City considers breaking the law to keep the District government running open during a government shutdown. [LL, WAMU, Post]

Post ed board says they shouldn’t do it. [Post]

D.C. proposes big changes to the Height Act. [Housing Complex]

David Catania accuses school officials of “misleading” public over scores. [Post]

Lawyer representing man at the center of the Post‘s tax lien investigation files a class-action suit over the program. [Post]

Howard’s credit rating gets a downgrade. [Post]

Rate of new HIV cases decreases in the District. [WAMU, City Desk]

Synthetic marijuana helps District criminals beat drug tests. [Times]

Pastor whose Ten Commandments sign was flipped over wants a hate crime investigation. [Times]