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Eric P. Newcomer

Eric P. Newcomer covers Washington, D.C., government for the Washington Examiner. He joined the staff in January 2013. He has interned for the Macon Telegraph, the Sun Sentinel, the Tampa Bay Times, and the New York Times. He graduated from Harvard in May 2012.
  • D.C. fire department gets A+ grade despite calls for chief's resignation

    Eric P. Newcomer

    Published: Sun, Apr 7, 2013

    Since the inception of Grade D.C., the mayor's office has proudly trumpeted the city's marks -- even back in June when almost every participating city agency scored a C-, C or C+. Steadily the grades have improved, and now an A+ for the department of Fire and Emergency Medical Services is at...

  • With Michael Brown out, D.C. Council at-large race is wide open

    Eric P. Newcomer

    Published: Wed, Apr 3, 2013

    Reading the tea leaves in the D.C. Council at-large race was already a Herculean task, but after a few recent announcements -- including the decision by former Councilman Michael Brown to drop out of the race -- predicting the outcome to the April 23 special election looks harder than ever....

  • D.C. police relying on aging patrol vehicles

    Eric P. Newcomer

    Updated: Tue, Apr 2, 2013

    Nearly a quarter of the vehicles in the Metropolitan Police Department's patrol fleet should be removed from the road and replaced, according to the District's own standards. The department expects that 24 percent of police patrol vehicles this fiscal year will be outside their preferred...

  • Michael Brown bows out of at-large race

    Eric P. Newcomer

    Published: Tue, Apr 2, 2013

    Former Councilman Michael Brown is dropping out of the D.C. Council at-large race, according to a statement posted on his website. "It is with extreme disappointment that I am announcing my withdrawal from the At-Large Council race. I have some very important personal and family matters that...

  • D.C. leaders want arts spending to get tourists into neighborhoods

    Eric P. Newcomer

    Published: Mon, Apr 1, 2013

    New York is known for the Empire State Building, Seattle for the Space Needle and D.C. for imposing monuments to long-dead leaders. But, as Mayor Vincent Gray plans to significantly increase the District's funding for the arts, local leaders are plotting art installations that might draw...

  • DC Chamber of Commerce leader calls for sales tax cut

    Eric P. Newcomer

    Published: Sun, Mar 31, 2013

    There's a lot in Mayor Vincent Gray's nearly 1,800-page proposed budget, but a business leader says one big thing is missing: major tax cuts. For years, as the District economy stumbled along with the rest of the nation, taxes went up and spending went down. In the mayor's fiscal year 2014...

  • Vincent Gray's budget calls for new $1.38 billion in spending projects

    Eric P. Newcomer

    Published: Thu, Mar 28, 2013

    Parks, school buildings, bridges and streetcars. Reading Mayor Vincent Gray's budget proposal for fiscal year 2014, capital investments -- $1.38 billion of them in just a year -- could permanently alter the face of a growing, and in many ways flourishing, D.C. The D.C. Council's public...

  • D.C. budget will reveal mayor's spending priorities Thursday

    Eric P. Newcomer

    Published: Wed, Mar 27, 2013

    For the uninitiated, the District's fiscal year 2014 budget will read like an impenetrable tome when it's released Thursday. But for District political watchers, the multibillion-dollar proposal will offer a line-by-line declaration of Mayor Vincent Gray's priorities. Each council member knows...