A federal judge heard arguments from the D.C. Council and D.C. Attorney General Irv Nathan in the Council’s lawsuit against Mayor Gray over budget autonomy.
Proponents of a marijuana legalization ballot initiative made their case to the Board of Elections this morning.
D.C. Attorney General Irv Nathan sent a letter to the Board of Elections yesterday urging them not to approve DCMJ 2014’s ballot initiative to legalize small amounts of marijuana, saying that it violates federal law.
At a meeting with the Gertrude Stein Democratic Club last night, Mayor Gray says he sees no reason why D.C. shouldn’t recognized same-sex couples married in Utah.
Gray thinks that the bill should punish minors caught with marijuana as a criminal offense, and also wants criminal penalties for those caught smoking in parks, on sidewalks, or in drug-free school zones.
D.C. Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton wants D.C.’s attorney general to have more power to prosecute local crime.
Meet the Press host David Gregory will not face any charges for holding up a 30-round magazine as a prop during an interview he conducted last month, D.C. Attorney General Irv Nathan writes in a letter today.
D.C. Attorney General Irv Nathan has no plans to appeal a D.C. Board of Elections decision to allow a referendum on budget autonomy to make it to the April 23 ballot.
D.C. Attorney General Irv Nathan will decide whether or not Meet the Press host David Gregory will be charged over a segment last month in which Gregory used a 30-bullet magazine as a prop.
Jan 07, 2013
D.C. Elections Board Hears Testimony on Budget Autonomy Referendum, Could Decide Its Fate
At a hearing this morning, members of the D.C. Board of Elections heard competing views on whether a proposed referendum on enhanced budget autonomy would be legal—and whether they even have the power to make that determination themselves.