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DEBORAH SIMMONS: Muriel Bowser, D.C. lawmakers need to rethink homeless proposal

By Deborah Simmons - The Washington Times

D.C. Council member Kenyan McDuffie (Barbara L. Salisbury/The Washington Times)

D.C. Council OKs crime bill with provision to pay people to stay out trouble

By Ryan M. McDermott - The Washington Times

D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser speaks during a news conference in Washington on Dec. 15, 2015. (Associated Press)

Muriel Bowser, D.C. mayor, outlines plan for homeless shelters in every ward of the city

By Ryan M. McDermott - The Washington Times

Vincent C. Gray (Associated Press/File)

Vincent C. Gray, former D.C. mayor, to run for Ward 7 seat on the D.C. Council

By Ryan M. McDermott - The Washington Times

Vincent C. Gray (Associated Press/File)

Vincent Gray to run against Yvette Alexander for D.C. Council seat

By Ryan M. McDermott - The Washington Times

Deacon Bobby White (right) and his son, Robert White. Photo courtesy Robert White

ROBERT WHITE: Reconstituting the role of service in a new time

By Robert White

Councilmembers Kenyan McDuffie (D- Ward 5), left, and Mary Cheh (D-Ward 3), right, speak during a breakfast meeting before a Committee of the Whole Meeting at the Wilson Building, Washington, D.C., Tuesday, February 4, 2014. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times) **FILE**

D.C. anti-crime bill would offer cash incentive to would-be criminals

By Ryan M. McDermott - The Washington Times

Just-opened Mulebone (2121 14th St. NW), replacing Eatonville, is owner Andy Shallal's (he's also behind the Busboys and Poets cafes) concept for a modern Southern restaurant. (The Washington Times)

D.C. Council mulls taxing businesses to fund most generous paid family leave plan in U.S.

By Ryan M. McDermott - 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)

Mary Cheh questions Muriel Bowser on plan to increase speeding fine

By Ryan M. McDermott - The Washington Times

In this Oct. 9, 2014, file photo, Adam Eidinger, chairman of the DC Cannabis Campaign, works on posters encouraging people to vote yes on DC Ballot Initiative 71 to legalize small amounts of marijuana for personal use, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)

Marijuana proponents threaten D.C. Council with term-limits as lawmakers ponder new restrictions

By Andrew Blake - The Washington Times

Workers clean inside a still-closed Chipotle restaurant Monday, Nov. 9, 2015, in Seattle. Health officials in Washington and Oregon have said that more than three dozen people have gotten sick with E. coli in an outbreak linked to Chipotle restaurants in the two states. More than 40 Chipotle restaurants remain closed in Washington state and the Portland area while authorities search for the cause. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson)

D.C. businesses hit lawmakers’ plan for 16 weeks of paid family and medical leave

By Ryan M. McDermott - The Washington Times

D.C. Council Chairman Phil Mendelson (Associated Press) **FILE**

D.C. Council votes to cut taxes

By Andrea Noble - The Washington Times

FILE - Oct. 25, 2010 file photo, State Rep. Steven Palazzo, R-Biloxi speaks about his political hopes during a 4th Congressional District campaign brunch in Laurel, Miss. Gene Taylor, who spent 22 years representing south Mississippi in Congress wants his old seat back, but this time as a Republican. Palazzo, who beat Taylor in 2010, aims to hold on to Mississippi’s 4th Congressional District seat, which covers all of 13 counties and parts of a 14th, including the Gulf Coast and Pine Belt regions. Their rematch, this time inside the Republican primary, headlines six Congressional primaries set for Tuesday, June 3 ,2014.(AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)

D.C. reproductive health discrimination law blocked by House panel

By Andrea Noble - The Washington Times

D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser said attacking homelessness and affordable housing were two of her guiding priorities when creating her first budget for the city, which proposes sales tax and parking garage tax hikes, and cuts some funding to the University of D.C. (Associated Press) **FILE**

D.C. budget passes council; court ruling could let city bypass Congress approval

By Andrea Noble - The Washington Times

D.C. Council Chairman Phil Mendelson (Associated Press) **FILE**

Phil Mendelson’s budget nixes tax hikes, summer-jobs expansion

By Andrea Noble - The Washington Times

D.C. Council member Jack Evans, Ward 2 Democrat, is accused of using his position as the Metro board chairman to benefit his NSE Consulting business. (Associated Press/File)

D.C. Council rejects police body cameras, tax increase

By Andrea Noble - The Washington Times

D.C. Council Chairman Phil Mendelson (Associated Press) **FILE**

D.C. Council plans to clarify reproductive health care law

By Andrea Noble - The Washington Times

Brandon Todd

D.C. Ward 8 race too close to call; Bowser-backed Brandon Todd wins Ward 4

By Andrea Noble - The Washington Times

Brandon Todd

Muriel Bowser poised to net allies on D.C. council in special election

By Andrea Noble - The Washington Times

D.C. Attorney General Karl Racine
(Associated Press)

DEBORAH SIMMONS: Muriel Bowser: D.C. Attorney General Karl Racine can’t be your political hack

By Deborah Simmons - The Washington Times