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D.C. taxpayers, Pepco customers citywide would pay price for $1 billion plan
Eric P. Newcomer
Published: Wed, May 15, 2013
A panel has endorsed burying power lines in several areas of the District, a process that could frustrate drivers, clog neighborhoods, and cost taxpayers and Pepco customers citywide upward of $1 billion. With Pepco President Joseph Rigby on one side and the District's people's counsel on the...
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Mayor Vincent Gray, Councilwoman Muriel Bowser trade barbs over D.C. budget
Alan Blinder
Published: Tue, May 14, 2013
D.C. Mayor Vincent Gray's administration intensified its criticism of Ward 4 Councilwoman Muriel Bowser on Tuesday as it dismissed her adjustments to Gray's $10.1 billion budget proposal as ignorant and politically tainted, allegations that Bowser, a mayoral candidate, said were baseless....
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Preservationists praise D.C. efforts as area nonprofits get $1 million
Eric P. Newcomer
Updated: Mon, May 13, 2013
One million dollars from American Express to improve historic D.C.-area sites will certainly help, but experts say that the District, despite its reputation for bureaucratic logjam, has been largely successful over the past three decades in its efforts to preserve historic landmarks and...
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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...
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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...
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Study: D.C. mental health system failing city's youth
Eric P. Newcomer
Updated: Thu, May 9, 2013
Three-quarters of youth referred for mental health services in the District don't receive help within one week, as the law requires, a new study has found. Less than 50 percent of children with mental health issues are even seen within a month, according to a report by the Children's Law...
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Harry Jaffe: Stalemate over documents is a win for Mayor Vincent Gray
Harry Jaffe
Published: Tue, May 7, 2013
How to interpret news that D.C. businessman and political kingmaker Jeff Thompson has been able to keep federal investigators from digging into documents that might expose a trail of corruption all the way to Mayor Vince Gray? We learned this week that prosecutors have accused Thompson of...
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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...
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Pol protests D.C. Council contract vote
Alan Blinder
Updated: Mon, May 6, 2013
When D.C. Mayor Vincent Gray's aides count votes ahead of D.C. Council debates about major city contracts, they can skip one office. At-large Councilman David Grosso isn't going to vote for or against any contract. He'll vote only "present." "I don't think the council should be in the business...
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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...
