Matthew Cella

City State: Morning Roundup

Still not enough cash for D.C.; Lawsuit in South Capitol Street shooting; Gandhi says tax collected properly; More than one-third of petition signatures came from web; Gansler seeking political points?; Parents upset about third-grade textbook's liberal agenda

June 23, 2011

City State: Morning Roundup

Allen is 'tracked'; MPD civilian overrules trial boards; Maryland changes teacher evaluation; Former postmaster general to be named to MWAA board chief; Wells not ruling out mayoral run; D.C. schools getting better; NFL lockout hurts Maryland; McDonnell in Paris

June 21, 2011

Escaped D.C. ward recaptured in Southeast

A ward of the District who escaped custody has been recaptured by U.S. Marshals, officials with the Department of Youth Rehabilitation Services (DYRS) said Tuesday.

June 21, 2011

City State: Morning Roundup

Ward 7 wants Yvette out; Lottery prepares for online games; Grand jury hears evidence on Gray; Fire department policy harmful to pregnant firefighters; DYRS ward escapes -- again; MetroAccess drivers snooze; Free State not so free; Post poll on AIDS; Va. Senate candidate calls for Holder to step down; GOP candidates visit Maryland

June 21, 2011

City State: Morning Roundup

More poll results; troubled strip club; Peck back in government; Obama team organizing; Lasting effects from dirty tricks; Hospital fight may not be over

June 20, 2011

IN OTHER WORDS: ‘Bizarre’ ways to pick up the tab

The best way to use additional dollars that enter the D.C. piggy bank prompted hours of debate on Tuesday among council members, prompting one to term it a "bizarre bazaar."

June 19, 2011

IN OTHER WORDS: Civil suit not Thomas’ first rodeo

Before D.C. Council member Harry Thomas Jr. faced a $1 million civil suit filed by the D.C. attorney general over questionable fundraising and spending by his not-a-charity Team Thomas, he faced another civil lawsuit seeking to compel him to pay back a modest sum of a few thousand dollars in student loans.

June 12, 2011

Arrest made in Capitol Heights homicide

Prince George’s County police on Friday arrested a D.C. man in connection with a fatal shooting last month in Capitol Heights.

June 11, 2011

D.C. campaign finance officials file complaint against Kwame Brown committee

The District's Office of Campaign Finance on Friday filed a complaint against D.C. Council Chairman Kwame R. Brown's 2008 re-election campaign with the city's Board of Elections and Ethics, upholding violations outlined in an audit released in April.

June 11, 2011

City State: Morning Roundup

Johnson 'legacy' faces shredding; Ramsey riled by Lanier; Thomas did not disclose; GOP criticizes cost estimate of O'Malley Asia junket; Nickles on Thomas; Virginia to reconcile redistricting plans; Speed cameras heading for the Beltway; Brown quits Metro

June 10, 2011

Interim schools superintendent named in Md.

A former Queen Anne's County Public Schools superintendent was named interim superintendent of the Maryland State Department of Education on Thursday.

June 9, 2011

Missing swimmer’s body recovered

The body of a swimmer who went missing in the Triadelphia Reservoir in Brookville was recovered on Tuesday, Montgomery County Police said.

June 7, 2011

IN OTHER WORDS: Which D.C. chief is tougher on cops?

Metropolitan Police Chief Cathy L. Lanier appeared on WTOP Radio's "Ask the Chief" program Thursday and discussed an article in The Washington Times on complaints by male command staff members of receiving harsher discipline than their female counterparts.

June 5, 2011