Brianne Nadeau

In April, D.C.’s Housing Authority asked the Committee on Housing and Neighborhood Revitalization, chaired by Council member Anita Bonds (D-At Large), for more funding. The authority has classified over a third of the 8,000 public housing…

Two members of the D.C. Council are calling foul on a city department’s approval of a $46 million tax abatement for the Line D.C. hotel — despite the fact that the project did not meet some of the legal requirements to receive that tax…

DOES wants the Line to get its $46 million tax abatement anyway.

A majority of the D.C. Council has revived an effort to ban outside employment for lawmakers, the latest fallout from an ethics scandal swirling around council member Jack Evans (D-Ward 2).

A ballooning ethics scandal involving the D.C. Council’s longest-serving member is prompting lawmakers to rethink two of the perks of the job: the ability to hold outside employment and to manage funds that are used to help constituents in…

As the D.C. Council prepares to review the mayor’s proposed budget for fiscal year 2020, a performance oversight hearing was held on March 1 to review the effectiveness of funds invested in the Interagency Council on Homelessness and the…

It’s not every day that a police chief publicly scolds lawmakers who oversee his department. But in January, and again last month, D.C. Police Chief Peter Newsham unceremoniously rebuked two D.C. council members who had the unmitigated…

Misinformation is being shared about the D.C. police’s use of stop and frisk. It is particularly troubling when this misinformation is from a D.C. Council member.

Three bills were introduced at the Feb. 5 D.C. Council meeting that are aimed at increasing transparency in the city’s public housing authority and within the awarding of funds for the development of more affordable housing.

On the D.C. Council, I represent the most diverse ward in the District. I have seen an evolution in the way my constituents think about public safety. As recently as four years ago, a violent incident would have resulted in calls for more…

Two proposals would give the District more control over the independent agency than it has now

Columbia Heights residents have worked for years to save their neighborhood dog park. They led letter-writing campaigns, signed petitions, lobbied lawmakers and ran a social media campaign featuring photos of pups pleading city officials…