Elissa Silverman

“There is a difference between talking loudly and having warm and fuzzy relationships with the press and somebody who gets you-know-what done,” outgoing Ward 5 DC Council member Kenyan McDuffie told me last week during an extended…

They’re back — almost. DC Council members won’t officially return from their recess until Monday. The heat and controversy are already building over the public policy and political issues that await them. Unfortunately, based on their…

When at-large DC Council member Elissa Silverman publicly challenged Chairman Phil Mendelson last week, asking whether he traded parts of the Committee on Finance and Revenue’s portfolio in exchange for certain members’ affirmative votes…

They may have been at each other’s throats earlier this year during an acrimonious budget debate over relocating Benjamin Banneker Academic High School to the Shaw neighborhood. This week, however, DC Council Chairman Phil Mendelson,…

From re-examining funding streams for at-risk students to limiting the spread of bedbug infestations, DC Council members are seeking to tackle an array of issues with their initial legislative introductions of the council’s 23rd session. …

Lower-income DC residents struggling with debt are set to receive more protections for their wages under a new law the DC Council passed last month. The Wage Garnishment Fairness Amendment Act of 2018 updates DC’s existing law on wage…