As part of a plea agreement, Brown agreed to serve up to 37 months in prison. Judge Robert L. Wilkins will have the final say on the sentence.

Charging documents filed today by Ron Machen, the U.S. attorney for the District of Columbia, state that Michael A. Brown accepted $55,000 from undercover federal agents during and after his term as a member of the D.C. Council.

Former D.C. Councilmember Michael A. Brown will plead guilty to bribery charges after being caught in a sting operation carried out by undercover federal agents, he told his political supporters last night.

Two months after being defeated while running a campaign beset by cloudy finances, Brown is jumping in to the April 23 special election to fill out the remainder of an at-large term vacated by now-Chairman Phil Mendelson.

Councilmember Michael Brown (I-At Large) very strongly hinted but did not outright declare that he will be a candidate in the special election next April 23 for an At-Large member of the D.C. Council.

A week after voters bounced him in favor of challenger David Grosso, D.C. Councilmember Michael A. Brown (I-At Large) is thinking about a potential comeback.

The cash race for the D.C. Council is going strong, according to the latest set of campaign finance reports filed with the District’s Office of Campaign Finance.

A tax incentive package that will give LivingSocial $32.5 million between 2015 and 2020 in return for the daily deals company remaining headquartered in the District was signed into law today by Mayor Vince Gray.

Galvanized by recent anti-gay hate crimes, several hundred activists are planning to a rally and march tonight in support of the victims. About 600 people so far have signed up on the event’s Facebook page.

So much for the Sunshine State being the next beacon of hope for the campaign to get statehouses around the country to endorse the notion of making the District of Columbia the 51st state.