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DCist: After More Than A Decade Of Waiting, Hundreds Line Up With Hopes To Get Into Public Housing…

Editor Jan 6, 2023

Rosalynn Talley arrived at the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library at 9 a.m. on Friday with a mission in mind: to get off of the waiting list for public housing she’d been on since 2009. By noon, and much to her surprise, it had…

Washington Post: D.C. drivers who owe fines can now renew licenses, new court order says

Editor Jan 6, 2023

Thousands of D.C. residents who couldn’t renew their driver’s licenses due to fines and fees they owed to the city now can renew them under a court order.

Colbert I. King in The Post: How can we slow the steady drumbeat of violence pounding D.C.?

Editor Jan 6, 2023

There’s hardly a day in the week when I am not in the vicinity of the 6200 block of Georgia Avenue NW in D.C. The block is flanked by my barbershop to the south and the gas station I frequent to the north. The supermarket where I often…

DCist: When Residents East Of The Anacostia River Lost A Grocery Store, A Truck Selling Groceries…

Editor Jan 6, 2023

After Good Food Markets stopped vending groceries last November, the closest store where residents living in D.C.’s Bellevue neighborhood could get fresh produce and canned goods was over a twenty minute walk away in Maryland.

District Links: Gun violence looms as issue for Bowser’s third term; WaPo finds sentences for…

Chris Kain Jan 6, 2023

Amid continued concern about gun violence among DC juveniles, the District's new deputy mayor for public safety and justice is talking about her approach to reversing the tide.

Opinion

jonetta rose barras: Which way forward, DC?

jonetta rose barras Jan 6, 2023

What a difference a day can make. On Monday, watching the swearing-in ceremony for recently elected and reelected DC officials at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center, residents may have thought some kind of unprecedented camaraderie…

City Paper: The Castle is Closing for Major Renovations

Editor Jan 5, 2023

Also known as the Smithsonian Institution Building, it is long overdue for top to bottom upgrades and repairs, including restoring the Great Hall to its former glory.

WTOP: Service alerts DC drivers about unpaid tickets, traffic violations in real-time

Editor Jan 5, 2023

D.C. said that all its residents can enroll in the Ticket Alert System, a service aimed at making sure you know and remember that you have unpaid parking tickets and traffic citations, so you pay or contest them in time.

Washington Post: Smithsonian Castle to close for renovations

Editor Jan 5, 2023

Project will keep historic building closed for five years.

WTOP: Smithsonian ‘Castle’ on National Mall to close for 5-year restoration

Editor Jan 5, 2023

One of the National Mall’s iconic landmarks will close soon for a years-long restoration.

WTOP: Bowser cuts ribbon on permanent home for one of DC’s newest high school

Editor Jan 5, 2023

On Thursday, D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser cut the ribbon on the new home of Bard High School Early College.

DCist: The Smithsonian Castle Will Close For Five-Year Renovation Starting Next Month

Editor Jan 5, 2023

The “Smithsonian Castle,” also known as the Smithsonian Institution Building, is closing temporarily next month for its first major renovation in more than 50 years. The renovation involves repairs and upgrades and is expected to take five…

DCist: Bills Passed By D.C. Council Remain In Awkward Limbo As Republicans Fail To Elect Speaker Of…

Editor Jan 5, 2023

The dysfunction that has reigned in the U.S. House of Representatives this week hasn’t been contained within the marble halls of Congress, but rather has made its way down Pennsylvania Avenue to the Wilson Building that houses the D.C.…

District Links: Lack of a House speaker delays DC legislation; Bowser cuts ribbon on permanent home…

Chris Kain Jan 5, 2023

The ongoing inability of the House to elect a speaker is complicating the process of implementing legislation already approved by the DC Council.

Press Release: Mayor Bowser Cuts Ribbon on New, Permanent Home for Bard High School Early College

Press Release Jan 5, 2023

News Release — Executive Office of the Mayor, DC Public Schools and the Office of the City Administrator FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:   January 5, 2023 CONTACT: Susana Castillo (EOM) Enrique Gutierrez (DCPS) Chanda…

Washington Business Journal: Hobby Lobby, Vornado affiliates may owe D.C. millions in taxes tied to…

Editor Jan 4, 2023

The players behind a decade-old, $250 million land and building sale — one that would eventually birth the Museum of the Bible — owe potentially millions more in real estate taxes, the D.C. Court of Appeals has ruled, overturning a lower…

DCist: Judge Tosses Out Lawsuit Seeking To Overturn Gun Ban On Metro In D.C.

Editor Jan 4, 2023

A federal judge has tossed out a lawsuit filed by four people seeking to overturn the existing ban on guns on Metro in D.C., saying that none of the plaintiffs had actually been charged or prosecuted for it and thus had no standing to sue.…

DCist: In Interviews With Jan. 6 Committee, Bowser And Contee Tied Insurrection Response To 2020…

Editor Jan 4, 2023

In the midst of the June 2020 racial justice protests that rocked D.C. and many other American cities, Mayor Muriel Bowser got a fateful call: Then-president Donald Trump was considering commandeering the Metropolitan Police Department as…

DCist: Venmo Temporarily Blocked Donations To A Mutual Aid Group Supporting Migrants Bused To D.C.

Editor Jan 4, 2023

Sanctuary DMV, one of several local groups welcoming migrants bused to D.C., found its Venmo account locked for nearly a week over the New Year, after receiving an influx of donations.

DCist: Eleanor Holmes Norton Reintroducing D.C. Statehood Bill To Congress

Editor Jan 4, 2023

D.C. Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton planned to introduce her D.C. Statehood bill to the 118th Congress Tuesday, when the governing body held its first session. Despite its long-shot odds, the move is something of a tradition for the delegate,…

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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 11

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 326

“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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