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District Dig: Downward Spiral — Sole source lottery vendor Intralot’s slide continues

Editor Mar 8, 2019

D.C. Lottery vendor Intralot, the beneficiary of a change in the law that handed it a sole source sports betting contract, has been downgraded by Moody’s Investors Service.

Colbert King in The Post: Darker days may lie ahead for Jack Evans

Editor Mar 8, 2019

I met Jack Evans (D-Ward 2) nearly 30 years ago when I was a Post editorial writer and he was an advisory neighborhood commissioner. At the time, he was running in the 1991 Ward 2 special election to replace John Wilson, who had become…

WTOP: DC Council, mayor’s office subpoenaed in federal investigation of Council member Jack Evans

Editor Mar 8, 2019

Federal subpoenas have been delivered to the D.C. Council and the mayor’s office as part of an investigation into Ward 2 Council member Jack Evans.

DCist: D.C. Councilmembers Receive Subpoenas For Their Conversations With Jack Evans

Editor Mar 8, 2019

The legal quicksand continues to expand around Ward 2 Councilmember Jack Evans, as his colleagues at the D.C. Council have received a subpoena demanding that they preserve all of their communications with the beleaguered lawmaker.

Washington Post: Entire D.C. Council receives federal subpoena in Jack Evans ethics probe

Editor Mar 8, 2019

The D.C. Council has received a federal subpoena for a wide range of information related to Council member Jack Evans (D-Ward 2) and his private legal and consulting clients.

City Paper: More Subpoenas in the Jack Evans Probe

Editor Mar 7, 2019

Feds ask major D.C. firms to detail their dealings with Councilmember.

DCist: Reprimand? Investigate? Sanction? Here’s Where Local Officials Stand On Jack Evans’ Ethics…

Editor Mar 7, 2019

The vote to reprimand Ward 2 Councilmember Jack Evans for trying to parlay his public service for personal gain “will be, I believe, a unanimous vote,” aside from Evans himself, says his Council colleague, Ward 3’s Mary Cheh.

WTOP: Letter asks council member Evans to resign from DC Democratic Party position

Editor Mar 7, 2019

At least 24 members of the D.C. Democratic State Committee have signed a letter asking D.C. Council member Jack Evans to resign from his elected position as National Committeeman.

Opinion

jonetta rose barras: Has Jack Evans provided a lesson in political self-destruction?

jonetta rose barras Mar 7, 2019

Ward 2 DC Council member Jack Evans told me this week he will allow the license for his corporation to expire — therefore, he’ll no longer have outside employment effective April 1, 2019. That’s a solid act of contrition. Evans may…

Washington Post: D.C. Council member Jack Evans urged to resign from Democratic Party leadership

Editor Mar 6, 2019

The political fallout continued Wednesday from the ethics scandal surrounding D.C. Council member Jack Evans (D-Ward 2), with some local Democratic officials demanding his resignation from party leadership and progressive groups calling…

Chalkbeat: D.C. City Council approves Ferebee as chancellor after a grueling confirmation process

Editor Mar 6, 2019

Lewis Ferebee was officially confirmed as chancellor of the Washington, D.C., school system Tuesday, two months after leaving Indianapolis to pursue the job.

WAMU: Cost Concerns Derail Proposed Property Tax Cut For D.C. Homeowners

Editor Mar 6, 2019

A proposal to give all D.C. homeowners a property tax cut worth more than $400 a year hit a roadblock on Tuesday after lawmakers expressed concern with the overall price tag and debated whether they could better target tax relief to…

Books

‘We have things to say’: Local teens draw accolades for their novel on police brutality

Andria Moore Mar 6, 2019

As the nation grappled repeatedly with the issue of police brutality, 10 teenage girls participating in a Ward 5 after-school program met weekly from 2015 to 2017 to collaborate on a novel, drawing from their own experiences and…

McDuffie Introduces Bill to Support Small Businesses Impacted by District Infrastructure Projects

Press Release Mar 5, 2019

For Immediate Release: Tuesday, March 5, 2019 Contact: Nolan Treadway Councilmember Kenyan R. McDuffie Introduces Bill to Support Small Businesses Suffering Financial Distress from District Infrastructure Projects The bill would…

City Paper: Jack Evans Faces a Reprimand, But Some Say the Punishment Doesn’t Go Far Enough

Editor Mar 5, 2019

The councilmember says he's sorry, but not for anything specific.

DCist: New Bill Would Penalize D.C. Landlords Who Discriminate Against Housing Voucher Holders

Editor Mar 5, 2019

At-Large Councilmember Elissa Silverman introduced a bill on Tuesday that would increase penalties for landlords who refuse to rent to people who use federal rental assistance vouchers (previously called Section 8 vouchers) to pay their…

WAMU: Vaccines For Kids? New D.C. Bill Would Allow Minors To Get Shots Without Parental Consent

Editor Mar 5, 2019

A longstanding debate among parents over vaccinations has one D.C. lawmaker thinking: What if you take parents out of the equation?

Washington Post: Tax break for D.C. homeowners hits hurdle at the D.C. Council

Editor Mar 5, 2019

A majority of the D.C. Council on Tuesday scuttled legislation to increase a popular tax break for homeowners, following an uproar from progressive groups that said the proposal would drain the treasury and disproportionately help the…

WAMU: D.C. Council Votes To Approve A New Schools Chancellor

Editor Mar 5, 2019

After more than a year without a permanent head for D.C. Public Schools, the D.C. Council voted unanimously to confirm Lewis Ferebee’s nomination, approving him to become the fourth Chancellor of the District of Columbia.

Washington Post: D.C. Council unanimously backs Lewis D. Ferebee as schools chancellor

Editor Mar 5, 2019

Lewis D. Ferebee was confirmed Tuesday as chancellor of the District’s public schools, receiving a vote of support from each of the 13 D.C. Council members.

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District Links: Council begins hashing out budget priorities; faulty alert system meant $1M spent on manual fire watch…

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Midway through the DC Council's budget work session, legislators are making clear some of their shared priorities on where to direct any available funding to avoid — or at least trim — cuts proposed…

District Links: WaPo looks to sublease about half of its Franklin Square office space; National Mall to host FIFA World…

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A new report on economic and revenue trends in DC notes that the number of unemployment insurance claimants dropped by 37.7% in April 2026 compared to the same period a year earlier.

District Links: Mayor reinstates extended youth curfew for 15 days; candidates draw attention as June 16 election draws…

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Ahead of the Memorial Day weekend and in the wake of a high-profile brawl among teenagers inside a Navy Yard restaurant last week, Mayor Muriel Bowser announced today that she is invoking emergency…

jonetta rose barras: Everyone can vote in the special election on June 16, regardless of party or nonparty

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“It’s nice to see everyone so willing to work together,” journalist Michael Brice-Saddler quipped while moderating the recent debate sponsored by the DC Office of Campaign Finance principally for…

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