This is The Washington Sun Metro Newsletter for Nov. 11, 2026.
DEEP DIVE How much money should Pepco and Washington Gas be guaranteed to make in D.C.?
Some lawmakers were uneasy with the change, with Ward 7 council member Wendell Felder saying he worried about “unintended consequences” of changes to utility companies’ profits.
Still, Allen, the Ward 6 council member, said any of those consequences would be less than the savings that could come.
The D.C. Council may have unlawfully used national opioid settlement funds to cover some of the District’s Medicaid costs, The Washington Business Journal reports.