It seems that Internet gambling in the District is going back to the drawing board. more ›

Whether you want to call it "iGaming," "Internet gambling" or "non-traditional games," the District's first-of-its-kind online gambling program faced withering criticism from members of the D.C. Council at a hearing yesterday. more ›

Even though Internet gambling has been legal in the District since early 2011, it remains but an idea that hasn't yet become reality. Ongoing controversy over how it came to be has led its proponents to hold off on implementing it, and tomorrow a D.C. Council committee will hold a hearing on legislation that would repeal it altogether. more ›

Instead of trading right hooks in the ring, Lamont Peterson and Amir Khan have been trading verbal jabs in the press since their December bout ended in a controversial win for the D.C. native. more ›

In the District, candidates for elected office spend time and money in the hopes of winning a position that comes with a paycheck, sometimes a hefty one. But for one candidate in the 2012 races, it seems that money's no expense -- and for a position that's fully unpaid. more ›

Legislation that seeks to strengthen the District's ethics laws moved forward today, though its progress might be slowed by members of the D.C. Council who want more time to discuss, digest and debate it. more ›

After mounting a spirited defense of his second job last week, Councilmember Jack Evans (D-Ward 2) is again facing uncomfortable questions about conflicts of interest related to his positions as a legislator and an attorney at Patton Boggs. more ›

Residents, activists and local politicians have long spoken about the District becoming the 51st state, but no one has sought to actively brand the cause. Until now. more ›

Many wars have been fought over contested borders and boundaries, and two small technical errors written into the District's recent redistricting could well have pitted four wards against each other in epic showdowns over territory and treasure. more ›

* And of course, by a "large majority of people," I mean "a large majority of Washington Times readers -- a sizable number of which are people who were encouraged to stuff the ballot by people who don't live in the District of Columbia, but really like playing online poker -- approve of legalizing online poker." more ›

Two councilmembers want to repeal a law that would allow internet gambling in the District, kicking off what may be a contentious battle over a controversial initiative. more ›

Admit it -- that's a look that says, "I want you to support the District's efforts in achieving voting rights, self-determination and statehood." more ›

Campaign signage for the April 26 At-Large Special Election has only recently come down -- but it will soon be replaced by signs for candidates vying for seats on the D.C. Council in 2012. With a new election calendar in place for the year to come -- the primary date has been moved from September to April 3, while the general election remains in November -- campaigning is beginning earlier than usual. more ›

A perfect storm of circumstances seem to be coming together, clearing a path and raising hopes for online gambling to appear in D.C. D.C. Council member Michael A. Brown tweeted Wednesday that a date has been set for the Finance and Revenue Committee to hold a hearing on June 29 pertaining to "DC Lottery's plans to offer online games." The hearing stems from an stealthy amendment to a supplemental budget bill that passed the council in April this year, which allows the D.C. Lottery to provide online gambling services withing District limits. more ›

Michael Brown -- no, not the D.C. Councilmember, or the Shadow Senator, but the County Manager of Arlington -- has resigned this morning, according to TBD's Rebecca Cooper. Cooper reports that Deputy County Manager Barbara Donnellan will assume Brown's position. Brown reportedly resigned to tend to family issues. Donnellan has experience with the position, having served as County Manager for seven moths prior to Brown's appointment in May. Arlington County Manager is not an elected position; rather, the Manager is appointed by the five-member County Board. more ›

Councilmember Phil Mendelson (D-At-Large) is obviously feeling the heat. In a reversal of his heretofore thriftiness, Washington Business Journal reporter Michael Neibauer tweets that Mendo's finally spending some cash -- and a hearty portion, at that: $192,704 since August 11, or a whopping 84 percent of his total fundraising balance. This is quite the binge for the campaign -- Mendelson had only spent $16,000 on his entire reelection operation through August. more ›

