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District Links: Bowser hails ‘great meeting’ with Trump with discussion of ‘shared…

Chris Kain Dec 31, 2024

Mayor Muriel Bowser met yesterday with President-elect Donald Trump, saying in a brief statement that the two of them — occasional antagonists during Trump's first four years in the White House — "had a great meeting" where they discussed…

Opinion

Allister Chang and Andrea Kleinbard: Reading success isn’t immediate — but it’s achievable if we…

Commentary Dec 31, 2024

Change takes time. This is the reality of improving literacy outcomes in Washington, DC — a reality that is both challenging and hopeful. As the city embarks on the implementation of DC’s Early Literacy Education Task Force…

Health

Poor air quality may have more impact on the health of vulnerable communities

Youthcast Media Group Dec 31, 2024

By Courtney Curtis, Marymanita Mensah, Johnathan Morales, Daniel Oloju, Shaunavahn Reid, Janae Wilson and Anthony Yang Global warming is a worldwide problem, but it is felt more acutely in some places than others. Maranda Ward says…

District Links: Local officials relish late win for control of RFK campus; Senate adjourns without…

Chris Kain Dec 30, 2024

The District's efforts to obtain long-term control over the RFK Stadium campus appeared doomed — until a last-minute scramble and early-morning action in the Senate reversed the outcome, leading to the potential for a new Washington…

District Links: Opioids kill older Black men in DC at a higher rate than in other areas; Anacostia…

Chris Kain Dec 20, 2024

The Anacostia Watershed Society has issued its annual "State of the Anacostia" report card, with an overall grade of D+ that represents the highest mark in the study's 10 years.

Opinion

jonetta rose barras: Trayon White Sr. is still a DC Council member, seriously?

jonetta rose barras Dec 20, 2024

Call it the “Saga of Trayon White Sr.” The DC Council has been considering since August how it should punish the Ward 8 legislator for his blatant violations of the legislature’s Code of Conduct and a variety of local laws. This…

District Links: RFK campus transfer in limbo with collapse of spending bill; renderings show…

Chris Kain Dec 19, 2024

Just two days after the DC Council gave final approval to the District's deal with Monumental Sports & Entertainment to modernize Capital One Arena, Mayor Muriel Bowser today took part in a ceremonial "hammer swing" to mark the…

District Links: Bowser hails inclusion of RFK campus in stopgap spending bill; council OKs juvenile…

Chris Kain Dec 18, 2024

Mayor Muriel Bowser has a bit more reason today to express confidence that visions of a lively entertainment district with housing, recreational space, waterfront parkland and a new Washington Commanders stadium will come to fruition on…

District Links: Spending bill reportedly includes transfer of RFK campus to DC; late deal avoids…

Chris Kain Dec 17, 2024

The newly negotiated stopgap spending measure — slated for consideration in the Senate and House this week, pending a final agreement — reportedly includes a provision to transfer control of the sprawling RFK Stadium campus to the…

District Links: Council panel votes 11-0 to back expulsion of Ward 8’s Trayon White;…

Chris Kain Dec 16, 2024

The DC Council will consider expelling Ward 8 Councilmember Trayon White Sr. early next year after a 11-0 vote this morning by the committee charged with investigating whether there was "substantial evidence" of ethics violations in…

District Links: DC proposes to redo voting for two ANC districts on AU campus after ballot mix-up;…

Chris Kain Dec 13, 2024

The DC Council yesterday released a photo "50 years in the making" that features two-thirds of the officials elected to citywide office under home rule and four-fifths of those who are still alive.

Opinion

jonetta rose barras: How would eliminating the federal Department of Education affect public…

jonetta rose barras Dec 13, 2024

Some DC government officials, private-sector education researchers and advocates with whom I spoke during the past week seemed unfazed by President-elect Donald Trump’s expressed desire to eliminate the U.S. Department of Education. During…

District Links: Probe finds ‘substantial evidence’ of violations by Trayon White;…

Chris Kain Dec 12, 2024

The DC Council's ad hoc committee yesterday afternoon released its investigators' report on the bribery and residency allegations against Ward 8 Councilmember Trayon White Sr., with a meeting scheduled Monday at 9:30 a.m. for members to…

Art

Art as a call to action: William Gropper’s bold critique resonates post-election

Teniola Ayoola Dec 12, 2024

Did William Gropper leap into the future, or have we been pulled back into the past? Are we truly progressing as a society, or merely cycling through the same struggles in new forms? Seeing William Gropper: Artist of the People, a recently…

District Links: Groundbreaking today for $18M expansion of tennis center in Ward 8; probe tracks…

Chris Kain Dec 11, 2024

Mayor Muriel Bowser is slated to break ground this afternoon on an $18 million expansion of the Southeast Tennis and Learning Center — a facility backed by the U.S. Tennis Association and long shepherded by Cora Masters Barry, the center's…

District Links: House hearing on DC budget veers from federal work-from-home policy to MPD security…

Chris Kain Dec 10, 2024

As of this morning, it's no longer been 15 years or so since DC's mayor testified before the House appropriations subcommittee with authority over the DC budget — including the federal portion that funds the local courts and determines…

District Links: Bowser highlights crime reductions compared to 2023 and 2019; DC courts renew call…

Chris Kain Dec 9, 2024

As 2024 draws to an end, Mayor Muriel Bowser and Metropolitan Police Chief Pamela Smith are highlighting reductions in various categories of crime compared to last year and to five years ago, linking the favorable trends to policy changes…

District Links: DC Water drops boil-water advisory in Northeast DC; council bill seeks to boost…

Chris Kain Dec 6, 2024

DC Water this morning lifted the boil-water advisory in effect since Tuesday for about 2,800 affected customers in several Northeast DC neighborhoods east of the Anacostia River.

Opinion

jonetta rose barras: Is DC’s health care system at risk?

jonetta rose barras Dec 6, 2024

DC residents and their political leaders are understandably anxious about Donald Trump’s second presidential term. They are also disturbed by the fact that the Republican Party has gained control, albeit narrow, of the Senate and House.…

District Links: Council extends budget timeline in hopes of avoiding another late submission; DC…

Chris Kain Dec 5, 2024

The DC Council this week adopted a schedule for consideration of the fiscal year 2026 budget, agreeing to an April 2 submission date from the mayor in an effort to avoid the kind of disruptions that characterized the process last spring.

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District Links: Bowser resubmits PSC nominations fought by environmentalists; group rejects calls to drop White House…

Apr 27, 2026 10

Mayor Muriel Bowser last week withdrew — and then resubmitted — two controversial nominations for the Public Service Commission that would have otherwise been deemed disapproved at month's end.

District Links: Bowser, Pirro unveil legislation to address rise in domestic violence; Allen bill would enable…

Apr 24, 2026 11

With domestic violence accounting for a growing share of homicides and assaults with a dangerous weapon in the District, Mayor Muriel Bowser and U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro today announced new…

jonetta rose barras: Who among DC’s mayoral candidates can help the city fulfill its potential? (Part 1)

Apr 24, 2026 443

A diverse crowd of nearly 300 people squeezed into the auditorium at the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library on Monday evening; it was a standing-room-only setting at the latest DC mayoral forum,…

District Links: Moody’s pulls negative outlook it added last year to DC debt rating; House panel advances bill…

Apr 23, 2026 14

Moody's Ratings this week removed its negative outlook on DC's debt rating while noting "the District's very strong fiscal governance and prudent budget management."

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