The District likely won’t have an alcohol breath-test program until next spring, city officials said. Just last month, D.C. Attorney General Irvin Nathan and police Chief Cathy Lanier said the program that was officially shut down in February after a year of problems would be running again sometime this summer. But it seems they didn’t
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WASHINGTON (WUSA) — A new member of the Vincent Gray administration, whose mother also works for the DC mayor, has resigned. Brandon Webb was a community outreach worker for DC Fire and Emergency Services. He submitted his resignation Friday, according to Lon Walls, the communications director for the agency. The resignation is effective March 25.
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D.C. Mayor Vincent Gray’s transition team is recommending a major overhaul of agencies that guide economic development in the District, including establishing an outside organization to take over the city’s major development projects. Economic development — which includes attracting marquee businesses, building housing and ensuring job growth — has been too muddled by changing political
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The District is continuing to drop some drunken-driving cases while certification problems remain with equipment used to test suspects’ breath, a year after such devices came under investigation, according to interviews with officials Tuesday. Irvin Nathan, who became attorney general under the new administration of Mayor Vincent C. Gray, said the city will not use
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In the 2½ years since the U.S. Supreme Court ended the District’s handgun ban, hundreds of residents in Washington’s safest, most well-to-do neighborhoods have armed themselves, registering far more guns than people in poorer, crime-plagued areas of the city, according to D.C. police data. Since the landmark court ruling in June 2008, records show, more
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ARLINGTON, Va. – Former D.C. Mayor Adrian Fenty is joining an Arlington, Va.-based language-learning company. Rosetta Stone said Thursday that Fenty will join the organization as an outside adviser. Since leaving office, Fenty has signed on as a public speaker with New York City-based Greater Talent Network. Read More @ myfoxdc.com

By Nikita Stewart and Jonathan O’Connell Washington Post Staff Writers Friday, January 21, 2011; 9:26 AM   The former Maryland secretary of housing and community development will take over as the District’s deputy mayor for planning and economic development, according to sources in Mayor Vincent C. Gray’s administration. After a long search and interviews with
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Takes one to know one. The old saying will have special meaning for Washington, D.C., Councilman Marion Barry who is expected to take leadership of the governmental panel that oversees legislation to help ex-felons. While Barry’s status as a local icon gives him little in common with the average ex-felon in D.C., Barry could end
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No Wal-Mart on Georgia Avenue. No Wal-Mart in DC. March Again on the Developer’s House Dick Knapp, Senior Vice President of Foulger Pratt 2731 Woodley Place NW Thursday January 20th 7:30 PM Meet at Woodley Park/Adams Morgan Metro At the Ward 4 Community Meeting regarding the proposed Wal-Mart on December 7th, Dick Knapp of Foulger
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