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District Links: House Dems decry ‘false claims’ against MPD, outgoing chief as political…

Chris Kain Dec 22, 2025 0
Days after the GOP-led House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform released an interim staff report critical of outgoing Metropolitan Police Department Chief Pamela Smith's leadership and the agency's crime reporting, the panel's…

District Links: Senate confirms 3 judges, reducing vacancies on DC Superior Court; workers begin…

Chris Kain Dec 19, 2025 0
The Senate voted 53-43 along party lines last night to approve a lengthy slate of President Donald Trump's nominees, including three new DC Superior Court judges.

District Links: Appeals court allows Trump to continue National Guard deployment in DC for now;…

Chris Kain Dec 17, 2025 0
A federal appeals court panel this morning issued a ruling in support of the legality of President Donald Trump's deployment of National Guard troops in the District of Columbia, rejecting the reasoning of a lower court that issued a…

District Links: Council rejects delay in ranked choice voting; McDuffie announces council…

Chris Kain Dec 16, 2025 0
The DC Council this afternoon voted down emergency legislation that would have delayed implementation of ranked choice voting until 2027.

District Links: Probes into MPD crime stats blast departing chief for ‘culture of fear’;…

Chris Kain Dec 15, 2025 0
In the wake of media reports about a draft U.S. Department of Justice report faulting DC's departing police chief and the Metropolitan Police Department's crime reporting under her leadership, the House Committee on Oversight and…

District Links: Proposed Metro budget lays out service improvements without fare hikes; draft DOJ…

Chris Kain Dec 12, 2025 0
Metro is looking to boost ridership with improved rail and bus service without any fare increases in the coming year, according to the proposed fiscal year 2027 budget released yesterday Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority…

District Links: Area leaders warn against expanding military access to DC airspace; House bill seeks…

Chris Kain Dec 11, 2025 0
Regional leaders are echoing objections raised by the National Transportation Safety Board about a provision in the final version of the fiscal year 2026 national defense funding bill that would permit exemptions to restrictions on…

District Links: DC Superior Court nominees back on track for Senate floor vote; three new…

Chris Kain Dec 10, 2025 0
As part of a broad package of 97 presidential nominations, three judicial appointments to the DC Superior Court cleared a key procedural hurdle this afternoon on a party-line 51-47 vote in the Senate.

District Links: DC reaches $1.5M settlement with construction firm over alleged wage theft;…

Chris Kain Dec 9, 2025 0
DC Attorney General Brian Schwalb today announced a $1.5 million settlement with a construction company to resolve allegations of a wage theft scheme.

District Links: MPD chief stepping down midway through four-year term; Bonds won’t run in…

Chris Kain Dec 8, 2025 0
After two and a half years as chief of DC's Metropolitan Police Department, Pamela Smith is stepping down as of Dec. 31, midway through her four-year term.

District Links: DC reports rise in four-year graduation rate to 78.7%; Appeals Court pauses…

Chris Kain Dec 5, 2025 0
The District reached a graduation rate of 78.7% in the 2024-25 school year — the highest mark since 2011, when DC began using the current methodology for calculating graduation rates and a 2.6 percentage point increase from the prior…

District Links: DC Superior Court nominees part of package winding through Senate; Bowser dedicates…

Chris Kain Dec 4, 2025 0
Three judicial appointments to the vacancy-laden DC Superior Court are part of the slate of presidential nominees under consideration this week for Senate confirmation — a package that is at least temporarily stalled after an insufficient…

District Links: House Oversight Committee aims to undo DC standard on administrative deference;…

Chris Kain Dec 3, 2025 0
The House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform yesterday voted 24-19 along party lines to approve legislation to prohibit DC from requiring that courts and tribunals defer to the mayor's interpretation of statutes and regulations. …

District Links: Council alters DDOT rules criticized as discouraging streateries; all National Guard…

Chris Kain Dec 2, 2025 0
The DC Council this afternoon approved emergency legislation to relax several aspects of the District Department of Transportation's new rules for streateries that took effect yesterday and reduce the newly established fees.

District Links: Ward 4 Councilmember Janeese Lewis George launches mayoral bid; MPD is closing more…

Chris Kain Dec 1, 2025 0
Janeese Lewis George today launched her mayoral campaign as she aims to become the third Ward 4 councilmember to decamp from DC's legislature to its top executive office.

District Links: Bowser sets up wide-open mayoral race with announcement she won’t seek fourth…

Chris Kain Nov 26, 2025 0
Seven years ago, soon after winning a second term, Mayor Muriel Bowser memorably generated pre-Thanksgiving headlines by questioning whether mumbo sauce deserves its reputation as "quintessential DC." This year, she's again making news…

District Links: Car-sharing company to refund DC customers after OAG investigation; Metro…

Chris Kain Nov 25, 2025 0
More than 50 DC customers who were allegedly misled by a car-sharing company will receive refunds under a new settlement announced today by the DC Office of the Attorney General.

District Links: White, Schwalb team up on bill to strengthen tools against problem landlords; BID…

Chris Kain Nov 24, 2025 0
The authors of newly introduced legislation are calling for stronger protections for DC tenants living in dangerous housing and a fix to loopholes that have enabled problem landlords to delay repairs and address issues such as rodent…

District Links: Federal judge grants injunction against National Guard deployment in DC; rental…

Chris Kain Nov 21, 2025 0
A federal judge ruled yesterday that the federal government's ongoing deployment of National Guard troops in the District is illegal, granting the District's request for a preliminary injunction but also issuing a 21-day stay to give the…

District Links: House passes GOP bills on DC’s bail, policing laws with some Democratic…

Chris Kain Nov 20, 2025 0
Despite the objections of local officials, the House voted last night to establish cash bail and broader pretrial detention in the District, and to repeal the bulk of a police accountability law passed by the DC Council in 2022.
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District Links: House Dems decry ‘false claims’ against MPD, outgoing chief as political attack; NPS seeks…

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