Power Shutdowns on Hottest Days Could Be Illegal in DC – “The idea is in a heat wave above 95 degrees that there’s a greater risk to human life and therefore the electricity can’t be cut off,” DC Council Chairman Phil Mendelson told News4.  [NBC4]

Bowser: District Has “Very Generous Deal” on Table for United Stadium – DC Council Chairman Phil Mendelson (D), said he was upset Tuesday morning after reading about meetings between the team and economic development officials in Virginia.  “I wonder if it’s a negotiating tactic,” he said, questioning if the team was perhaps trying to accelerate the city’s land acquisition for the stadium, which many expect will require the mayor to invoke eminent domain.  [The Washington Post]

After Budget, DC Council Pushes Forward with New Legislation – Even as the council moved on from weeks of budget negotiations, the status of the city’s $13 billion spending plan remained unsettled.  Council Chairman Phil Mendelson (D) said lawmakers would convene in private next week to decide how to press forward with implementing a ballot proposal, approved by voters, that would change the way city budgets are enacted.  [The Washington Post]

Mendo Changes Budget Schedule After Court Win – DC Council Chairman Phil Mendelson has scheduled a new Council meeting to vote again on the budget. That’s despite uncertainty about how the District will handle what could be its first budget passed without congressional approval.  “The victory we received last week at the Court of Appeals was not as broad as some people think,” Mendelson told councilmembers at the Council’s Tuesday breakfast meeting.  The Council will vote again on the budget on June 10, as part of its attempt to treat the budget like any other bill the Council passes. Previously, the Council has passed budgets with a single vote, then sent them on for federal approval.  [Washington City Paper]