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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...
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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....
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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D.C. Mayor Vincent Gray's $10b budget would boost some program funding without raising taxes
Eric P. Newcomer
Updated: Thu, Mar 28, 2013
D.C. Mayor Vincent Gray is calling on the city to increase funding for a number of programs, including millions for affordable housing, without raising taxes. In his proposed $10.1 billion budget for fiscal year 2014, Gray called Thursday for the elimination of a tax on income from...
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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...
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The 3-Minute Interview: Talia Mosconi, education director at the Tudor Place Historic House and Garden
Eric P. Newcomer
Published: Wed, Mar 27, 2013
Mosconi is education director at the Tudor Place Historic House and Garden. The house, once owned by the granddaughter of Martha Washington, is located at 1644 31st St. NW. Besides a collection of items belonging to George and Martha Washington, the property features an elegant garden. Mosconi...
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