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James Stovall, the owner of Mayfield's Larry, Darell, & Darell BBQ restaurant, pulls chicken off the heat of the cooker outside of the second annual 2018 Fall AQS QuiltWeek - Paducah at the McCracken County Convention & Expo Center Friday, Sept. 14, 2018, Paducah, Ky. When quilters come to the event they quickly find out that Paducah boasts some of the best BBQ in the South. (Ellen O'Nan/The Paducah Sun via AP)

D.C. Council’s tipped minimum wage hearing draws hundreds

By Julia Airey - The Washington Times

Deborah Simmons

The D.C. tipped-wage initiative

By Deborah Simmons - The Washington Times

Washington, D.C. City Council Chairman Phil Mendelson. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik) **FILE**

D.C. Council holds hearing on truancy issues in District schools

By Julia Airey - The Washington Times

D.C. Council members were swept up in a flurry of activity at the John A. Wilson Building on Tuesday as they worked to resolve matters before the start of their two-month summer recess. (Associated Press/File) **FILE**

D.C. Council gives evicted tenants 7 days to move belongings

By Julia Airey - The Washington Times

The D.C. Council voted unanimously Tuesday to bar city agencies from providing voting information requested by President Trump's election integrity commission. The District joins a number of states that have rebuffed the request over privacy concerns. (Emma Ayers / The Washington Times)

D.C. Council to vote on Eviction Reform Temporary Amendment Act of 2018

By Julia Airey - The Washington Times

The Naval Yard Complex along the Anacostia River in Washington D.C. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Clean Rivers fee forces D.C. churches to shut down

By Julian Gregorio - The Washington Times

Riders wait to board the Downtown Circulator bus at a stop outside Union Station on Friday, July 7, 2006, in Washington. After a year of operation, the Downtown Circulator is being hailed as a success by business leaders, city officials, tourists, commuters and shoppers. While ridership is low, compared the Metrorail system's 18.7 million riders a month, the short haul circulators carry passengers to areas they can't reach by rail. They include the Southwest Waterfront entertainment district and Georgetown's shops and restaurants. (AP Photo/Leslie E. Kossoff) **FILE**

DC Circulator gets new boss, but some still want takeover by District

By Julia Airey - The Washington Times

Members of the "Birth to Three Policy Alliance" waited in matching shirts outside the D.C. Council chambers Tuesday and cheered when they heard that the council unanimously approved legislation funding early childhood education iniatitives they had supported for the 10 years. (Julia Airey/ The Washington Times)

D.C. Council OKs early childcare programs

By Julia Airey - The Washington Times

"The [Amendment] allows for a holder of a class B license to sell, for off-premises consumption, beer brewed in collaboration with another brewery," said Councilmember Kenyan R. McDuffie, a Democrat representing Ward 5, who introduced the bill for a vote on Tuesday. (Associated Press)

D.C. Council loosens regulations on alcohol containers and brewery collaboration

By Julia Airey - The Washington Times

Construction continues on the Arlington Memorial Bridge, looking toward the Lincoln Memorial in Washington on March 3, 2016. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik) **FILE**

Washington, D.C., construction firms cheat on First Source local hiring

By Julia Airey - The Washington Times

D.C. City Council member, Jack Evans, answers question before attending the first meeting after summer recess, Wednesday, Sept. 19, 2012, in Washington, DC. Chairman, Phil Mendelson, called for the 42nd legislative meeting of council period 19 after summer recess. (Craig Bisacre/The Washington Times)

Initiative 77’s fate to be decided by D.C. Council

By Julia Airey - The Washington Times

The D.C. Council voted unanimously to regulate how much a landlord can charge in late fees and how much time renters have before those fees can be applied. (Ryan M. McDermott/The Washington Times) **FILE**

D.C. Council approves Public Housing Credit Building Pilot Program Act

By Julia Airey - The Washington Times

In this March 22, 2017 photo, 4- and 5-year-olds at the Agape Educational Center in Canton, Miss., learn words that start with R and concepts like opposites; over/under, tall/short, do/don't; by using &quot;Between the Lions,&quot; a TV show that was produced at Mississippi Public Broadcasting. President Donald Trump’s proposal to erase federal support for public broadcasting would reach far into rural America. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)

D.C.’s school budget not enough, say advocacy groups

By Julia Airey - The Washington Times

On Tuesday, Mayor Muriel Bowser pledged keep in place automatic tax cuts triggered by the city’s recent financial success. “What we did was, we looked at what we needed and what we could invest in this year and in the whole financial plan and what those investments would turn into. And this is where we landed,” she said. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

D.C. invests $217 million into affordable housing

By Julia Airey - The Washington Times

The D.C. Council voted unanimously Tuesday to bar city agencies from providing voting information requested by President Trump's election integrity commission. The District joins a number of states that have rebuffed the request over privacy concerns. (Emma Ayers / The Washington Times)

D.C. Council unanimously approves $14.4 billion budget

By Julia Airey - The Washington Times

D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser. (Associated Press) ** FILE **

Parents, officials fume over widespread residency fraud across DC school system

By Julia Airey - The Washington Times

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR: Tax could help smokers quit

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES

District of Columbia Mayor Muriel Bowser, joined by from left, District of Columbia Police Chief Peter Newsham, District of Columbia Council member Charles Allen, District of Columbia Council Chairman Phil Mendelson, and District of Columbia Attorney General Karl Racine, speaks at One Judiciary Square in Washington, Thursday, Oct. 5, 2017. District of Columbia officials say they won't appeal a court ruling against a strict city gun law, setting the stage for it to become easier for gun owners to get concealed carry permits in the city. City officials announced their decision not to take the case to the Supreme Court. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster) **FILE**

D.C. Council approves Fair Elections Act

By Julia Airey - The Washington Times

District of Columbia Mayor Muriel Bowser, joined by from left, District of Columbia Police Chief Peter Newsham, District of Columbia Council member Charles Allen, District of Columbia Council Chairman Phil Mendelson, and District of Columbia Attorney General Karl Racine, speaks at One Judiciary Square in Washington, Thursday, Oct. 5, 2017. District of Columbia officials say they won't appeal a court ruling against a strict city gun law, setting the stage for it to become easier for gun owners to get concealed carry permits in the city. City officials announced their decision not to take the case to the Supreme Court. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster) **FILE**

Campaign finance reform foolishness

By Deborah Simmons - The Washington Times

Russian President Vladimir Putin didn't care about a victory by Donald Trump or Hillary Clinton in the U.S. presidential election, according to a consensus. Moscow's goal was to sow doubt in the integrity of the Democratic process. (Associated Press/File)

D.C. city council infuriates Russia by renaming street in front of Russian Embassy

By Dan Boylan - The Washington Times