what did you think when you saw the millions of dollars in kickback money? it was amazing. i mean, this is a huge amount of money. if you weren t following the money, how do you know that the low-income housing tax credit is working? narrator: tonight, frontline and npr take a hard look at poverty, politics and profit. frontlinis made possible by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. and by the corporation for public broadcasting. major support for frontliis provided by the john d. and catherine t. macarthur foundation. committed to building a more just, verdant, and peaceful world. more information is available at macfound.org. additional support is provided by ford foundation, working with visionaries on the front lines of social change worldwide at fordfoundation.org. the park foundation. dedicated to heightening public awareness of critical issues. the john and helen glessner family trust. supporting trustworthy journalism that in
what did you think when you saw the millions of dollars in kickback money? it was amazing. i mean, this is a huge amount of money. if you weren t following the money, how do you know that the low-income housing tax credit is working? narrator: tonight, frontline and npr take a hard look at poverty, politics and profit. frontlinis made possible by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. and by the corporation for public broadcasting. major support for frontliis provided by the john d. and catherine t. macarthur foundation. committed to building a more just, verdant, and peaceful world. more information is available at macfound.org. additional support is provided by ford foundation, working with visionaries on the front lines of social change worldwide at fordfoundation.org. the park foundation. dedicated to heightening public awareness of critical issues. the john and helen glessner family trust. supporting trustworthy journalism that in
top staff were getting bonuses. mark seagraves has our report. reporter: d.c. fire chief gregory dean says he approved over $20,000 in inn bonuses this year. it s the first time he s given bonuses since taking over the department. i gave bonuses to four sets of chiefs and one civilian. and that was for work that had been done. we ve been working very hard the last year and a half, two years. i felt that it was i needed to acknowledge the hard work they did. we re in the midst of contract negotiations. so if they re giving bonuses for hard work and good work, remember the members that do the work daily. reporter: each assistant chief given a $5,000 bonus. the civilian employee received about $1,300. i rely on seasoned managers like chief dean to make the right personnel decisions at his department. if that s his judgment, i support it. reporter: the bonuses came as the department saw a spike in overtime costs. overtime jumped from $1 in fiscal year 2015 to $23 mi
right now on news 4 this week, crumbling bridges. cracks, shaky, potholes. what crews are doing to make sure your drive is safe. overtime costs skyrocketing in the d.c. fire department. costing taxpayers millions of dollars. now we re learning it s happening at the same time some members are getting bonuses. billboard fight. the mayor finds herself in the middle of a growing advertising struggle in the district. welcome to news 4 this week. we ll start with spiking cost of overtime in the d.c. fire department. it has doubled in just one year. and costs taxpayers millions of dollars. now we re learning as those overtime costs were going up, several members of t top staff were getting bonuses. mark seagraves has our report. reporter: d.c. fire chief gregory dean says he approved over $20,000 in inn bonuses this year. it s the first time he s given bonuses since taking over the department. i gave bonuses to four sets of chiefs and one civilian. and that was for wor
the attorney general s office is now investigating how 51-year-old joanne boucher was killed earlier this week. cherise leclerc live with the very latest in the case. reporter: shelley, investigators have been at that crime scene since this homicide happened, taking evidence from inside the house as well as the backyard. and neighbors are desperate for answers. i think that s what hits me the most, is i saw her sunday morning, and she was fine, doing her normal thing, nothing out of place. reporter: it was the last time hannah joanne boucher, known in the area of caramel drive as being loving and nurturing, especially towards animals, was found dead inside her home monday. it s all starting to sink in for people who knew her. it hasn t even fully hit me yet. it just seems unreal for the most part. reporter: the attorney general s office released more information thursday. the suspicious death earlier this week, now deemed a homicide. neighbors like goodwin came home i c