Last night's Ward 4 straw poll and forum was far too lively for words alone, so let's go to the video footage! The images are a little grainy and the audio leaves much to be desired, but you're not really going to watch this to learn about the intricacies of school testing or municipal finances. Hit play and just listen for the cheering, jeering, booing, and yelling that accompanied virtually every answer from front-runners Vince Gray and Adrian Fenty. more ›

We all know that our fair city is facing some financial difficulties, but it would appear that so too are some of its elected representatives. more ›

We've already got an At-large member of the D.C. Council named Michael A. Brown and a Shadow Senator named Michael D. Brown. But ARLnow reminds us that there's now a third Michael Brown in the local politics sphere: Michael B. Brown, the new Arlington County Manager, participated in his first county board meeting Saturday morning. more ›

Oh well. It's happened to all of us at least once. I once sent out a press release touting a "lerning center" for kids. Yeah. That didn't go over well. And I can't count the amount of times I've written about "pubic" spending. Whoops. Council member Michael Brown (I-At Large) can at least be happy that this came on a Friday afternoon, the usual repository for the dumping of bad news. more ›

When we reported last week that Council member Michael Brown (I-At Large) might be pondering a 2010 run against Mayor Adrian Fenty, we got just a little excited for the storyline possibilities. After all, both men are bald lawyers from Ward 4 with twin sons. But today City Desk's Mike DeBonis is telling us something that could only make the coming mayoral showdown that much more exciting -- Council member Kwame Brown (D-At Large) might run. According to DeBonis, Brown's father sent out an email over the weekend looking to get people to "draft" the younger Brown for a run at Fenty's seat. Of course, Brown was coy about the whole thing, though he didn't definitively rule out a 2010 campaign for the city's highest elected position. Should he run? Duh. More than one Brown in the race would be fantastic. Especially if the two Browns had run on a "Brown-squared" platform in the 2008 council election, which they did. Throw in Shadow Senator Michael Brown and you've got the makings of total electoral chaos! Fenty v. Brown v. Brown v. Brown? Yes, please. more ›

Even though the talk of someone taking on Mayor Adrian Fenty in the 2010 mayoral contest has been mostly idle chatter to date, a familiar face might be ready to take him on. more ›

We have an undeniable surplus of Michael Browns in D.C. There's Michael D. Brown, one of our two elected shadow senators. more ›

Update, 3:30 p.m.: The statehood site is now live, though it's pretty basic. more ›

For those of you who grew so weary of Michael A. Brown's incessant robocalling and significant paper trail, well, you can't say that the D.C. GOP isn't on your side -- even if its motives are slightly different. more ›

While we soak in Barack Obama's historic victory over Senator John McCain (who delivered a moving and honorable concession speech), we can't ignore the change that came to our own backyard. Few of the results caught any of us by surprise. We did, though, rid ourselves of a pesky ANC commissioner, though. more ›

We might not have Joe the Plumber or $150,000 in stylish threads, but the final days before a number of local races are decided have gotten plenty exciting. There's internal fighting, a second-time-around endorsement and a drunk-driving charge. more ›

Over the last month, the safe assumption in District political circles was that the two At-large seats on the D.C. Council would be going Brown-squared come November 4 -- current Council member Kwame Brown would keep his seat and Democrat-turned-Independent Michael Brown would finally get elected to something. But things have recently gotten just a little more interesting. more ›

Candidates in next Tuesday's special election to fill two open D.C. Council seats have collectively raised over $1 million in the course of the campaign. Voters will chose council members for Wards 4 and 7, after those positions were left empty by Mayor Adrian Fenty and at-large Council Chairman Vincent Gray. Voters in D.C. Public Schools' Second District will also elect a school board representative. In Ward 4, ANC Commissioner Muriel Bowser leads the pack... more ›

It was on April 27, 2005, that we took our first of many stabs at the District mayoral race. And it's tomorrow, some sixteen months after we first tried to guess who would throw their hats in the ring, that voters will finally have their say. Voters in the District and Maryland go to the polls tomorrow to vote in primaries for everything from senators to council-members to ANC representatives, with more than 800 candidates... more ›