WASHINGTON — The City Council voted Tuesday to legalize gay marriage, giving supporters a victory after a string of recent defeats elsewhere and sending the issue to Congress, which has final say over laws in the nation’s capital. Mayor Adrian Fenty has promised to sign the bill, which passed 11-2, and gay couples could begin […]
VIA MYFOXDC: WASHINGTON, D.C. – The corruption probe involving the D.C. Taxicab industry widened considerably Friday with the indictment of 37 people– most of them cab drivers– all charged with conspiracy to commit bribery. The FBI also raided the home of a former chairman of the D.C. Taxicab commission, searching it for several hours. It’s […]
VIA MYFOXDC: WASHINGTON – It’s back to work for the D.C. Council this week. Some say they’re returning for a new session still in a strained relationship with the Mayor. Last spring, it was those baseball tickets. Now, the Council Chairman says he and others are being used as scapegoats in an effort to fire […]
(Washington, DC) — The DC Council has passed a resolution to open an investigation into Marion Barry’s questionable hiring of his then-girlfriend to a contract postion. Attorney Robert Bennett will head up the independent investigation. Council member Barry faces allegations that he gave Donna Watts-Brighthaupt a city contract, but the woman did not do […]
