Tom Howell Jr.

Orange’s name back on council ballot

When the D.C. Democratic State Committee appointed a relative newcomer named Sekou Biddle to an at-large seat on the D.C. Council in January, it left former council member Vincent B. Orange in the lurch.

April 24, 2011

Four D.C. teens escape from S.C. juvenile facility; three caught

Four District teens escaped Wednesday night for a South Carolina juvenile facility, D.C. officials said Thursday morning.

April 21, 2011

D.C. expands Bikeshare program

D.C. Mayor Vincent C. Gray announced Wednesday an expansion of the Capital Bikeshare program, a popular initiative that serves more than 11,000 riders in the District and Northern Virginia.

April 21, 2011

Five face new charges for 2010 Southeast D.C. shootings

Five men previously indicted on murder charges for shootings on South Capitol Street last year that shocked the District and prompted legislation to thwart youth violence face a total of 30 new charges in a superseding indictment, the U.S. Attorney's Office for the District said.

April 21, 2011

Labor hopes escape leads to dialogue with DYRS chief

An escape from the District's juvenile detention facility that involved the brutal beating of a corrections officer has caused labor leaders and city officials to confront issues threatening to derail the confirmation of Mayor Vincent C. Gray's pick to head the city's troubled juvenile justice agency, union officials say.

April 20, 2011

D.C. eyes ‘jock tax’ on nonresident pro athletes

Alex Ovechkin's tax preparations could soon be a hat trick of federal, Virginia and new D.C. "jock" taxes for his dazzling performances at the Verizon Center.

April 19, 2011

Brown’s 2008 campaign hearings get under way

D.C. Council Chairman Kwame R. Brown was a no-show Monday at a hearing seeking answers from his 2008 re-election campaign as to why it failed to report numerous transactions and maintain proper records.

April 18, 2011

OCF holds hearing on Brown campaign finance violations

The District's Office of Campaign Finance met Monday with representatives of council Chairman Kwame R. Brown's 2008 re-election campaign seeking answers as to why it failed to report numerous transactions and maintain proper records.

April 18, 2011

‘Arrest’ raises Vincent Gray’s street cred

A large number of D.C. residents are fuming over a federal budget deal that they say took a swipe at the District's autonomy. That fervor, it seems, might save Vincent Gray's political career.

April 17, 2011

Study finds chronic truancy in D.C. schools starts early

Thirteen percent of D.C. high school students missed at least 15 days of classes without a valid excuse during the first half of this school year, according to a report released Thursday.

April 14, 2011

D.C. online poker talks going nowhere

Just because Congress didn't object to a bill authorizing online gambling in the District doesn't necessarily mean that federal lawmakers agree that the city can start running online poker.

April 13, 2011

City State: Respect the bracelet

Mayor Vincent C. Gray is still wearing his bracelet.

April 13, 2011

Union: Out-of-service trucks affected response to fire, injuring 5

A Districtwide shuffle to fill in gaps left by out-of-service ladder trucks adversely affected the response to a Friday blaze that injured five firefighters, one critically, in Northeast, according to union leaders.

April 12, 2011

Webb tells how she got swept up in scandal

Rochelle Webb has had a week to "get over the shock" of the abrupt end of her city job on April 1 — a parable of sorts on how an outsider was swept into the gears of local influence and the roulette known as the excepted service, a system of political hires who serve at the will of the executive.

April 11, 2011