A proposal for D.C. bars to stay open for an extra hour on weekdays and weekends was voted down by a D.C. Council committee this afternoon, though extended hours for liquor stores were approved. more ›

It's often that Councilmember Marion Barry (D-Ward 8) says something that leaves most everyone wondering what his point was and why he was making it. Now you can make it your living trying to explain it to them. more ›

At a hearing today, Councilmember Marion Barry (D-Ward 8) alternated between criticizing the media and Asian American advocates who expressed their disappointment with his recent comments on Asian business owners and Filipino nurses. more ›

Twenty-eight local and national Asian American advocacy groups launched a campaign yesterday asking Councilmember Marion Marion Barry (D-Ward 8) to apologize for comments he made earlier this week about Filipino nurses at local hospitals. more ›

Marion Barry's recent comments on Filipino nurses in D.C. hospitals have provoked a strong rebuke from the Filipino ambassador to the U.S. more ›

At a hearing Monday with board of the University of the District of Columbia, Councilmember Marion Barry (D-Ward 8) made comments complaining about the number of foreign-born nurses at area hospitals. more ›

Kennedy, the one-time MTV host who now works for Reason, grilled Councilmember Marion Barry (D-Ward 8) on his comments earlier this month about Asian-owned businesses he called "dirty shops." more ›

After a Forbes writer raised Marion Barry's history with drug abuse, did the councilmember respond with a salty barb or a reference to a top-tier business school. We think it's the former. more ›

The atmosphere on T Street NW was less a lunch hour and more a revivalist sermon for the ribbon-cutting ceremony celebrating the renewal of the Howard Theatre more than three decades after it was shuttered. more ›

After last week's controversial comments about Asian business owners in his ward, Marion Barry found himself a "good Asian" and claimed that he was simply doing "God's work." more ›

Marion Barry made news this week by claiming that Asian-American business owners had no place in Ward 8. Though Barry was forced to apologize, it certainly wasn't the first time he had said something that had insulted a particular group. more ›

This year was the first time that the D.C. primary was moved from September to April. Now some people are asking if that was too early—and whether legislators should consider moving the primary date again. more ›

Hours of public condemnation appear to have convinced Marion Barry to finally walk back his comments Tuesday night that Asian-owned businesses in his part of the District are "dirty shops" that "ought to go." more ›

Not surprisingly, Marion Barry is catching a lot of flak for his comments Tuesday night that Asian-owned businesses in Ward 8 were "dirty shops" that "ought to go." But he's standing by what he said. more ›

Marion Barry got a little carried away Tuesday night celebrating his win in the Democratic primary for his Ward 8 seat. In addressing supporters, he said Asian-owned businesses were "dirty shops" and "ought to go." more ›

Marion Barry celebrated his victory in last night's Democratic primary for the Ward 8 seat on the D.C. Council with an epic Twitter celebration. He even invented a new term: Twaggin, tweeting with swag. more ›

At a D.C. Council hearing this morning, Councilmember Jim Graham (D-Ward 1) further laid out his opposition to a proposal in Mayor Vince Gray's budget that would allow bars to stay open for an extra hour on weekdays and weekends. more ›

When the D.C. Council gathers today for its legislative session, there won't be much of substance on the agenda. But in response to the tendencies of some potty-mouthed legislators, D.C. Council Chair Kwame Brown will be pushing a resolution that would explicitly ban the use of profanities during council meetings. more ›

Marion Barry's re-election effort for his Ward 8 seat on the D.C. Council doesn't have a website, but judging from a string of tweets from the mayor-for-life, we think he's holding a campaign rally of some kind tomorrow. Or possibly the awakening of Skynet. more ›

For as much as some of our commenters gripe, there's a reason DCist and other news organizations keep tabs on the Twitter accounts of our elected officials here. Mayor Vince Gray and most members of the D.C. Council are fond of the micro-blogging service, and they use it well. more ›

Word from the Washington Convention Center today is that a D.C. Council retreat -- awkwardly timed to coincide with Valentine's Day -- featured yet another shouting match and expletives hurled between Councilmembers David Catania (I-At Large) and Marion Barry (D-Ward 8). more ›

Tomorrow the Travel Channel's Hidden City focuses in on Washington, hoping to uncover the real personality of the city by exploring the Beltway sniper's reign of terror, FBI agent Robert Hanssen's betrayal and mayor-for-life Marion Barry's infamous 1990 arrest and subsequent comeback. more ›

As the world watched the New York Giants beat the New England Patriots in the Super Bowl last night, Councilmember Marion Barry (D-Ward 8), took to Twitter to reminisce about the Redskins' salad days and lament their current woes. more ›

The bitch set him up -- with an iPhone. more ›

If there's one thing that Councilmember Marion Barry (D-Ward 8) does well even today, it's drive anyone who can't vote him out of office insane. more ›

The D.C. Council approved a sweeping ethics reform package today that would establish a new Board of Ethics and Government Accountability, tighten transparency requirements for elected officials, bar felons from running for office, strengthen oversight of city employees, and give the attorney general the power to charge elected officials accused of ethical offenses. more ›

That silver Jaguar with the jack under it outside the Wilson Building belongs to none other than our mayor-for-life. It's hardly the first of Marion Barry's auto woes. more ›

"Councilmember Barry Continuing to Irradiate Federal Tax Liability." So stated a press release from Councilmember Marion Barry today in the wake of a filed in September by the Internal Revenue Service. more ›

As we wrote last week, Eddie Murphy has been chosen to play Marion Barry in a Spike Lee-directed biopic on the mayor-for-life. So far, Barry has been quiet on this choice, but given this tweet he sent Lee on Sunday night, he must want to give the acclaimed director at least 140 characters of his mind on the matter. more ›

It was somewhat inevitable -- there have been books written about him, he's been a part of a reality show (about himself) and HBO made a well-received documentary about his political career and legacy. So it was only really a matter of time before someone thought to make a movie about Marion Barry. But should Eddie Murphy star? more ›