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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**

What does Mayor Bowser want for Miranda Bowser?

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

LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Bowser champion of immigrants

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES

Winston Clarke, the father of a Duke Ellington High School junior, speaks during a May 23, 2018, news conference in front of the school in Washington. Parents at the prestigious performing arts public school are in a fight with the office of the school superintendent, which charges that dozens of Ellington families have faked District of Columbia residency in order to attend the school without paying tuition. The Ellington controversy is just the latest in a string of rapid-fire scandals that has damaged the reputation of the Washington public school system. (AP Photo/Ashraf Khalil)

D.C.’s public schools go from success story to cautionary tale

By Ashraf Khalil - Associated Press

D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser speaks during the Women's March on Washington, Saturday, Jan. 21, 2017 in Washington. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana) **FILE**

Muriel Bowser’s mayoral re-election hopes may take hit from new school scandal

By Julia Airey - The Washington Times

D.C. Schools Chancellor Antwan Wilson resigned from his position Tuesday. According to the Office of the Inspector General, Mr. Wilson asked his wife to speak to the deputy mayor of education about transferring their eldest daughter to Woodrow Wilson High School, which put her in the front of the waiting list. (Associated Press)

D.C. Schools Chancellor Antwan Wilson resigns

By Julia Airey - The Washington Times

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D.C. ‘fair’ elections bill is unfair

By Deborah Simmons - The Washington Times

The budget plan by President Trump released this week "notes a lack of a clear federal role for supporting the cost of higher education specifically for District residents." (ASSOCIATED PRESS)

D.C., parents plan to fight DCTAG cuts

By Julia Airey - The Washington Times

Mayor Bowser (center), a Democrat, leads a commemoration of the 1968 sanitation workers strike in Memphis outside Howard Theatre in Shaw on February 1st, 2018. Joining the mayor is D.C. Congresswoman Eleanor Norton (not pictured) and Francis Synder (second from the right), a D.C. street sweeper of 20 years and member of the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees. ( (Photographs by Julia Airey/The Washington Times)

Muriel Bowser unveils Fair Shot plan to help D.C.’s black residents

By Julia Airey - The Washington Times

Deborah Simmons

The race for infrastructure jobs

By Deborah Simmons - The Washington Times

Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan addresses members of the Maryland House of Delegates in Annapolis, Md., Wednesday, Jan. 10, 2018, the first day of the state's 2018 legislative session. Standing behind Hogan is Lt. Gov. Boyd Rutherford. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)

Three D.C. metro sites make short list for Amazon’s second headquarters

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times

D.C. education plan evades teaching and learning

By Deborah Simmons - The Washington Times

Washington D.C. mayor’s race won and done?

By Deborah Simmons - 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) **FILE**

Muriel Bowser unveils new health care plan for D.C.

By Laura Kelly - The Washington Times

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Muriel Bowser’s D.C. mayor campaign committee fined for ‘excessive contributions’

By Ryan M. McDermott - 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)

Muriel Bowser, D.C. mayor, speaks out after noose incidents at universities, black-history museum

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

Feds, city blast ‘dangerous’ sanctuary city warnings in D.C.

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

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Washington, D.C., increases efforts to help missing, exploited children

By Ryan M. McDermott - The Washington Times

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

Muriel Bowser, D.C. mayor, says she will raise per-pupil spending by 2 percent next year

By Ryan M. McDermott - 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)

Homelessness in District decreased, says D.C. mayor

By Ryan M. McDermott - The Washington Times