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Metropolitan Police Department Chief Cathy Lanier (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

FOP slams Lanier benefits package

By Jeffrey Anderson - The Washington Times

SIMMONS: Good move: City keeps its bean counter

By Deborah Simmons - The Washington Times

D.C. Council member Michael A Brown (Rod Lamkey Jr./The Washington Times)

IRS lien dogging D.C. Council member

By Jim McElhatton - The Washington Times

Interim D.C. Council Chairman Phil Mendelson makes his way to his new office in the John A. Wilson Building in Washington after being elected on Wednesday, June 13, 2012, to temporarily fill the seat vacated by former council Chairman Kwame R. Brown. (Rod Lamkey Jr./The Washington Times)

Mendelson becomes interim D.C. Council chair

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

D.C. Council member Phil Mendelson (The Washington Times)

D.C. Council poised to approve Mendelson as chairman

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

Nov. 6 special election allows D.C. to save money

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

SIMMONS: Post-Brown council must revisit school governance

By Deborah Simmons - The Washington Times

U.S. Attorney Ronald C. Machen Jr. (Associated Press)

IN OTHER WORDS: Turnover on D.C. Council not driven by voters

By Matthew Cella - The Washington Times

D.C. Council Chairman Kwame Brown leaves his office at the Wilson Building. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

Former D.C. Council chairman Brown faces new charge

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

D.C. Council Chairman Kwame R. Brown leaves his office at the John A. Wilson Building after being charged Wednesday in federal court with one felony count of bank fraud. He resigned hours later. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

Brown resigns as D.C. Council chairman

By Andrea Noble and Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

D.C Council Chairman Kwame R. Brown. (Barbara L. Salisbury/The Washington Times)

Criminal charges filed against D.C. Council chairman

By Andrea Noble and Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

D.C. Council Chairman Kwame R. Brown (second from left) chats with council member Mary Cheh, Ward 3 Democrat, as other lawmakers arrive for a meeting at the John A. Wilson Building in Washington on Tuesday, June 5, 2012, to discuss and vote on the fiscal 2013 budget. (Rod Lamkey Jr./The Washington Times)

D.C. Council unanimously approves $9.4B budget

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

Former D.C. Council member Harry Thomas Jr. makes his way to a waiting car after his sentencing at the E. Barrett Prettyman United States Courthouse in Washington, D.C., Thursday, May 3, 2012. (Rod Lamkey Jr/The Washington Times)

Judge sides with Thomas on restitution payments

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

D.C. Council member Michael A. Brown (The Washington Times)

Brown to introduce plan to repay furloughed employees

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

Judge Erik P. Christian of the D.C. Superior Court swears in Mr. McDuffie on Wednesday at the John A. Wilson Building. With him on the dais were his wife, daughter and parents. (Barbara L. Salisbury/The Washington Times)

McDuffie takes D.C. Council seat amid several ovations

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

**FILE** Sulaimon Brown (Rod Lamkey Jr./The Washington Times)

In Gray government, questions won’t stop

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

Rep. Darrell E. Issa (right) greets D.C. Mayor Vincent C. Gray (left) and D.C. Council Chairman Kwame R. Brown on Capitol Hill earlier this month. Mr. Gray is seeking authority to set the city's budget year and spend local funds without Congress' prior OK. (Rod Lamkey Jr./The Washington Times)

D.C.’s bid for increased autonomy unhurt by election cases

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

Following his attorney Frederick D. Cooke, Jr., (left) Thomas Gore, a campaign treasurer for Mayor Vincent C. Gray, makes his exit from the E. Barrett Prettyman Federal Courthouse after his plea hearing in the District on Tuesday, May 22, 2012. (Rod Lamkey Jr/The Washington Times)

Gray under cloud in campaign fraud case

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

Thomas will go to Ala. prison next month

By Deborah Simmons - The Washington Times

Kenyan McDuffie

Gray: McDuffie ‘an outstanding choice’ for Ward 5

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times