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District Links: Capacity issue brings calls to boost funding for emergency housing for migrants;…

Chris Kain May 3, 2023

With the District's program to house migrants in area hotels having reached capacity, the chair of the DC Council's Housing Committee is urging the mayor to use contingency reserves so the city can provide temporary shelter to new…

Washington Post: Howard University names scholar of the African diaspora as its new president

Editor May 2, 2023

Ben Vinson III is now provost of Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland

Axios: Leaders clash over the future of K Street

Editor May 2, 2023

D.C.’s leaders are again divided over how to fix downtown’s decline amid the rise of teleworking and the absence of federal workers.

DCist: Hundreds Line Up For What Could Be Their Last Chance To Get Public Housing

Editor May 2, 2023

Two hours after the doors of Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library opened on Monday to residents on the city’s waiting list for public housing, 53-year-old Michelle Jennings was still inching along the first floor.

District Links: Repeat offenders have racked up millions in unpaid DC traffic tickets; DCHA hosts…

Chris Kain May 2, 2023

DC's enforcement of its traffic laws is drawing scrutiny, with newly reported data indicating that hundreds of drivers — most of them from Maryland and Virginia — have racked up repeated tickets but remain on the roadways.

City Paper: Bowser’s Car-Centric Design Changes Have United Advocates Behind K Street Transitway…

Editor May 1, 2023

Charles Allen’s plans to fund free Metrobus service by raiding the downtown project have gradually attracted more support.

WTOP: Will lunch out become more expensive? Tipped minimum wage increases in DC

Editor May 1, 2023

You may be paying a little more for that pasta primavera or bacon cheeseburger at your favorite lunch spot in D.C.

Washington Business Journal: Georgetown University pitches huge redevelopment of law center near…

Editor May 1, 2023

Georgetown University is pitching a significant redevelopment of its Gewirz Student Center building near Capitol Hill.

DCist: A ‘Downtown Killer:’ Mayor Bowser Decries D.C. Council Plan To Cancel K Street Transitway…

Editor May 1, 2023

D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser on Monday pushed back against a pair of budget proposals from the D.C. Council which she decried as “downtown killers” that would hamper the city’s plans to help revitalize the ailing area.

Washington Post: K Street, rideshare surcharge proposals would harm downtown D.C., mayor says

Editor May 1, 2023

Mayor Muriel E. Bowser (D) on Monday criticized the D.C. Council’s plan to pay for free Metrobus service at the expense of a long-planned downtown transit project that she said is critical to rejuvenating the downtown corridor amid…

Axios: H Street set for big makeover with largest development coming

Editor May 1, 2023

The H Street NE AutoZone and its large surface parking lot would turn into 200 apartments under a new redevelopment proposal.

District Links: Bowser pushes against budget ideas as ‘downtown killers’; study faults…

Chris Kain May 1, 2023

As DC Council members work to finalize a budget proposal for initial consideration in two weeks, Mayor Muriel Bowser is decrying two proposals that she casts as detrimental to fostering a resurgence in downtown DC.

Opinion

Paul Kihn: Together, we must make DC an oasis for teachers

Commentary May 1, 2023

Anyone following local DC affairs will tell you this is a surprisingly tough budget year for the District. Just two months ago, the District’s independent chief financial officer lowered revenue projections by almost $400 million. Combined…

WTOP: DC council member wants to add $2 rideshare surcharge for some downtown trips

Editor Apr 29, 2023

A D.C. council member is advocating to include a $2 surcharge on rideshare trips, hoping to encourage more people to use public transit and decrease traffic congestion.

Washington Post: Police chief’s exit the latest among key D.C. government departures

Editor Apr 29, 2023

The retirement of D.C. Police Chief Robert J. Contee III — who plans to take a top-level position with the FBI — is the latest in a string of high-profile departures from the administration of Mayor Muriel E. Bowser (D), who is months into…

Washington Post: D.C. jail medical care ‘systemically dysfunctional,’ suit alleges

Editor Apr 29, 2023

People incarcerated in D.C. and their advocates filed a federal lawsuit against the District this week, alleging that the city’s Department of Corrections does not provide prisoners the medical care that the Constitution demands.

Washington Post Editorial Board: D.C. should heed pleas of outgoing Police Chief Robert J. Contee…

Editor Apr 29, 2023

D.C. Police Chief Robert J. Contee III announced this week that he will leave his post on June 3, after just two years in the top job, to become an assistant director at the FBI. It’s a blow to the community that in part follows his…

Washington Post Editorial Board: Why is Mayor Bowser proposing cuts to the D.C. Circulator?

Editor Apr 29, 2023

Jose Chaj looks unhappy when told that his preferred bus may not show up anymore. “That’s not good,” the 52-year-old laborer said. He frequently rides the red D.C. Circulator bus between Columbia Heights and downtown — and he’ll often let…

DCist: D.C. Council Wants To Buy Georgetown’s Trolley Trestle And Turn It Into A Trail

Editor Apr 29, 2023

The D.C. Council’s transportation committee wants to buy a condemned and dilapidated relic of D.C.’s street car network — Georgetown’s trolley trestle bridge — and turn it into a multi-use trail. (Talk about a tongue twister!)

DCist: D.C. Forces People Out Of An Encampment In The Deanwood Neighborhood

Editor Apr 29, 2023

A wooded area behind a row of single-family homes in Ward 7’s Deanwood neighborhood provided ample shade to a 13- to 15-person tent community for over a year. But earlier this month, D.C.’s Office of the Deputy Mayor for Health and Human…

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District Links: McDuffie wins backing of DC Chamber affiliate; Bowser talks up DPW composting program; MPD adds weekend…

May 29, 2026 15

Mayor Muriel Bowser and the Department of Public Works are touting the expansion of the city's composting program, with the collection of more than 11 million pounds of food waste since 2017 and…

jonetta rose barras: Nine at-large DC Council Democratic primary candidates fight to win a political lottery

May 29, 2026 433

“While change is good, prepared leadership is better,” Kevin Chavous said as he introduced himself during the DC Office of Campaign Finance’s at-large primary debate late last month. He is one of…

District Links: Feds announce $465 million grant for Union Station repairs, improvements; AU president steps down for…

May 28, 2026 10

American University President Jonathan Alger announced yesterday that he'll step down June 30 after two years in the post.

District Links: Council begins hashing out budget priorities; faulty alert system meant $1M spent on manual fire watch…

May 27, 2026 9

Midway through the DC Council's budget work session, legislators are making clear some of their shared priorities on where to direct any available funding to avoid — or at least trim — cuts proposed…

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