Topic - Marion Barry

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  Barry treated for blood clot in Las Vegas

  Council member Marion Barry took to the Internet to say he is doing well after sustaining a blood clot in his leg on the way to an international retail convention in Las Vegas.

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  D.C. Council panel refuses to extend bar hours

  A D.C. Council committee on Wednesday delivered a blow to Mayor Vincent C. Gray's plan to raise $3.2 million in the coming year by allowing bars to stay open for an additional hour.

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  D.C. Council deadlocks on amendment to budget

  The D.C. Council on Tuesday failed to pass a midyear spending plan that would have compensated city workers for four furlough days in 2011 after it deadlocked on a patchwork of funding priorities and whether it made sense to put the District's payroll over its other responsibilities.

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  Report: Others aided Thomas' theft from trust

  D.C. Council member Jim Graham is using his oversight powers to launch a formal investigation into whether staff at a public-private nonprofit "and perhaps others" paved the way for former city lawmaker Harry Thomas Jr. to pocket more than $350,000 in city funds intended for youth sports programs.

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  NEILY: The Asians 'set me up'

  Earlier this month, Ward 8 D.C. Council member Marion Barry denigrated Washington's Asian business owners, insisting, "They ought to go. I'm going to say that right now."

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  Barry won't apologize for comments on Asians, Filipino nurses

  D.C. Council member Marion Barry struck an unyielding tone in defending himself Thursday against criticism over his contentious remarks about Asian-owned shops and the number of Filipino nurses in the District — comments that prompted one man to say he had rooted for the mayor-for-life for years, only to have his heart broken.

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  SIMMONS: Messenger Barry mauls his message

  The messenger: Former Mayor and current D.C. Council member Marion Barry. The problem: How the messenger delivers his messages.

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  Outcry over Barry's 'deplorable' comments is quick and harsh

  Two days after he celebrated a resounding victory at the polls, D.C. Council member Marion Barry found himself fending off a battery of backlash for comments he made that derided certain Asian-owned businesses in his Ward 8.

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  No big shakeup on D.C. Council

  Modest numbers of voters hit the polls throughout the District on Tuesday with the potential for altering the makeup of the beleaguered D.C. Council and decide who will carry their political party's flag into the general election in November.

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  Some fear low turnout in early D.C. primary

  Candidates vying for party nominations and an eventual spot on the D.C. Council say most city voters are familiar with the dark cloud that has gathered over city hall amid a series of ethics-related scandals, even if they can't explain what "bundling" is or why money orders are suddenly a key part of campaign-finance reform.

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  D.C. Council challengers hope turnout translates into turnover

  Voters have the chance to oust one-third of the D.C. Council in primary elections Tuesday, but that doesn't mean it will happen.

• For fallen gospel prodigy, a break in NYC court

  He was a gospel music star who got a president's attention as a child, sank into drug use and crime as an adult and was asking for another in a series of chances to show he could change his life.

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  D.C. Council committee considers red-top meter program

  Advocates say disabled D.C. drivers should not be penalized because others motorists have fraudulently used handicapped placards to get parking spaces in the past.

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  D.C.'s campaign-finance law rife with gray areas

  A serious turn in the federal probe of D.C. Mayor Vincent C. Gray's 2010 campaign and a recent trickle of subpoenas to D.C. Council members is delving into the tricky — and supposedly arms-length — role that candidates play at the roulette wheel of political funding and influence.

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  Cheh targets money orders

  D.C. Council member Mary M. Cheh is set to introduce legislation on Tuesday that puts contributions in the form of a money order on par with cash, capping them at $25 to avoid the suspicions and federal inquiries that shook the D.C. campaign process last week.

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