Tom Howell Jr.

D.C. Lottery schedules public meetings on online gambling

The D.C. Lottery has rolled out a schedule of meetings in each of the city's eight wards to discuss its controversial online gambling program.

August 4, 2011

OCF clears Alexander on most charges

The D.C. Office of Campaign Finance cleared council member Yvette M. Alexander on Wednesday of allegations she used her constituent services fund for her personal benefit, yet fined her $4,000 for two smaller infractions.

August 3, 2011

Cheh blasts Gray’s veto of D.C. Council bonds-tax compromise

D.C. Council member Mary M. Cheh is livid about Mayor Vincent C. Gray's use of a pocket veto to make a tax on out-of-state bonds retroactive, even though the D.C. Council fought to delay its implementation until 2012.

August 3, 2011

Council members disclose campaign finance totals

Eight months ahead of primary elections, D.C. Council member Muriel Bowser has raised $85,000 as part of early efforts to retain her seat in Ward 4.

August 2, 2011

D.C. officials felt impasse on Capitol Hill keenly

For the second time this year, D.C. officials drew up memos, planned inter-agency briefings and put vacation plans on ice while power brokers on Capitol Hill worked through a stalemate with major implications for the District.

August 1, 2011

D.C. medical marijuana applicants must pass scrutiny

District officials are being painstakingly careful in proceeding with the city's medical-marijuana program, even rejecting applicants for such seemingly simple mistakes as failing to sign and date letters of intent to grow or dispense the drug.

July 31, 2011

D.C. culls applicant list for medical marijuana

The fiance of rapper M.I.A. did not make it past the first cut in the District's long-awaited program to deliver medical marijuana to qualified patients.

July 28, 2011

Gray appoints D.C. Taxicab Commission chairman

D.C. Mayor Vincent C. Gray on Wednesday appointed an urban planner with decades of experience in the capital region to take over the embattled D.C. Taxicab Commission.

July 28, 2011

Ticket amnesty may put D.C. scofflaws in gear

Motorists who flouted D.C. traffic laws, then left their tickets in the glove box will get a reprieve in coming months.

July 27, 2011

D.C. medical marijuana backers still waiting

Two D.C. patients' rights groups are decrying the absence of seeds in the ground to grow medical marijuana and a clear timetable for when patients can obtain the drug, though a full year has passed since Congress approved the program.

July 26, 2011

D.C. Council’s Wells latest to call for Thomas resignation

D.C. Council member Tommy Wells has joined the chorus of legislators calling for colleague Harry Thomas Jr. to resign, amid allegations he spent public funds intended for youth baseball programs.

July 26, 2011

Calls for D.C. Council’s Thomas to quit rise after payback pact

D.C. Council Chairman Kwame R. Brown declined Monday to join in calls for council member Harry Thomas Jr. to resign amid corruption investigations, instead urging Mr. Thomas to do "what is best for his family and his constituents."

July 25, 2011

D.C.’s Mayor Gray in Hollywood, trying to bring it to the Potomac

Many people are familiar with the notorious horse head scene in "The Godfather," in which a stubborn Hollywood mogul is strong-armed by out-of-towners with a disturbing surprise.

July 21, 2011

D.C. police department sets up gun dealer in its headquarters

The District of Columbia has cleared the way for its lone licensed gun dealer to set up shop in police headquarters, an unusual short-term fix to a problem that has left the city with a de facto ban on handguns and vulnerable to lawsuits by gun rights groups.

July 20, 2011