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May 26, 2013 | 01:18 AM
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  • Councilman Tommy Wells set to enter D.C. mayoral race

    Alan Blinder

    Updated: Mon, May 13, 2013

    After months of publicly flirting with a citywide run for public office, D.C. Councilman Tommy Wells will on Saturday enter the 2014 mayoral race. Wells, who launched an exploratory committee in February after hinting last summer that he would run, said on Monday that will formally open his...

  • Jonetta Rose Barras: At last, D.C. Council finds its voice for education reform

    Jonetta Rose Barras

    Updated: Fri, May 10, 2013

    The D.C.Council, through David Catania's leadership, began this week to find its education reform voice. It sent an unequivocal message to Mayor Vincent Gray, DC Public Schools Chancellor Kaya Henderson and others about the standard it expects. Further, it redirected taxpayers' money to programs...

  • Lawmakers cut $16m from Malcolm X renovation

    Rachel Baye

    Published: Thu, May 9, 2013

    A panel of D.C. lawmakers on Thursday voted to cut nearly $16 million from a proposed renovation of Malcolm X Elementary School, a move that schools Chancellor Kaya Henderson warned would be "detrimental" to the school's planned partnership with Achievement Preparatory Academy Public Charter...

  • D.C. summer school expanded in passage of $241m supplemental budget

    Alan Blinder

    Published: Tue, May 7, 2013

    The D.C. Council backed a $241 million supplemental budget on Tuesday, opening up thousands of additional seats in summer school and funneling millions of dollars into housing initiatives. Lawmakers gave swift approval to the proposal from Mayor Vincent Gray, who submitted the supplemental...

  • Jonetta Rose Barras: Curing the disease, not the symptoms

    Jonetta Rose Barras

    Updated: Mon, May 6, 2013

    That rumbling sound coming from the John A. Wilson Building is D.C. Council members tussling over recommended changes to Mayor Vincent Gray's $12 billion 2014 budget. Committees have begun reducing expenditures or searching for additional funds to address select programs or satisfy demands of...