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D.C. Council approves $9.4 billion budget

The D.C. Council has approved a $9.4 billion budget plan that includes longer bar hours on some days and an expansion of traffic cameras that ticket drivers.

Tags: Vincent Gray, budget, D.C. Council

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McDuffie to be sworn into D.C. Council seat

Kenyan McDuffie is set to become the newest member of the D.C. Council.

Tags: Kenyan McDuffie, D.C. Council, Harry Thomas Jr.

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Marion Barry: I misspoke when I said 'Polacks'

D.C. Councilmember Marion Barry says he misspoke when he referred to the Polish community with a disparaging term.

Tags: Marion Barry, D.C. Council

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D.C. poised to pay workers for 4 furlough days

The D.C. Council on Tuesday is expected to approve a $22 million version of a $20 million plan it unanimously rejected two weeks ago to repay District workers for furlough days they were forced to take last year.

Tags: furloughs, D.C. Council

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D.C. delegate to Barry: Tone down the racial rhetoric

Norton is calling on the Ward 8 official to stop targeting racial groups when calling attention to issues.

Tags: Marion Barry, Eleanor Holmes Norton, darci marchese, D.C. Council

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Fate of Council seat comes down to 5,000 ballots

The fate of one of the At-Large seats on the D.C. Council will come down to more than 5,000 ballots that have yet to be counted.

Tags: D.C. Board of Elections and Ethics, mark segraves, Vincent Orange, D.C. Council, Election Day, Sekou Biddle

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Mayor and council discuss transportation, budget

Transportation and the proposed D.C. budget were on the agenda Wednesday for discussion by Mayor Vincent Gray and the D.C. Council.

Tags: D.C., mark segraves, D.C. Council

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Activist to staffer: 'Don't make me go Southeast on you'

Not everybody is welcome inside John A. Wilson Building, the legislative epicenter of the District where the mayor, D.C. Council and other government offices are located.

Tags: D.C., D.C. Council, Ellsworth Colbert, muriel bowser, Wilson Building, mark segraves

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D.C. Council bill makes gay divorce easier in city

The D.C. Council has given final approval to a bill that would make it easier for gay and lesbian couples who marry in the nation's capital to get divorced.

Tags: D.C. Council, Phil Mendelson, Committee on the Judiciary, same-sex marriage, same-sex divorce

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Campaign volunteer pleads not guilty to murder charge

Court charging documents released Monday reveal more about a deadly fight in Southeast involving a D.C. Council campaign volunteer.

Tags: D.C. Council, Kevin Chavous, Yvette Alexander, stabbing, Ellsworth Colbert, Robert Leroy Wright, WJLA

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