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Former D.C. government employee sentenced to 4 years in prison for defrauding program of over $350K

By Brad Matthews - The Washington Times

In this March 22, 2021, file photo, Washington, D.C., Mayor Muriel Bowser testifies before the House Oversight and Reform Committee. (Carlos Barria/Pool via AP) ** FILE **

It’s time to revamp D.C. government — again

By Deborah Simmons - The Washington Times

District of Columbia Mayor Muriel Bowser speaks at a news conference in Washington on Saturday, March 7, 2020, to announce the first presumptive positive case of the COVID-19 coronavirus. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky) **FILE**

Muriel Bowser, D.C. mayor, implements hiring freeze amid coronavirus pandemic

By Sophie Kaplan - The Washington Times

Washington, D.C. City Council Chairman Phil Mendelson testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, May 12, 2016, before a House Government Operations subcommittee hearing on whether the District of Columbia government truly has the power to spend local tax dollars without approval by Congress. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik) **FILE**

Phil Mendelson blasts D.C. agencies over late vendor contracts

By Sophie Kaplan - The Washington Times

D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser addresses a crowd of nearly 1,000 people at the inaugural Maternal and Infant Health Summit head Wednesday in the capital.

Bicyclists slam Muriel Bowser’s Vision Zero plan

By Julia Airey - The Washington Times

Neighborhoods east of the Anacostia River are among the poorest in Washington, with dilapidated apartment buildings all too common. (Emma Ayers/The Washington Times)

D.C. ‘affordable’ housing gets harder to find

By Emma Ayers - The Washington Times

D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser says District schools could be modeled on Cuban institutions. (Associated Press)

Pepco-Exelon merger appears dead as D.C. mayor, people’s counsel oppose revised deal

By Ryan M. McDermott - The Washington Times

DEBORAH SIMMONS: Is D.C. using or abusing eminent domain?

By Deborah Simmons - The Washington Times

Underfunding of Charter Schools in D.C. Illustration by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times

REES: D.C. charter schools deserve equal funding

By Nina Rees

GAO says D.C. budget autonomy referendum has ‘no legal effect’

By Andrea Noble - The Washington Times

Washington, Mayor Vincent Gray, right, Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton, D-D.C., left, make their way through the crowd after joining Senate Democrats outside the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, Oct. 9, 2013, to urge House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio, and other House Republicans, to break the impasse on a funding bill and stop the government shutdown that is now in its second week. Gray said in a statement Tuesday that the shutdown, now in its second week, is having dire consequences in his city. He said D.C. is the only city in the country where residents are worried that their local government won't be able to provide basic services during the shutdown. (AP Photo/ Evan Vucci)

D.C. wins budget autonomy victory in deal that ends shutdown

By Jacqueline Klimas - The Washington Times

Reserve fund running dry, D.C. finally faces prospect of shutdown

By Andrea Noble - The Washington Times

EDITORIAL: Nixing the artist’s needle

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES

The Answer Coalition case stems from ongoing litigation that has challenged the appropriation of demonstration space for protesters during presidential inaugurations since 2005. (The Washington Times/File)

Protesters to share Obama’s big day

By Andrea Noble and Meredith Somers - The Washington Times

Yvette M. Alexander (The Washington Times)

Bills look at ways to increase city residency of D.C. employees

By Shivan Sarna - The Washington Times

Illustration School Choice by John Camejo for The Washington Times

CANE: Charter schools offer brighter futures to D.C. children

By Robert Cane

** FILE ** D.C. Council member Tommy Wells (T.J. Kirkpatrick/The Washington Times)

SIMMONS: Donor ban on corporations no solution

By Deborah Simmons - The Washington Times

Army 1st Sgt. Matthew Corrigan

MILLER: ‘Lost’ in the D.C. jail

By Emily Miller - The Washington Times

** FILE ** Jeffrey E. Thompson on March 20, 2012. (Courtesy of C-SPAN)

Money to Thompson goes back to Williams’ first term

By Jim McElhatton - The Washington Times