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Medical examiner loses key approval

The D.C. medical examiner's office is "at a loss" to explain why a professional association declined to renew the office's accreditation, while questions remain about the potential impact on law enforcement initiatives and perceptions in the courtroom, city officials said.

May 19, 2011

Gray appoints two to administration posts

D.C. Mayor Vincent C. Gray on Wednesday announced his picks to lead the D.C. Department of Transportation and the medical team within the D.C. Fire and Emergency Medical Services.

May 18, 2011

D.C. school exam scores voided

The District has invalidated 2010 standardized test scores from three D.C. public school classrooms, citing clear evidence of violations or a "strong suspicion" of them, the city's Office of the State Superintendent of Education said Wednesday.

May 18, 2011

Needy go to D.C. city hall to protest cuts

Stephen Hopkins-Bey says he has a pretty clear picture of what will happen if District lawmakers follow through on proposed cuts in their upcoming budget that would likely close the homeless shelter in which he lives.

May 18, 2011
D.C. Council Chairman Kwame R. Brown

Brown introduces expanded ethics rules

D.C. Council Chairman Kwame R. Brown introduced legislation Tuesday that would broadly expand disclosure requirements and other ethics rules for city employees and elected officials.

May 17, 2011
Jack Evans, Ward 2 Democrat

D.C. Council clashes on Gray’s tax increases

The D.C. Council should scrap seven of the 13 tax and fee initiatives proposed in Mayor Vincent C. Gray's spending plan for the upcoming fiscal year, a council member with oversight of D.C. finances said Monday.

May 16, 2011

Cheh: Green’s testimony ‘implausible’

Vincent C. Gray's campaign chairman says she never gave money or promised a job to the minor 2010 mayoral candidate who says he got both to furtively act as a Gray campaign operative last year.

May 15, 2011
Lorraine A. Green, chairman of Mayor Vincent C. Gray's campaign and head of his transition team, testifies at a hearing at the Wilson Building in Washington, D.C., on Friday, May 13, 2011 to discuss the hiring practices within the Gray administration. Next to Ms. Green is her attorney, Thomas C. Green. (Barbara L. Salisbury/The Washington Times)

Gray confidante denies allegations of wrongdoing

Vincent C. Gray's campaign chairman testified Friday that she did not give payments or the promise a job to a minor mayoral candidate who says he got both those perks to furtively act as a Gray campaign operative last year.

May 13, 2011
Vincent C. Gray

‘Yes’ pile will bring D.C. $127M in revenue

When Mayor Vincent C. Gray's budget team sifted through revenue-generating ideas for the coming fiscal year, they placed them in "yes" or "no" piles and let the executive choose among concepts "on the bubble," his budget director said.

May 12, 2011
D.C. Mayor Vincent Gray (left) and City Council Chairman Kwame Brown are sworn in May 12 on Capitol Hill as they prepare to testify at a House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform subcommittee hearing on the city's budget. (Rod Lamkey Jr./The Washington Times)

Issa proposes path to greater D.C. budget autonomy

The chairman of a U.S. House committee with oversight of D.C. affairs proposed a plan on Thursday that allows the District to spend its local funds on its terms by insulating it from federal budget squabbles on Capitol Hill.

May 12, 2011

D.C. council chairman, mayor to testify on budget

Mayor Vincent C. Gray is "not going to speculate" on a U.S. House oversight committee's request to hear testimony Thursday on the District's budget - a move that raised the specter of the congressionally imposed financial control board.

May 11, 2011

Business leaders balk at Gray’s tax plan

D.C. business and trade leaders sounded the alarm Monday about Mayor Vincent C. Grays call to increase or create 13 taxes to close a $322 million budget gap in the upcoming fiscal year.

May 9, 2011
** FILE** Jim Graham

DYRS hearing probes agency’s internal friction

Recent violence at the New Beginnings Youth Development Center in Laurel illustrates a fundamental problem with the District's approach to juvenile offenders placed in residential treatment facilities, where "the youths are the boss" and "every kid knows this and acts accordingly," D.C. Council member Jim Graham said on Saturday.

May 7, 2011

More suspicious letters retrieved from D.C. schools

The FBI is investigating six additional letters containing a white powdery substance that were sent to D.C. schools and received Friday morning, after at least 29 similar letters were recovered on Thursday.

May 6, 2011

Youth fund told it needs ‘vision’ to regain money

D.C. Council member Tommy Wells on Wednesday challenged leaders of a nonprofit fund for D.C. youth programs to work with Mayor Vincent C. Gray on their vision for the city after program leaders and parents testified that budget cuts will have a dramatic effect on their children's progress.

May 5, 2011