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District of Columbia Mayor Muriel Bowser, accompanied by DC Council Chairman Phil Mendelson, right, speaks at a news conference on March 13, 2020, in Washington. Mendelson, head of the D.C. Council, said Monday, March 6, 2023, that he is withdrawing the capital city’s new criminal code from consideration, just before a U.S. Senate vote that seemed likely to overturn the measure. But it's unclear if the action will prevent the vote or spare President Joe Biden a politically charged decision on whether to endorse the congressional action. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik) **FILE**

D.C. Council postpones vote to let paroled killer have say in prison sentencing

By Matt Delaney - The Washington Times

FILE - In this April 14, 2020, file photo, a mural that reads &quot;There's No Place Like Home&quot; is visible as a man wearing a mask crosses 14th Street in Washington. As a candidate for the White House, President Donald Trump once said he wanted “whatever is best” for the residents of the nation’s capital. But over the course of his more than three years in office a disconnect between the president and District of Columbia has emerged -- a chasm that has only grown during the coronavirus pandemic. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File)

Trump’s disconnect with DC widens during viral pandemic

By AAMER MADHANI and ASHRAF KHALIL - Associated Press

Washington Nationals fans celebrate early Thursday, Oct, 31, 2019, in Washington after the Nationals won Game 7 of the baseball World Series in Houston. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Nationals World Series parade set for Saturday

By Adam Zielonka - The Washington Times

DC lawmakers refuse call to modify proposed $15B budget

Associated Press

Vigo County buys cameras to catch illegal trash dumpers

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DeSantis demand prompts 2 members of Florida board to resign

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DC passes bill to use 100 percent renewable energy by 2032

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With an anti-violence sign in the foreground, Demeatreas Whatley looks outside from his office in Chicago, Friday, Nov. 9, 2018. Whatley is a supervisor for Cure Violence, a group that works to stem gang violence on the South Side. Gang rivalries are fierce in the community. &quot;These guys are living in their own little world of survival,&quot; he says. &quot;Their enemies are not even two blocks away.&quot; (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh)

9,000 firearms and counting: Illegal guns flood Chicago

By SHARON COHEN - Associated Press

FILE - In this April 11, 2013 file photo, Katt Williams, a cast member in "Scary Movie V," poses at the Los Angeles premiere of the film at the Cinerama Dome in Los Angeles. On Monday, April 17, 2017, Williams was sentenced to three years of probation after pleading no contest and will have to attend anger management classes for stealing a celebrity photographer's camera. In September 2014, a celebrity photographer accused Williams and former rap music mogul Marion "Suge" Knight of stealing her camera. The photographer said she suffered a concussion after an associate of the men attacked her.. (Photo by Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP, File)

Katt Williams recalls friend Charlie Murphy and parody of Prince

By Eric Althoff - The Washington Times

FILE - In this June 24, 2010 file photo, the Los Angeles skyline is seen above the Union Pacific Railroad East Los Angeles Intermodal facility in the City of in Commerce, Calif. A long-term plan for cleaning up the air in a huge swath of smoggy Southern California is due for consideration by regulators. Directors of the South Coast Air Quality Management District are expected to vote on the plan Friday, March 3, 2017. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes, File)

Southern California clean-air plan up for vote

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EXCHANGE: State Police commander willing to beat the streets

By DON O'BRIEN - Associated Press

As the District's nonvoting member of Congress, Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton can propose legislation but not vote on it, which she is pressing to change. (Associated Press) **FILE**

D.C. assisted suicide debate revives statehood push

By Ryan M. McDermott - The Washington Times

Metropolitan Police Chief Cathy L. Lanier said that even before decriminalization took effect, police did not actively pursue many marijuana possession charges. "Officers for the last 20 years have avoided possession of marijuana arrests because they've not been prosecuted for many, many years," Chief Lanier said. (Associated Press) ** FILE **

D.C. officials, privacy advocates spar over police body cameras

By Andrea Noble - The Washington Times

The $45 million New Beginnings Youth Center in Laurel. (Photo courtesy D.C. Department of Youth Rehabilitation Services)

D.C. youth rehab services to spend $1.6M to house youths in Fairfax

By Andrea Noble - The Washington Times

In this July 20, 2014, photo, shooters practice with pistols at the gun range at Dragonman's, a gun dealer east of Colorado Springs, Colo. (AP Photo/Brennan Linsley) ** FILE **

Federal court rules residency requirements for pistol purchases unconstitutional

By Kelly Riddell - The Washington Times

SMILE: Body-mounted cameras, like ones used by other U.S. police forces, are coming to District. (Associated Press)

D.C. police to test costly body-mounted cameras in pilot program

By Andrea Noble - The Washington Times

The D.C. Council is suing Mayor Vincent C. Gray for his refusal to implement a voter-approved law, which would give the District the right to set its 2015 budget without congressional interference. Council seeks to set its own fiscal calendar. (Khalid Naji-Allah /Special to The Washington Times)

D.C. Council sues Mayor Gray, CFO over budget autonomy law

By Andrea Noble - The Washington Times

D.C. Council Chairman Phil Mendelson (third from left) announces a lawsuit filed by the council against Mayor Vincent C. Gray, seeking to compel Mr. Gray to comply with the Budget Autonomy Act (Andrea Noble/The Washington Times).

D.C. Council sues Mayor Gray over budget autonomy law

By Andrea Noble - The Washington Times

Construction cranes dot the horizon in NW Washington D.C., Tuesday, May 29, 2007. (Allison Shelley / The Washington Times)

Federal govt. expansion helped D.C. prosper through recession: CFO

By Matthew Cella - The Washington Times

In 1998, voters in the District approved the Medical Use of Marijuana Initiative. Last month, President Obama signed the D.C. appropriations bill that removed prohibitions. Advocates anticipate D.C. officials will follow the lead of states such as California and enact the 1998 measure into law. (The Washington Times)

Medical marijuana off to slow start in D.C.; dispensaries note hassles

By Andrea Noble - The Washington Times