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Happy Tuesday. Call it an Enhanced Reprimand: the DC Council unanimously voted to approve a resolution reprimanding Jack Evans that was amended today to strip two agencies from his Finance and Revenue Committee. Another vote in two weeks…

Good Monday morning. Mayor Muriel Bowser will give her State of the District Address this evening at the University of the District of Columbia.

TGIF! Council members are at a retreat at the convention center, where the day's agenda included an ethics lecture:

Happy Wednesday. The DC Council’s budget office has published a new website, DCCouncilBudget.com, as lawmakers anticipate the mayor’s budget proposal next week.

TGIF and happy International Women’s Day. The DC Council has been served a federal subpoena, Tom Sherwood reports: “A federal subpoena has just been served on all DC council members demanding they preserve any and all records re CoMember…

Happy Thursday. Jack Evans says he will “allow the license for his corporation to expire — therefore, he’ll no longer have outside employment effective April 1, 2019,” jonetta rose barras writes in The DC Line.

TGIF! The District will face a tricky budget picture after losing $47 million in revenue due to the government shutdown.

Happy Thursday. WaPo has a copy of a federal grand jury subpoena seeking documents related to Jack Evans and his support of a 2016 bill that would have helped digital sign company Digi Outdoor Media.

Happy Wednesday. After days of silence over whether he had actually dropped his inquiry into DC sole-sourcing a contract for sports gambling, Democratic Rep. William Lacy Clay tells WaPo he still wants answers.

Good Monday morning. The Education Committee this afternoon will move the nomination of Lewis Ferebee for DCPS chancellor, which is expected to pass.

Good Monday morning and happy birthday to George Washington. A new principal at Bridges Public Charter let go one of the school’s most beloved teachers, Liz Koenig, who also happens to be an activist for greater transparency in charters.

Happy Valentine's Day. Ward 4 Council member Brandon Todd walked up to applause last night in Chevy Chase, where he announced he wanted the city to temporarily halt plans to build rain gardens in Barnaby Woods following a neighborhood…

Good Tuesday morning. DC’s fire chief said his department has no backup ladder trucks even as emergency calls are increasing.

TGIF! Jack Evans sought to rally DC Dems last night to support an early Democratic primary on April 28, 2020. Instead, no consensus emerged — and a few activists even suggested Evans was seeking the earlier primary to disadvantage any…

Good Thursday morning. City Paper has an interview with the Rev. Rowena Joyce Scott, the former manager of the Park Southern apartment complex in Southeast indicted on federal charges.

Happy Tuesday. Council members in a tight vote agreed to let the CFO negotiate a sole-source contract for online sports betting.

Happy Monday. Opposition to the mayor moving $21M in funds for Ward 7's Fort Dupont Ice Arena escalated to include Ted Leonsis over the weekend. Muriel Bowser wants to move the money this year to fix HVAC systems for schools. (She defended…

TGIF and happy February. This week has shown a Muriel Bowser who is relishing the political power of a second term. She typically avoided large confrontations in her first four years — with a few exceptions, like the construction of family…

Happy Thursday. The first of three planned hearings on the confirmation of schools chancellor nominee Lewis Ferebee took place last night.

TGIF! Despite welcome news on a seeming end to the partial government shutdown, it's unclear how that affects the dire economic impact suffered by DC over the past month, as outlined this morning at a DC Council working group meeting.