City Paper: Council Chairman Phil Mendelson Sided With Debt Collectors on Wage Garnishment Bill
D.C. Council Chairman Phil Mendelson is aware that the optics aren’t great on this one.
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Silverman Bill Requiring LLCs to Disclose Primary Ownership Moves Forward
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: December 4, 2018
CONTACT: Ashley Fox
Silverman Bill Requiring LLCs to Disclose Primary Ownership Moves Forward
WASHINGTON, D.C. – A bill initially introduced in July by D.C. Councilmember Elissa Silverman (I-At…
Silverman Wage Garnishment Protection Bill Passes D.C. Council Unanimously
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: November 20, 2018
CONTACT: Ashley Fox
Silverman Wage Garnishment Protection Bill Passes D.C. Council Unanimously
WASHINGTON, D.C. – A bill introduced by D.C. Councilmember Elissa Silverman (I-At Large) to…
Colbert King in The Post: Lust for power has split D.C. into two cities
The story of the District’s paid family- and medical-leave law is a tale of two cities.
jonetta rose barras: The impervious madame mayor
DC Mayor Muriel Bowser glided into her press room Wednesday, fresh from her general election victory. She started by thanking voters and announcing her pride at being “elected as mayor a second time.”
Then, with an often-underappreciated…
Harry Jaffe on NBC4: Winners and Losers in the DC Election
Call it the Nightmare on the Fifth Floor — the wing of the John A. Wilson Building that Mayor Muriel Bowser’s team occupies.
Washington Post: Bowser could face emboldened council after failed attack on lawmaker
D.C. Mayor Muriel E. Bowser’s effort to tip the scales in the District’s sole competitive council race was an unprecedented gamble in a city whose mayors have avoided campaigning against other incumbents — and it failed.
City Paper: Now What? Mayor Muriel Bowser is both boosted—and hobbled—by election results.
Mayor Muriel Bowser convincingly won reelection Tuesday. But rather than basking in her big win, Bowser managed to step on her own parade. It was a misstep that will affect her already shaky relationship with the D.C. Council.
DCist: How Mayor Bowser Won Reelection Yet Still Came Up Short
Mayor Muriel Bower became D.C.’s first reelected mayor since 2002 and the first woman to ever earn a second term as the city executive. And yet she still lost on Election Day.
DCist: Bowser Wins Historic Reelection In Strong Night For Incumbents
It’s been a good night for incumbents in the D.C. local races. As widely predicted, incumbent Democratic Mayor Muriel Bowser coasted to victory, winning about 76 percent of the vote. Bowser is the first D.C. mayor to win a second term since…
Washington Post: D.C. elections: Bowser becomes the first D.C. mayor to win reelection since 2002
Mayor Muriel E. Bowser (D) became the city’s first chief executive to win reelection in 16 years, but her handpicked candidate failed to unseat one of her rivals in a bitterly contested D.C. Council race.
Washington Times: Bowser wins second term as D.C. mayor
Tuesday’s general election in the District was a rainy affair with no surprises — except for a surge in voter turnout.
An overview of endorsements in the DC Council races
While the at-large DC Council contest has drawn the bulk of the local attention ahead of Tuesday's general election in the District, various news outlets, unions and political organizations have weighed in on races across the DC ballot.…
At-large council candidates tackle wide range of issues
Amid the political fighting that has captured the bulk of the attention given to the at-large DC Council race on Tuesday’s ballot, contenders for the two available spots have highlighted topics such as affordable housing, education, poverty…
Washington Post: The man in the middle of DC’s ugliest political race
DC Council Member Trayon White is a man caught in the middle of what has turned into the District’s most contentious political fight of 2018. On one side is Dionne Reeder, the at-large council candidate and White’s friend who supported his…
Washington Post: Heated D.C. Council race highlights mayoral control of schools
The most closely watched race on Tuesday’s ballot in the District is highlighting the debate over how much control the mayor should exert over the city’s schools and the role the D.C. Council plays as a check on mayoral power.
Washington Post Editorial Board: D.C. voters should tune out all the identity politics
FINAL WEEKS of political campaigns are often marked by political noise, with too little attention spent on core issues. That, sadly, has been the case in the race for two at-large seats on the D.C. Council. Unsubstantiated claims about…
jonetta rose barras: Mayor Bowser’s election-year risk
Without serious opposition, Mayor Muriel Bowser is inoculated against defeat in next week’s general election. That comfortable perch undoubtedly was one consideration in her decision to shine her political light on relative newcomer Dionne…
Washington Post: Backlash to Elissa Silverman’s D.C. Council first term fuels campaign to unseat her
In her campaign for reelection, council member Elissa Silverman (I-At Large) has faced a barrage of attacks for supporting a paid family medical leave law that challenger Dionne Reeder and Mayor Muriel E. Bowser (D) say is a burden to…
Washington Post: Mayor’s donor network continues pumping cash into Dionne Reeder’s council bid
D.C. Council candidate Dionne Reeder has continued raising money at a breakneck pace with help from the fundraising muscle of Mayor Muriel E. Bowser (D), according to newly released campaign finance reports. Reeder (I) raised $118,000 in 18…