Tom Howell Jr.

Catania bill would authorize police attrition study

D.C. Council Member David A. Catania will introduce a bill Tuesday that creates an advisory commission on retention and recruitment of officers in the Metropolitan Police Department.

May 2, 2011

Nominee for D.C. attorney general approved by city’s Judiciary Committee

Mayor Vincent C. Gray's nomination for D.C. attorney general will go before the full council after receiving a green light Monday from the city's Judiciary Committee.

May 2, 2011

Hearings on Gray’s personnel staff still at ‘he said, she said’ stage

A former personnel director for Mayor Vincent C. Gray is sticking to her story that the District's fire chief wanted to hire the son of a D.C. Cabinet member in January, though three people and a chain of emails point to her as "the architect" of the decision.

May 1, 2011

Latest Gray ‘cronyism’ hearing fails to resolve discrepancies

A former personnel director for Mayor Vincent C. Gray on Friday stuck to her story that the fire chief wanted to hire the son of a D.C. Cabinet member in January, even though three people and a chain of emails point to her as "the architect" of the decision.

April 29, 2011

Lone witness lined up for Gray hirings hearing

A D.C. Council committee that hoped to shed light Friday on charges of nepotism in Mayor Vincent C. Gray's hiring practices will have to wait a while longer.

April 28, 2011

Last of 4 youth escapees is arrested in Maryland

The last of four D.C. youths who escaped from a private treatment facility in South Carolina on April 20 was arrested without incident Wednesday by task force members who spotted him outside a CVS in Laurel, authorities said.

April 28, 2011

D.C. youth who escaped from S.C. facility caught in Md.

The last of four D.C. youths who escaped from a private treatment facility in South Carolina on April 20 was arrested without incident Wednesday by task force members who spotted him outside a CVS in Laurel, authorities said.

April 28, 2011

Swain out at D.C. Taxicab Commission

Mayor Vincent C. Gray has decided not to reappoint Leon J. Swain Jr. as chairman of the D.C. Taxicab Commission, his office said Wednesday.

April 27, 2011

Orange says divided field secured his council win

Vincent B. Orange, who awoke Wednesday as the newest member of the D.C. Council, said a "perfect storm" of divided support among nine candidates helped him stave off an ambitious Republican and oust the Democratic incumbent in Tuesday's special election for an at-large council seat.

April 27, 2011

Orange returns to D.C. Council with special election victory

Vincent B. Orange, a former D.C. council member whose bids for mayor and council chairman fell short in 2006 and 2010, secured an at-large council seat Tuesday by taking majorities in wards 5, 7 and 8 and letting a crowded field of opponents split the crumbs.

April 26, 2011

Voter turnout tepid in special election for D.C. Council

Lukewarm turnout and a few scattered problems at the polls marked a special election Tuesday to fill an at-large D.C. Council seat.

April 26, 2011

S.C. officials troubled by presence of D.C. offenders

While D.C. officials search for two young escapees and debate whether they should place juvenile offenders in out-of-state facilities, two South Carolina legislators are looking into the types of youths being placed on their turf.

April 25, 2011

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