District Links: Two new giant pandas arrive at National Zoo; fired contracting official wins $3.7M…
Giant pandas are once again living in the District of Columbia, with a public debut slated for January.
Yearly Archives
2024
jonetta rose barras: The aging homeless among us
I saw her multiple times from the window of the Number 33 bus as we drove past Tenley Circle NW: an older white woman seated on the bench fronted by stacks of black containers, her luggage inside a large cart. It didn’t matter the weather…
District Links: Informant in Trayon White case bribed CFSA employee, according to newly unsealed…
The District Department of Transportation will host its latest Open Streets event on Saturday, closing more than a mile of 7th Street NW to vehicular traffic and turning it into a car-free space for walking and biking.
jonetta rose barras: DC Councilmember Christina Henderson digging deep and legislating widely — with…
On April 3, members of the DC Council took turns questioning Mayor Muriel Bowser about her proposed fiscal year 2025 budget, which she contextualized as an exercise in shared sacrifice. Most of the legislators dismissed that…
District Links: Mayor surprises Ward 8 educator with DC Teacher of the Year honors; Allen seeks to…
At an event held this morning at Stanton Elementary and billed as a celebration of National Book Month and the importance of reading and writing, Mayor Muriel Bowser made a surprise announcement to cheers and applause: The Ward 8 school's…
District Links: Council votes to modify pandemic-era ERAP rules, eviction stays; bill aims to help…
Amid warnings about an affordable housing crisis because of mounting unpaid rents, the DC Council voted unanimously yesterday to approve emergency legislation to alter rules for eviction proceedings and Emergency Rental Assistance Program…
District Links: CFO boosts DC revenue estimates; DCPS, teachers union reach tentative contract…
An updated revenue forecast from the District's chief financial officer projects a $72.7 million increase for fiscal year 2024 and a $44.4 million increase for fiscal year 2025 compared to the estimates that went into developing the DC…
District Links: Bowser, Mendelson team up to push for ERAP changes; some DC homeowners still waiting…
During the pandemic, Mayor Muriel Bowser and DC Council Chair Phil Mendelson frequently sat side by side while briefing the public on conditions in the District and the government's response. This morning, they notably did so again to…
District Links: Council set to vote on eviction, ERAP reforms to ease ‘financial crisis’…
The DC Council is slated to consider emergency legislation Tuesday to adjust rules for the city's Emergency Rental Assistance Program and eviction proceedings in an effort to resolve a financial crisis faced by the District's affordable…
District Links: Superior Court continues to endure vacancies as new chief judge takes helm; José…
A new chief judge will take charge of the DC Superior Court next week, with the transition coming as several appointments to vacant judicial positions wind through the Senate.
Jamila Hodge: A proven approach to public safety rests on community, not prosecutors
Washington, DC, has a violence problem.
Earlier this year, federal crime statistics published by the FBI revealed that the nation’s big cities saw murder and violence plummet in 2023. Nationwide decreases were 13% and 6%,…
District Links: Norton pushes U.S. Postal Service to meet about Ward 5 mail complaints; multiple…
Amid persistent complaints in Ward 5's Fort Lincoln neighborhood about mail being lost, stolen, destroyed and burned, DC Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton is calling on U.S. Postal Service officials to meet with affected residents — and pushing…
District Links: DC cites early success with whole blood transfusions by paramedics; Metro details…
The DC Fire and Emergency Medical Services Department's expanded transfusion program — announced in January and implemented in early April — is showing "drastically improved" survival rates for patients suffering from hemorrhagic shock, DC…
District Links: Payne Elementary, DC Bilingual win Blue Ribbon honors; how a DC property tax credit…
The U.S. Department of Education this afternoon announced the selection of Payne Elementary School and DC Bilingual Public Charter School as National Blue Ribbon Schools for 2024.
District Links: DC wins $12M in federal funding to boost resilient affordable housing; new high-tech…
The Federal Emergency Management Agency and Mayor Muriel Bowser this week announced that the District will receive $12 million in a federal grant to establish the Resilient Housing for All loan fund — a boost to the city's efforts to…
For Mosaic’s ‘Lady Day,’ Roz White transforms into Billie Holiday in a captivating performance
She riffed about parole officers, sang to white audiences about racial injustice, and used cuss words as adjectives — that’s Billie Holiday, compellingly reincarnated with fresh depth and dynamism in Mosaic Theater Company’s production of…
jonetta rose barras: Don’t you love a farce?
Ward 8 Councilmember Trayon White Sr., who was recently indicted and arraigned on a federal felony charge that includes a claim that he accepted a $20,000 bribe in 2020 from the head of a nonprofit organization that had held a government…
District Links: Bowser kicks off second annual ‘Dine All Night’ event; former DMV…
Mayor Muriel Bowser celebrated the start of the city's 10-day "Dine All Night" event with a visit this morning to the downtown site of the Asian Night Market Pop-Up, taking place today from 3 to 10 p.m. in Chinatown Park.
District Links: Council disbands committee led by Trayon White, launches probe to decide on…
The DC Council yesterday afternoon followed through on plans to disband the committee previously headed by Ward 8 Councilmember Trayon White Sr., who is facing a federal bribery charge.
District Links: Council OKs FY25 budget as emergency bill to avoid gap due to congressional review…
The DC Council voted unanimously this afternoon to adopt an emergency version of the fiscal year 2025 budget — due in large part to an unusually protracted congressional review period that has resulted from a legislative calendar with…