DC Council

It was billed as the DC Council’s 32nd legislative session of the current two-year term. Far from routine, however, it was a spectacle of reckless budgeting and poor policymaking punctuated by incivility and unprofessional behavior. …

After months of intense advocacy efforts over equitable arts funding for go-go music, the DC Council has tentatively voted to allocate $3 million in the upcoming fiscal year for programs that will support the newly designated official…

The DC Council is considering giving the city’s libraries a $4.2 million budget bump after officials warned the pandemic threatened library closures, reduced hours and fewer new books. Council members will give an initial vote tomorrow…

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After listening last week to DC Board of Elections (BOE) chair Michael Bennett and executive director Alice Miller trying to explain the chaotic mess they made of the June 2 primary, I wondered, Where is Emmett H. Fremaux Jr.? The…

The special election scheduled for next week in Ward 2 may be pro forma. After all, several of the candidates already have decided not to compete. As reason for pulling out, they have cited the victory of Brooke Pinto in the June 2…

Incumbent Brandon Todd is seeking his second full term as the Ward 4 DC Council member, squaring off against challengers Janeese Lewis George and Marlena D. Edwards in the Democratic primary. Marlena D. Edwards …

As incumbent Vincent Gray seeks another term as Ward 7’s representative on the DC Council, the former DC mayor faces five challengers for the Democratic nomination: Kelvin Brown, Anthony Lorenzo Green, James Leroy Jennings, Rebecca J.…

Challengers Stuart Anderson, Mike Austin and Yaida Ford are seeking to defeat incumbent Trayon White for the Democratic nomination for the Ward 8 DC Council seat. Stuart Anderson Neighborhood: AnacostiaOccupation: Family…

The ethics scandal that prompted Jack Evans to resign from his longtime seat as the Ward 2 council member is just one of the storylines figuring into the upcoming June 2 primary and June 16 special election for the seat. With early voting…

Soon after Washington Teachers’ Union president Elizabeth Davis learned there was a 3% increase in the per-pupil spending for public education in the proposed fiscal year 2021 budget and financial plan, she called DC Mayor Muriel Bowser at…

If anyone running for elective office this year in DC promises to expand existing government programs, turn and walk away. Do not give a second thought to marking your primary or general election ballot for such a fantastical thinker. The…

As residents continued into week four of social distancing, the DC Council unanimously passed the COVID-19 Response Supplemental Emergency Act of 2020 last week during its first-ever virtual meeting. Mayor Muriel Bowser signed the bill…

“It seems like August,” I said recently to a Lyft driver who was taking me to my retina specialist for yet another of those God-awful injections. “What do you mean?” she asked. Many drivers of for-hire services don’t live in the city; they…

Last week started on a hopeful note for the DC government and its more than 700,000 residents, with the city seemingly on track in addressing the public health emergency and potentially covering the financial costs. That’s not the way it…

Even before the U.S. Senate could settle on its nearly $2 trillion stimulus package as a bulwark against the coronavirus’s ravaging of the national economy, the DC Council had offered its own relief that relied on drawing millions of…

Meeting in an alternative hearing room to enable social distancing, DC Council members today unanimously passed emergency legislation regarding COVID-19 relief. The COVID-19 Response Emergency Amendment Act was introduced by all council…

Political floodgates in DC opened after at-large Council member David Grosso announced he would retire at the end of his term this year, rather than seek reelection. A virtual sea of individuals — at least a dozen at last counting — have…

A new leader took over the DC Office of Human Rights last month amid calls to increase the agency’s funding and reduce its long-standing backlog — an issue the office had begun to address. Michelle Garcia started as interim director on…

The District is one step closer to ensuring that access to safe, legal abortion is protected for its residents. The DC Council voted unanimously in its first reading Feb. 4 to approve legislation that would ensure that the full range of…