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Loose Lips is Washington City Paper‘s flagship political column, covering all things D.C. politics. Here you will find stories about the D.C. Council, local politicians, the mayor, attorney general, ANCs, elections, government agencies, and more.
Vincent Orange Is Suing the Washington Business Journal for Defamation
Ward 5 D.C. Council candidate Vincent Orange is apparently still mad about the Washington Business Journal’s coverage of his tenure as president and CEO of the D.C. Chamber of Commerce. So bothered is Orange, a former Ward 5 and At-Large member of the Council, that he has filed a defamation lawsuit in D.C. Superior Court…
Ward 3’s Crowded Council Contest Looks to be Narrowing to a Three-Way Race
As the Ward 3 Council field began to take shape a few weeks back, it could be tempting to reduce things down to a contest between D.C.’s political establishment and its activist left. But the latest fundraising numbers suggest things won’t be quite so simple in the crowded race. There is no denying that Phil…
Anita Bonds Says She’s Never Heard of D.C.’s Massive Housing Voucher Waitlist
There is currently a massive waiting list for people hoping to receive a federal voucher to help pay the rent. It’s so long that some applicants have sat waiting for two decades, and most will never see a single dollar in assistance. That’s been the state of affairs in the District for many years now,…
Initiative 82 May Make the November Ballot, But Delays at the D.C. Board of Elections Have Organizers Fuming
After a series of missteps in the 2020 primaries and a leadership shakeup, you’d think the D.C. Board of Elections would have learned its lesson. The growing mess enveloping Initiative 82 suggests that not much has changed in the past two years. The board’s decision Wednesday to allow the measure to appear on the ballot…
Bowser’s Fallen Short of Her Promises to End Homelessness. But Her New Budget Gives Advocates Hope.
Mayor Muriel Bowser has made so many promises about ending homelessness in D.C. that it can be hard to keep them all straight. But after years of missed deadlines and broken promises, advocates say her budget investments are finally starting to match her rhetoric. As debate over the 2023 budget begins, Bowser is once again…
Bowser Relies Heavily on City Employees As She Looks to Get Back on the Ballot
Paying people to collect petition signatures can get candidates in trouble in D.C. politics: just ask Tony Williams or S. Kathryn Allen. Luckily, when you’re the head of city government, it sure is easy to find volunteers. Gathering signatures to get on the ballot is a tedious, yet necessary, task for candidates ahead of the…
A Year Later, D.C.’s Police Reform Commission Fears It’s Been Ignored
It’s been a year to the day since D.C.’s Police Reform Commission released a detailed, 259-page report documenting strategies to “decenter” police and make the city safer. But members of the group fear the report has, thus far, served only as a detailed, 259-page paperweight. The commission started its work in the summer of 2020,…
Despite Scandals, D.C. Just Can’t Stop Hiring Sherryl Newman
Sherryl Hobbs Newman has been at the heart of scandals consuming no fewer than three different D.C. agencies over the course of her long career. But the District just doesn’t know how to quit her. Up until the end of last year, Newman worked as a program manager at the Department of Consumer and Regulatory…
D.C.’s Plans to Demolish RFK Stadium Have Stalled, Complicating Bowser’s Redevelopment Pitch
Whatever the future of the RFK campus (whether it includes a new football stadium, apartments, an indoor recreation center, or all of the above) one thing is clear: the old stadium has to come down. And there’s no clear timeline for when that might happen. Mayor Muriel Bowser is amping up her pitch that the…
A High School Senior Wants to be the Next Ward 3 Councilmember. Meet Henry Cohen.
Still just shy of her 30th birthday, Ward 2 Councilmember Brooke Pinto made history when she was elected as D.C.’s youngest councilmember two years ago. Henry Cohen is looking to blow that record out of the water. Cohen just turned 18, but rather than struggling with a bout of senioritis in his waning days at…
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