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DC mayor open to public funding for NFL stadium
Mayor Muriel Bowser began her push to convince D.C. taxpayers to support bringing the Washington Commanders back to the District. Bowser has said for months she’s willing to invest public money into infrastructure around the RFK Stadium site, but at a town hall Thursday night, she acknowledged she isn’t ruling out using public funds for an NFL stadium, as...
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DC fire department partnering with UDC to train more paramedics
D.C. is partnering with the University of the District of Columbia for the city’s first publicly accessible paramedic training program. A facility set to open next year in Southeast will be equipped to train and certify between 50 to 75 paramedics a year, officials said Thursday. City leaders said the program will address a shortage of qualified emergency medical professionals…
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President Trump plans executive order on DC public safety
D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser confirmed reports that President Donald Trump is poised to sign an executive order aimed at public safety and homeless encampments in the District.
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DC home rule would be reversed under a bill just introduced in Congress: The BOWSER Act
Legislation proposed by two Republican members of Congress would strip the D.C. government of its powers – including the mayor and D.C. Council.
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New DC hospital with vital maternity services to open in spring
The first new hospital in D.C. in more than 20 years is set to open in Southeast in about two months, providing much-needed services to an area of the city lacking in health care options. D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser announced Thursday the new Cedar Hill Regional Medical Center GW Health on the St. Elizabeths East campus will officially open...
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DC Council expels Trayon White in unanimous vote following bribery charge
It’s the first time in modern D.C. history that the Council has expelled one of its own members. News4’s Mark Segraves reports.
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DC Council expels Trayon White as he fights federal bribery charge
The D.C. Council voted unanimously to expel Councilmember Trayon White, who was arrested last summer on a federal bribery charge and accused of accepting $35,000 cash.
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Trayon White's attorney argues DC Council can't expel him
The attorney for D.C. Councilmember Trayon White argued a procedural issue should keep the council from removing him. White appeared before the council Tuesday alongside his attorney, Fred Cooke. White showed up to the hearing in a black t-shirt with large white letters reading, “The FBI killed Fred Hampton” — a reference to the killing of the Black Panther Party…
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‘Couldn't disagree more': DC mayor denounces pardons for J6 defendants
D.C.’s mayor publicly denounced the pardons of Jan. 6 Capitol riot defendants Monday. Mayor Muriel Bowser repeated what she said last week in a written statement — that the officers who responded to the riot are heroes — before addressing the pardons by President Donald Trump. “We know the vast presidential power when it comes to pardons, and the president…
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Why Trump has pardon power over DC cases
President Donald Trump’s pardons of the Jan. 6 defendants and two D.C. police officers convicted in the death of Karon Hylton-Brown have many people asking questions about the president’s pardon power. A law professor who specializes in pardons explains the president’s unique power to intervene in local D.C. criminal prosecutions. In his first hours back in office, Trump issued...
