Bowser In, Gray Out: D.C. Council member Muriel Bowser won the Democratic mayoral nomination Tuesday, defeating incumbent mayor Vincent Gray. Bowser “moved deftly to capitalize on public doubts about Gray’s trustworthiness fueled by the still-unresolved federal corruption investigation into his 2010 campaign,” The Washington Post reports
The Master of Disaster’s New Gig: General Motors has hired Kenneth Feinberg, the lawyer best known for handling payouts to Sept. 11 victims and the Gulf of Mexico oil spill, Mary T. Barra, the General Motors chief executive, told lawmakers yesterday. “It was the first time G.M. had acknowledged that it may pay damages in accident cases that occurred before the company filed for bankruptcy in 2009, even though — to the increasing outrage of victims’ families — the company is legally protected by agreements made in bankruptcy court,” The New York Times reports.
