Category: Washington D.C. News

A recent report raises questions about the conduct of the District’s city administrator Allen Y. Lew during the time when he directed the DCPS facilities modernization plan. Results from the audit, conducted by city auditor Deborah K. Nichols, is turning out to be an eye-opener, as it questions some of the management practices of the […]

The D.C. Council ethics bill proposed by Chairman Kwame Brown (D-At-Large) and Mary Cheh (D-Ward 3) was criticized by D.C. Attorney General Irvin Nathan and other witnesses at a hearing June 13. Nathan called {The Comprehensive Ethics Reform Act of 2011} a “first step,” but said if the legislation was enacted as drafted, the bill […]

As scandals plague the same D.C. elected officials that push for the city’s autonomy, some residents think the city’s messy politics may hinder the home rule fight. Local groups recently signed and sent a letter to the House Financial Services and General Government Subcommittee to tell the government to stay out of local issues. But […]

During the most anticipated D.C. Council hearing on executive hiring practices so far, former mayoral candidate Sulaimon Brown—who sported dark sunglasses he refused to remove —claimed that Mayor Vincent Gray witnessed and ordered staff members to illegally pay him to help his campaign. “The mayor is a crook,” Brown said in his opening remarks. After […]

Scandal is quickly becoming the byword of Washington, D.C.’s new leadership. There was Council Chairman Kwame Brown’s pricey Lincoln Navigator and Mayor Vincent Gray’s hiring missteps and alleged quid pro quo arrangement. Now, the Attorney General’s Office is filing a $1 million lawsuit against Councilmember Harry L. Thomas Jr. (D-Ward 5) for allegedly using grant […]

In an effort to spearhead a change in the way construction companies do business in the District, Mayor Vincent C. Gray has launched an ambitious pilot project. This new initiative, called the Workforce Incentive Program (WIP), attempts to directly link more D.C. residents with jobs in the local construction industry. WIP, slated to begin on […]

While the job sector remains sluggish as the economy recovers from a recession, universities in the Washington area are employment hubs, pumping $11.3 billion into the region annually, according to a report by George Mason University. The study, which was commissioned by the Consortium of Universities of the Washington Metropolitan Area, revealed that universities have […]

Prince George’s County Police believe a paternity dispute drove a Washington, D.C. police officer to kill the woman and baby found dead in Temple Hills last week. Richmond Diallo Binns Phillips has been charged with first-degree murder, second-degree murder and manslaughter in the deaths of the Prince George’s County woman and her daughter. Phillips is […]

Councilmember Harry Thomas Jr.  stepped down as chair of the Committee on Economic Development after the attorney general on June 6 filed a $1 million lawsuit against the Ward 5 Democrat.   Thomas, who is accused of using earmarked grants and donations to purchase a luxury vehicle along with golf vacations, denied all allegations made […]