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>> Yesterday D.C. officials took over Chartered Health Plan, the company that offers health care services to 110,000 Medicaid-eligible residents, writes the Post. The company was owned by Jeffrey Thompson, who has been linked to the $653,000 shadow campaign that illicitly worked to get Mayor Vince Gray elected. In recent years, it had faced increasing financial difficulties, and city officials stepped in to ensure that it could keep providing services to low-income residents.

>> One Prince George’s County was found guilty yesterday for the beating of a University of Maryland student during a late-night celebration in College Park in 2010, writes WTOP. Officer James Harrison was found guilty of second-degree assault, while fellow Officer Reginald Baker was found not guilty on all charges.

>> Prince George’s County Executive Rushern Baker has stayed out of the debate over same-sex marriage in Maryland, but yesterday he broke his silence and backed a November 6 ballot question that would legalize it, reports the Examiner.