat, WaPo reports. His lawyers, alarmed with the bullet-train pace of his ethics scandal, pleaded yesterday in a letter to the council chairman and the head of the…

Happy Wednesday. A majority of DC Council members are now calling on Jack Evans to resign — including the chair of the ad hoc committee investigating him.

Happy Tuesday. Jack Evans broke the DC Council's code of conduct on 11 occasions, according to a law firm's report released today, including when in 2015 he took council action to support the controversial Pepco-Exelon merger. At the time,…

Happy Monday. The NY Times reports that breathalyzers can be remarkably inaccurate in measuring the blood alcohol levels of drivers pulled over, leading to unjust arrests. The paper’s investigation looked at the national picture — and the…

TGIF! DC has a new mega-development project slated for 80 acres of land at the Armed Forces Retirement Home in Northwest …

Happy Halloween. DC holds the World Series title for the first time since 1924, and the Nationals are promising a rollicking celebration on Saturday.

Happy Wednesday. Go-go will be heard throughout the Wilson Building tonight — after a hearing to make it the official music genre of the District.

Happy Tuesday. About 32,000 Salvadorans living in the Washington area had their Temporary Protected Status extended for one year.

Happy Monday. The project to bring a new hospital east of the Anacostia River is in rough shape, exacerbating tensions over the state of the area's existing DC-owned medical center.

TGIF! Two members of the 2005 inaugural Nationals team will be on hand to complete the ceremonial first pitch at the first major league baseball World Series game in Washington since 1933.

Happy Thursday. Banning all right-on-red turns, lowering speed limits, establishing a “citizen cop” force, fining contractors for shoddy work — these ideas are all under consideration at the DC Council today as part of legislation to…

Happy Wednesday. Enrollment in DC Public Schools increased 4% this year, while the charter sector for the first time saw a drop in numbers.

Good Tuesday morning. The St. Elizabeths public psychiatric hospital has been without clean running water for nearly a month now …

Happy Monday. The DC Council is getting reviews about the city's police body camera program today five years after its implementation.

TGIF! An explosive and graphic story from City Paper, posted while the first DC Council hearing on sex work decriminalization stretched into the night …

Happy Thursday. Newly unsealed court documents show how in 2016 digital sign company Digi Outdoor Media, whose CEO cut checks to DC Council member Jack Evans, rushed to put up its large signs overnight — in the face of stop-work warnings…

Happy Wednesday. A major question looms over the mayor's affordable housing pronouncements: How will the city pay for 12,000 new subsidized units across the District by 2025?

Good Tuesday morning. Affordable housing targets have been established for DC’s wealthier — and often more difficult to build in — neighborhoods, with the mayor’s release of a new report out today.

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…

District Links: Mayoral aides message on WhatsApp, raising open records concerns; emphasis on affordable housing in newly approved Comp Plan; and more

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 …