Hey, who's that good-government guy? You know, the one who ran for the Councilmember Jim Graham's Ward 1 seat in 2010 and then again in that special election for an at-large spot on the D.C. Council? Starts with a B or something. more ›

The D.C. Council voted today to limit the number of medical marijuana cultivation centers in Ward 5 to six, possibly throwing another wrench in the works of a program that has already been slow to get off the ground. more ›

Councilmember Vincent Orange (D-At Large) has introduced legislation to limit the number of medical marijuana cultivation centers and dispensaries that can locate in any one ward. more ›

Though he pleaded guilty to two federal crimes and gave up his Ward 5 seat on the D.C. Council late last week, Harry Thomas, Jr. hasn't technically left office. That was one of the surprising takeaways from a crowded meeting in Ward 5 last night to discuss a special election to replace Thomas. more ›

While fêting the opening of The Hamilton, a hulking restaurant and music venue at 14th and F streets NW, Mayor Vince Gray, D.C. Council Chairman Kwame Brown and Councilmember Vincent Orange (D-At Large) answered—briefly, at least—questions about another item on the District's menu. more ›

Via Greater Greater Washington, Twitter user @nikki_d caught Councilmember Vincent Orange (D-At Large) parking his white Cadillac SUV in the 15th Street NW bike lane on New Year's Day. 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 ›

The D.C. Council yesterday approved comprehensive ethics legislation on a first vote, moving the city closer to establishing a Board of Ethics and Government Accountability, tightening reporting requirements for elected officials and government employees, barring elected officials convicted of felonies from serving and giving the District's Attorney General additional powers to go after scofflaws. 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 ›

The District needs ethics reform, but it also has an election coming up. It was only a matter of time before the two started to mix. more ›

17 hopeful medical marijuana dispensers submitted applications for licenses to the D.C. Department of Health this week. more ›

How do you beat Councilmember Vincent Orange? Hire someone who worked for him. more ›

Former councilmember Sekou Biddle has now made official what was long rumored: he's running for a seat on the D.C. Council. But not just any seat. more ›

During a lengthy hearing yesterday, members of a D.C. Council committee discussed how best to address the ethical scandals which have plagued the District's elected leaders this year. Still, little consensus emerged on the next steps to take. more ›

Did Vincent Orange (D-At Large) gain more in having his emergency ethics bill voted down than he would have had he won the support of the majority of the Council? more ›

D.C. Councilmember Vincent Orange made his case in a Washington Post op-ed that the District needs a full-time council, proposing the Full-Time Employment for Council Members Charter Amendment Act of 2011. Orange argues that it’s nearly impossible for District residents to accept that outside employment doesn’t carry with it “conflicts of interest, unethical behavior, corruption and divided loyalties.” more ›

Sometime in the future, members of the D.C. Council may only serve two consecutive terms, but they'll get paid a lot more for their troubles. more ›

Earlier this week it was D.C. Council Chair Kwame Brown pushing for ethics reform, and today's it's Councilmember Vincent Orange (D-At Large). 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 ›

It's all said and done -- Vincent Orange won the April 26 At-Large Special Election and will be heading back to the D.C. Council. As usual, we've got some closing thoughts on the last D.C. election until, well, eleven months from now. more ›

The victory dance Vincent Orange has likely been waiting so many years to perform? Somewhat underwhelming, to be honest. I mean, Kwame Brown at least gave us a little bit of The Lawnmower -- Orange flails his arms around and kind of does a spin, but that's about it. (Orange starts talking around the 55 second mark of the video, but you don't really need to watch that.) more ›

Vincent Orange will return to the D.C. Council after a five-year absence after narrowly defeating Republican Patrick Mara for the At-Large seat once occupied by Council Chair Kwame Brown. more ›

Everything -- and we mean everything -- you need to know about tomorrow's special election to select a permanent at-large D.C. Councilmember. more ›

With early voting having begun this week and the election day less than two weeks away, the contest for the April 26 At-Large Special Election remains fluid and unsettled, with no one candidate yet rising above the rest. The uncertainties in the campaign to fill the seat once occupied by D.C. Council Chair Kwame Brown is a product not only of the candidates, though, but of the ever-shifting political environment in the District. more ›

With less than a month left to go until the April 26 At-Large Special Election, the nine candidates vying for the seat vacated by D.C. Council Chair Kwame Brown are struggling to win over what are likely to be a small number of voters that will decide the contest. more ›

The District's Board of Elections and Ethics conducted its lottery for the District's citywide special election on April 26 this afternoon. Will being listed last on the ballot hurt Vincent Orange? more ›

This much is finally clear -- nine candidates will appear on the ballot for the April 26 At-Large Special Election. Yesterday, the D.C. Board of Elections and Ethics announced that Jacque Patterson would be denied a spot on the ballot, while ruling that Republican Patrick Mara had gotten just enough signatures to remain on. Bryan Weaver, who had originally fallen 52 signatures below the 3,000-signature threshold to get on the ballot, was able to collect enough forms attesting to the validity of the people who signed his nominating petitions to stay on. more ›

Interim D.C. Councilmember Sekou Biddle (D-At Large) filed a series of challenges to nominating petitions submitted by Bryan Weaver, Patrick Mara and Jacque Patterson late yesterday afternoon, setting in motion a process that may well find some or all of the trio kicked off the April 26 Special Election ballot. more ›

At a forum hosted by The Georgetown Dish and Georgetown Current yesterday evening, five candidates for the April 26 At-Large Special Election debated each other, touching upon a number of issues including the District's looming 2012 budget deficit and D.C. Council salaries. (Check out our Twitter timeline of the whole debate here.) more ›

Last week, we reported on an internal spat which broke out amongst members of the D.C. Democratic State Committee over who, if anyone, the group would endorse for the coming April 16 At-Large Special Election. The committee, which selected Interim Councilmember Sekou Biddle in early January, seemed to be leaning towards him; other Democrats in the race cried foul, arguing that the committee hadn't actually held an endorsement vote as called for in its bylaws. Now it looks like the committee is trying to calm internal tensions and move on, though the way it's going about it may not be terribly effective. more ›