D.C. Council member dismisses employee over debit-card misuse
Former aide acknowledges using a constituent service debit card to pay bar tabs.
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D.C. Council panel rejects food-truck regulations
D.C. committee says the rules go too far in limiting the food vendor’s operations in the business district.
Man accused of diverting millions from tax-funded health plan
Jeffrey E. Thompson owns D.C. Chartered, which served 100,000 low-income residents.
D.C. Council committee to vote on ‘living wage’ bill for major retailers
A D.C. Council bill to require some city retailers to pay a higher minimum wage — a “living wage” — is set for a key vote Friday.
D.C. committee rejects controversial vending regulations
Chairman Vincent Orange wants to enact emergency legislation to amend the rules.
Uncertainty over 2014 D.C. primary
District considers changing the April 1 date that some say has badly disrupted the city’s campaign season.
Prospects: Opportunities for those passionate about the past
Job opportunities may await at the nation’s memorials and monuments.
D.C.-owned hospital is told it must address ‘structural challenges’
Inadequate staffing and low patient satisfaction are among the problems, consultants tell mayor and council.
Bill would require detailing of union business during work time
The bill addressing use of “official time” by federal employees cleared a House committee last week.
On Capitol Hill, ‘no news is good news’ for D.C. budget autonomy
There is no sign that Congress plans to overturn or challenge the District’s budget autonomy referendum.
Medicaid troubles put D.C. health-care providers in a tight spot
For the smallest providers, the demise of D.C.’s biggest Medicaid contractor presents an urgent question: How to make ends meet?
Maryland should match District’s step on burying electric lines
COLUMN | District and Pepco reach innovative deal to reduce storm outages, but where’s Maryland?
Lawmakers spar over bill to ban
post-20-week abortions in District
Measure’s author, Rep. Trent Franks (R-Ariz.), is moving to expand the fight beyond the city’s borders.
D.C. Council swaps per-gallon gas tax for levy on wholesale fuel
Change is part of $12.1 billion 2014 spending plan.
D.C. council chairman seeks shift in collecting fuel taxes
The tax would be levied at the wholesale rather than retail level, but consumers would see little change.
Federal Faces: David E. Vollman
Eye doctor is tracking VA patient data to improve cataract surgery outcomes.
Tommy Wells discusses his mayoral run
Ahead of his formal announcement Saturday, Wells sat for a lengthy interview on why he's running and his vision for the city.
Wells kicks off mayoral campaign
The Ward 6 Democrat becomes the District’s most viable white mayoral candidate in two decades.
Labor board nominees hit GOP wall
Senators say they won’t support Obama’s picks for NLRB, which deals with worker-management disputes.
Some D.C. Council members working on bills to ease marijuana penalties
Plan would eliminate criminal penalties for those found with small amounts or subject them to fines.
District task force backs $1 billion plan to bury most outage-prone power lines
Pepco and the city will help finance the project, but ratepayers would see surcharges on their electric bills.
D.C. Council ready to boost spending on Emancipation Day celebration
Despite questions over this year’s spending, council is poised to approve an additional $100,000.
D.C. nears decision on health insurance exchange
The D.C. Council weighs whether to require the city’s small businesses to participate.
Activists demand more jobs for city residents on D.C. water utility projects
DC Water is set to spend $2 billion on a major pollution-control project, and activists want the utility to guarantee more jobs for city residents.
D.C. Council’s hearing on regulating food trucks turns prickly
Panel skeptical about rules for the Central Business District, despite officials’ efforts to appease vendors.
D.C. plans more than 150 central locations for food trucks
The number of vendors won’t drop under new regulations, officials say.
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