2nd campaign aide to D.C. mayor faces charges
BY: Associated Press WASHINGTON — A second former aide to District of Columbia Mayor Vincent Gray was charged Wednesday with a federal offense arising from Gray’s 2010 campaign and is likely to plead guilty, a day after another aide’s guilty plea revealed the use of underhanded tactics to get Gray elected. Howard Brooks, a former campaign consultant to [...] |
Report: Metro governance needs shaking up
BY: Capital News Service WASHINGTON — Metro needs “dramatic changes” to its governance in order to address persistent problems of funding, safety and management, a review task force concluded in recommendations released Wednesday. One of the central proposals is to include the governors of Maryland and Virginia and the mayor of the District of Columbia on a new governing [...] |




