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District Links: Feds cut $40M in security, anti-terrorism grants slated for DC; several states plan…

Chris Kain Oct 10, 2025

The DC Council has announced a slate of oversight hearings for the fall, including sessions to highlight "standout" schools, examine overcrowding at DC's youth detention center, and scrutinize the impediments to timely use of housing…

Opinion

jonetta rose barras: The housing crisis solution DC officials continue to ignore

jonetta rose barras Oct 10, 2025

You’ve heard the adage hundreds of times: The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over while expecting different results. Many DC elected officials and government functionaries have been wearing straitjackets for…

District Links: DC accelerates planned shutdown of sole streetcar route; Events DC, auditor’s…

Chris Kain Oct 9, 2025

A new report from the Office of the DC Auditor contends that Events DC owes $68.7 million to the District government's general fund, but the quasi-public authority challenges the auditor's conclusions.

District Links: Emergency bill to extend expanded youth curfew stalls; myriad states weigh in on DC…

Chris Kain Oct 8, 2025

Emergency legislation to extend the expanded youth curfew through December failed to pass in the DC Council yesterday, falling short of the necessary supermajority to win approval.

District Links: Council acts to allow mayor to issue marriage licenses during shutdown; regulators…

Chris Kain Oct 7, 2025

The DC Council briefly took the role of wedding planners this afternoon by approving emergency legislation to resolve a distinctly local consequence of the federal government's shutdown: the inability of couples to obtain a marriage…

District Links: Ward 2’s Pinto launches bid for seat long held by Norton; MPD officers cite…

Chris Kain Oct 6, 2025

Ward 2 Councilmember Brooke Pinto this morning announced her campaign for the congressional seat held since 1991 by DC Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton, who has so far said she intends to run again despite calls for her to retire.

District Links: Homeland Security agents have continued to patrol with MPD amid federal surge; DC…

Chris Kain Oct 2, 2025

Mayor Muriel Bowser this morning marked the launch of a new health care apprenticeship program with a visit to the District's second Advanced Technical Center, located at Whitman-Walker Health's Max Robinson Center.

District Links: CFO adjusts DC’s revenue estimates upward while acknowledging economic risks;…

Chris Kain Oct 1, 2025

The DC chief financial officer's latest revenue forecast shows an uptick in the economic outlook for the DC government over the next four years since his last estimates in June, based in part on an improved outlook for corporate earnings…

District Links: Bowser renews push for vending reform, other ‘growth agenda’ items;…

Chris Kain Sep 30, 2025

Mayor Muriel Bowser today offered a preview of the "growth agenda" legislation she'll be asking the DC Council to revisit.

Opinion

Allister Chang: DC’s literacy investments are working

Commentary Sep 30, 2025

DC’s latest results on our annual statewide test of student achievement, known as CAPE, are a major milestone, showing that when we collaborate and stay focused on evidence-based practices, our students thrive. DC students are making…

District Links: Threat of federal shutdown looms over DC economy as job cuts take full effect;…

Chris Kain Sep 29, 2025

People with insurance coverage through DC Health Link can expect to see an average rate increase of 8.7% for individual plans and 9.5% for small group plans, the DC Department of Insurance, Securities and Banking announced today.

District Links: Trump tells prosecutors to seek death penalty in DC cases via federal charges;…

Chris Kain Sep 26, 2025

President Donald Trump yesterday signed a memorandum directing federal prosecutors to pursue the death penalty in all appropriate cases in DC, as well as to seek federal jurisdiction for death penalty-eligible crimes that occur in DC.

Opinion

jonetta rose barras: Is a managed care contracting fight looming in DC?

jonetta rose barras Sep 26, 2025

That’s the question I asked myself, after learning from several sources that CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield Community Health had optimistically announced earlier this year during an internal meeting of its employees that the company would…

District Links: Ward 1’s Brianne Nadeau won’t seek fourth term on DC Council; new…

Chris Kain Sep 25, 2025

Ward 1 Councilmember Brianne Nadeau announced this morning that she won't seek a fourth term, likely setting the stage for a crowded field of candidates looking to become just the fifth person to hold the position since the creation of…

District Links: AG Schwalb files 12 more suits against dangerous drivers, wins first judgment; surge…

Chris Kain Sep 24, 2025

DC Attorney General Brian Schwalb today announced a first-of-its-kind judgment against a dangerous driver under recently implemented DC Council legislation, as well as a slate of 12 new lawsuits against Maryland and Virginia drivers who…

District Links: AG reaches settlement with Washington Gas to stop pollution of Anacostia River from…

Chris Kain Sep 23, 2025

DC Attorney General Brian Schwalb announced this morning that Washington Gas will take new steps to stop toxic chemicals from leaching into the Anacostia River from the site of a gas-manufacturing plant that operated for nearly a century…

District Links: Bowser says she’ll again seek council approval for ‘growth…

Chris Kain Sep 22, 2025

Mayor Muriel Bowser said today that she'll soon reintroduce aspects of her "growth agenda" as stand-alone bills in an effort to win DC Council approval for provisions that lawmakers pulled out of her FY 2026 budget legislation.

District Links: Councilmember Robert White enters race for House seat held by Norton since 1991;…

Chris Kain Sep 19, 2025

As questions swirl over whether DC Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton will indeed seek another term, at-large DC Councilmember Robert White — who previously served as legislative counsel in Norton's office — is entering the race.

Opinion

jonetta rose barras: President Donald Trump and congressional Republicans engage in political…

jonetta rose barras Sep 19, 2025

Most Americans, even those who vehemently oppose President Donald Trump and congressional Republicans, will admit that the murder of Charlie Kirk is the most recent evidence of a frightening escalation of political violence in the country.…

District Links: Council OKs $3.7B deal with Commanders to remake RFK campus; Bowser, Mendelson and…

Chris Kain Sep 18, 2025

Today's congressional oversight hearing on DC with testimony from Mayor Muriel Bowser, DC Council Chair Phil Mendelson and Attorney General Brian Schwalb caps a hectic few days — with the House approving four bills to repeal or amend local…

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

Apr 27, 2026 4

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 422

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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