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Showdown over DC budget could lead to another clash with Congress
When D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser presented next year’s budget to the D.C. Council, she included $500 million in cuts to services, as well as some tax increases. Bowser said part of the reason she was making such deep cuts to programs such as the Early Childhood Education Pay Equity Fund was a last-minute requirement from the District’s CFO, Glenn Lee,...
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DC Council chairman intends to ignore CFO's budget request
A showdown brewing over D.C.’s budget could end with another faceoff between D.C. leaders and Congress. News4’s Mark Segraves reports the city’s chief financial officer is requiring the budget include $200 million set aside for emergencies, but the D.C. Council chairman is threatening to ignore the CFO.
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DC officials met privately on Caps, Wizards deal despite Open Meetings Act concerns
D.C. taxpayers still don’t know the finer details of this deal. But D.C.’s elected leaders do, because they heard about them in a meeting the public had no idea about.
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DC Council members held private meeting on Caps, Wizards deal
Aside from what we’ve already reported, the public still doesn’t know the finer details of the Capital One Arena deal. But D.C.’s elected leaders do, because they heard about them in a meeting the public had no idea about. News4 I-Team reporter Ted Oberg reports.
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‘An opportunity to renew that commitment': DC marks 50 years since Home Rule Act
Fifty years ago today, the people of D.C. got a Christmas present from the president of the United States, something citizens had been asking for for a century. And all these years later, the chairman of the D.C. Council sees the D.C. Home Rule Act as a gift that’s still being unwrapped.
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‘An opportunity to renew that commitment': DC marks 50 years since Home Rule Act
Fifty years ago, the people of D.C. got a Christmas present from the president of the United States that they’d been asking for for a century. News4’s Derrick Ward spoke to the chairman of the D.C. Council, who sees the D.C. Home Rule Act as a present that’s still being unwrapped.
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‘You can get away with murder': DC mayor, council chair spar over crime
D.C.’s two highest elected officials exchanged heated words over the response to crime as the D.C. Council is set to vote on public safety legislation on Tuesday. News4’s Mark Segraves reports.
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DC Council Chairman Accuses Mayor's Office, DCPS of Ignoring DC Law
A battle between the D.C. Council Chairman and D.C. Public Schools is heating up, with chairman Phil Mendelson accusing Mayor Muriel Bowser’s administration and DCPS of disregarding D.C. law.
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Debate Over Embattled Acting Director of 911 Call Center
A battle is brewing between D.C.’s mayor and members of the D.C. Council over who should be in charge of the District’s 911 call center, an agency that’s had a series of high-profile errors. News4’s Mark Segraves explains the controversy.