An initiative that would ban corporate contributions to local campaigns has been pushed from the November ballot, but it could appear before D.C. voters early next year.

A group seeking to ban corporate contributions to D.C. campaigns is fighting to stay on the November ballot.

Activists trying to strip corporate money from D.C. campaigns received a setback today when the D.C. Board of Elections and Ethics ruled they did not present enough valid signatures to earn their petition a slot on November’s ballot.

A group seeking to ban corporate campaign contributions to candidates for elected office in D.C. is set to announce today that volunteers gathered over 30,000 signatures to put the proposed ban on November’s ballot.

The Fourth of July is all about celebrating America’s history and founding principles, and a few groups used local parades to express their opinions—both odd and humorous—to large crowds.

On a day when a D.C. Council committee heard testimony on a trio of bills that would tighten up the city’s campaign finance laws, D.C. Attorney General Irv Nathan rolled out Mayor Vince Gray’s long-awaited comprehensive reform of D.C.’s campaign finance rules.