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(AP Photo/Seth Perlman, File)

D.C. gun laws under scope: Judge to consider whether they are too restrictive

By Andrea Noble - The Washington Times

D.C. Council member Mary Cheh is calling on Mayor Muriel Bowser to prove that her plan to increase speeding fines to $1,000 will deter speeders and not just provide more revenue for the District.

(Barbara L. Salisbury/The Washington Times)

Civil asset forfeiture reform passes D.C. Council

By Andrea Noble - The Washington Times

D.C. Council Chairman Phil Mendelson. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

D.C. rethinks rules that let police seize, keep suspects’ cash, property

By Andrea Noble - The Washington Times

Ms. Lynch is a tough prosecutor, more lawyer and prosecutor than politician, and thus very different from the man she is to replace. (Associated Press)

EDITORIAL: Time for civil-forfeiture reform

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES

DC Abortion Law from Hell Illustration by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times

CASEY MATTOX: D.C.’s hopelessly illegal abortion mandate

By Casey Mattox

D.C. Mayor-elect Muriel Bowser said she was "humbled and grateful" for win over David A. Catania and Carol Schwartz and "appreciative of the clear mandate." (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

Muriel Bowser win makes D.C. biggest U.S. city with women in 3 top jobs

By Andrea Noble - The Washington Times

Washington Democratic Mayoral candidate Muriel Bowser speaks to supporters at the Howard Theatre in Washington, Wednesday, Nov. 5, 2014. Bowser is favored to continue her party's unbeaten streak for the city's top office in Tuesday's election. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Muriel Bowser is elected as D.C. mayor

By Andrea Noble and Mark Pace - The Washington Times

Seen here at a D.C. mayoral candidates debate in September, (from left) D.C. Council members Muriel Bowser, Ward 4 Democrat; and David A. Catania, at-large independent; and Carol Schwartz, a former council member running as an independent, now await the voters' verdict on Tuesday. (Associated Press)

D.C. voter turnout expected to be above average

By Andrea Noble - The Washington Times

Campaign signs representing races across the city were posted outside an early voting site at the Takoma Community and Aquatic Center in Northwest D.C. on Saturday, the last day of voting ahead of Tuesday's elections. (Andrea Noble/The Washington Times)

D.C. mayor’s race may turn on independents, disaffected Democrats

By Andrea Noble - The Washington Times

D.C. Council member Jack Evans, Ward 2 Democrat, is likely to be investigated by the law firm O'Melveny & Myers, which would have subpoena power and would focus on whether Mr. Evans violated the council's code of conduct. (Associated Press/File)

D.C. Council discusses marijuana taxation, regulation ahead of legalization vote

By Andrea Noble - The Washington Times

LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Cabs are anachronisms in face of Uber

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES

D.C. Council approves rideshare regulations as taxi drivers protest

By Andrea Noble - The Washington Times

Left to right: Council Chairman Phil Mendelson, Washington, D.C. Metropolitan Police Chief Cathy Lanier, Washington, D.C. Mayor Vincent C. Gray, and Councilmember Tommy Wells address the media about emergency legislation to amend District laws to conform to the court's recent Palmer v. District of Columbia ruling on the District&#213;s gun laws during a press conference at the Wilson Building, Washington, D.C., Wednesday, September 17, 2014. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

DC chief: Not many complaints about stop and frisk

By Ben Nuckols - Associated Press

MALCOLM BARNES: D.C. marijuana ballot question a slam dunk

By Malcolm Lewis Barnes

FILE - In this Oct. 3, 2013 file photo, Washington Police Chief Cathy Lanier speaks on Capitol Hill in Washington. Police officials in the nations capital have been facing recent questions about headline-making arrests _ not of hardened street criminals but of their own officers. In a single month, one District of Columbia police officer was accused of taking semi-nude pictures of a 15-year-old runaway and another was charged with running a prostitution operation involving teenage girls. A third was indicted on an attempted murder charge, accused of striking his wife in the head with a light fixture. (AP Photo/Molly Riley, File)

D.C. police chief opposes making names of concealed carry permit holders public

By Andrea Noble - The Washington Times

(AP Photo/Seth Perlman, File)

D.C. Council set to pass concealed carry gun law: ‘We don’t want to be in contempt’

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

Members of the D.C. Council have exempted themselves from most parking tickets, but that hasn't stopped one local paper from publicly shaming the members who park illegally. (Instagram/Councilgram)

Instagram account shames D.C. Council members who park illegally

By Jessica Chasmar - The Washington Times

Patrons carry guns and eat dinner at The Cajun Experience during Second Amendment Wednesdays where patrons are allowed to open carry their guns, Leesburg, Va., Wednesday, August 20, 2014. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

D.C. Council, mayor crafting bill governing gun carry outside the home

By Andrea Noble - The Washington Times

A small group of supporters watch as former long time council member Carol Schwartz announces her official campaign for Mayor of Washington, D.C. at Freedom Plaza across from the Wilson Building the day after the Board of Elections certifies that Carol&#213;s name will be on the ballot, Washington, D.C., Tuesday, September 9, 2014. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

EDITORIAL: Carol ‘Stassen’ Schwartz’s vanity candidacy for D.C. mayor

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES

A bill is before Congress to once again take up the issue of statehood for the District of Columbia. (Nancy Pastor/The Washington Times) **FILE**

D.C. resumes push for statehood

By Andrea Noble - The Washington Times