D.C. Council
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D.C. Council to take up ethics reform bills
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The D.C. Council is taking up nine bills intended to clean up the way it does business.
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AAA seeks Council hearing on drivers arrested for having expired tags
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The AAA Mid-Atlantic auto club is seeking a District of Columbia Council hearing into reports that drivers are being arrested for having expired tags.
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Councilmembers get hard lesson on doing business in the city
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A Friday hearing centered on why Mayor Vincent Gray's administration canceled a multi-million dollar grass-cutting contract with a Maryland company in favor of a more expensive company.
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D.C. Council to examine grass-cutting contracts
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The D.C. Council is set to examine the city's grass-cutting contracts.
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Council to discuss students in D.C. schools illegally
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D.C. Council Chairman Kwame Brown says he is trying to determine why students from Maryland and Virginia are attending the city's public schools illegally.
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D.C. Council rejects emergency ethics bill
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The D.C. Council has rejected a proposal to set up an emergency ethics reform task force.
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D.C. Council goes behind closed doors
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D.C. Council members go behind closed Thursday and call police when reporters refuse to leave.
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Kwame Brown to likely decline budget amendment veto
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D.C. Council Chairman Kwame Brown says there is almost no chance he will accept an income tax hike on the district's wealthiest residents to delay implementation of a tax on out-of-state municipal bonds.
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Harry Thomas scandal: Three councilmembers call on Harry Thomas to resign
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Three D.C. Councilmembers are calling on their colleague Harry Thomas Jr. to step down.
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Harry Thomas, D.C. Councilman, under fire
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The press, politicians and the public sounded off on D.C. Councilmember Harry Thomas, who last week agreed to pay $300,000 to settle a suit with the District’s Attorney General.
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D.C. Council begins 2-month summer recess
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The D.C. Council is on a 2-month break.
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Is Kwame Brown settling some political scores?
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D.C. Council Chairman Kwame Brown made some major decisions on the D.C. council that have left some scratching their heads.
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New gun legislation introduced in D.C.
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A bill that would allow D.C. government to operate temporarily as a gun dealer appears headed for defeat. But Mayor Gray might allow Washington's sole gun dealer to use government office space.
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D.C. Council hearing on hate crimes
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A District of Columbia Council committee is taking testimony about the police department's response to hate crimes in the city.
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Online gambling start may be delayed in D.C.
Place your bets... not yet.
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Ted Loza sentenced to eight months for accepting money from lobbyist
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Ted Loza, the former chief of staff for D.C. Councilman Jim Graham, will spend eight months in prison for accepting money from a taxi industry representative.
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D.C. budget: Vincent Gray holds D.C. Council breakfast meeting
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D.C. mayor Vincent Gray held a breakfast briefing with council members this morning, and ABC7’s Mark Segraves tweeted the proceedings.
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Harry Thomas owes $13,000 in student loans, government says
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Harry Thomas, who is already in hot water for allegedly using city money intended for kids to pay for a car and trips, now has to answer charges he didn't pay $13,000 in student loans
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