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District Links: DC adds 2,000-plus citations and $2.3M in new fines at problem landlord’s…

Chris Kain Jun 13, 2025
Mayor Muriel Bowser and other DC officials broke ground this afternoon on a $22 million addition at Ward 4's Barnard Elementary School as her administration highlights further investments in school modernizations in her proposed fiscal…

District Links: House votes to repeal DC limits on cooperation with immigration detainers;…

Chris Kain Jun 12, 2025
The House of Representatives voted 224-194 this afternoon to approve a GOP-backed bill to nullify DC laws and policies that govern when local agencies such as the Metropolitan Police Department and the Department of Corrections share…

District Links: House votes to undo DC laws on noncitizen voting, police discipline; Bowser urges…

Chris Kain Jun 11, 2025
Mayor Muriel Bowser today cut the ribbon on a renovated Public Safety Communications Center at 310 McMillan Drive NW, with administration officials saying that completion of the $18.5 million project strengthens the District's ability to…

District Links: New agreement would facilitate GU boathouse as well as public waterfront access;…

Chris Kain Jun 10, 2025
A new agreement among the DC government, the National Park Service and Georgetown University to transfer several parcels near Key Bridge aims to complete a decades-long effort to expand nonmotorized boating activities along the Potomac…

District Links: House to vote this week on 3 bills decried as attacks on DC home rule; WaPo probe…

Chris Kain Jun 9, 2025
The House of Representatives is slated to take up three GOP bills this week that DC Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton is decrying as "anti-DC home rule" measures.

District Links: Federal officials close Dupont Circle Park for Pride despite MPD reversal; DCPS sets…

Chris Kain Jun 6, 2025
As National Park Service workers began installing fencing around Dupont Circle Park this morning to prevent public access during this weekend's WorldPride celebrations, objections quickly arose from community leaders and DC Council members…

District Links: Dozens of congressional Dems vow to boycott DC restaurants involved in union…

Chris Kain Jun 5, 2025
A new interactive tool developed by the DC government provides neighborhood-level insights into access to schools, parks, transit services, grocery stores, medical care and other key elements of the physical and built environment.

District Links: Council gives initial OK to bill restricting student cellphone use; MPD drops…

Chris Kain Jun 4, 2025
The DC Council gave initial approval yesterday to legislation that would bar DC students from using personal cellphones at school as of fall 2026.

District Links: Council votes to delay next rise in tipped minimum wage; DC’s newest…

Chris Kain Jun 3, 2025
The DC Council today gave an initial nod to legislation formally naming the recently opened high school on MacArthur Boulevard in honor of legendary Georgetown University men's basketball coach and DC native John R. Thompson Jr.

District Links: Bowser marks redesign of ‘Dave Thomas Circle’ bottleneck; council to…

Chris Kain Jun 2, 2025
Mayor Muriel Bowser and other DC officials today celebrated the transformation of one of the District's busiest and most dangerous intersections thanks to a yearslong project that invoked eminent domain to displace the iconic Wendy's…

District Links: Trump administration lists DC as ‘sanctuary jurisdiction,’ demands…

Chris Kain May 30, 2025
The Trump administration included DC on a newly posted list of "sanctuary jurisdictions" — accompanied by a warning from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security that local officials will soon receive formal notification of alleged…

District Links: Mayor’s scaled-back plan for DC Archives draws criticism from project…

Chris Kain May 29, 2025
Mayor Muriel Bowser's budget proposal to shelve existing plans for a new DC Archives building at the University of the District of Columbia is drawing objections from an advocacy group that helped galvanize support for the planned…

District Links: Auditor faults DC jail conditions as Bowser looks to private sector to build…

Chris Kain May 28, 2025
A new report issued today by the DC auditor blasting conditions at the DC jail comes as Mayor Muriel Bowser is proposing to enlist a private-sector partner to finance and build a replacement for the deteriorating facility.

District Links: Mayor’s long-awaited budget plan avoids layoffs and furloughs despite midyear…

Chris Kain May 27, 2025
Mayor Muriel Bowser today presented the DC Council with her budget proposals for fiscal year 2026, along with a supplemental budget for the current year that limits spending in line with congressional mandates without resorting to layoffs…

District Links: Panel floats redevelopment ideas for Forrestal Complex recommended for sale; Bowser…

Chris Kain May 23, 2025
The U.S. Department of Energy's headquarters at the northern end of L'Enfant Plaza is among three federal buildings in DC identified yesterday for possible consolidation and disposition by the bipartisan Public Buildings Reform Board.

District Links: Organizers say they’ll redraft RFK initiative amid legal obstacles; Nadeau…

Chris Kain May 22, 2025
Organizers of the proposed "Use of RFK Site for Homes Not Stadiums" ballot initiative say they'll modify their proposed language in the wake of advisory opinions from Attorney General Brian Schwalb and the DC Council's general counsel that…

District Links: DC tops ranking of big-city park systems; House panel votes to undo DC laws on…

Chris Kain May 21, 2025
DC ranks as the nation's "best big-city park system" for the fifth year in a row, according to the latest survey from the Trust for Public Land.

District Links: DC’s population rise last year ranks 12th among U.S. cities; Trump hosts White…

Chris Kain May 20, 2025
With population growth reported last year for most cities and towns across the country, the U.S. Census Bureau's most recent analysis places DC among the top 15 in terms of the numerical increase.

District Links: Rent-control database set for public debut after nearly a decade of delays; WaPo…

Chris Kain May 19, 2025
A decade after the DC Council directed the Department of Housing and Community Development to create a publicly accessible online database of rent-controlled units, the website — dubbed RentRegistry — is set for an official debut on June…

District Links: FBI will soon leave its ‘unsafe’ Pennsylvania Avenue headquarters,…

Chris Kain May 16, 2025
The FBI will soon leave its iconic headquarters on Pennsylvania Avenue downtown, with plans to transfer 1,500 agents out of the Washington area, the agency's director announced via a Fox Business interview set to air on Sunday.
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District Links: House panel set to vote on bill to block any DC congestion charge; Trump taps West Potomac Park for new…

May 15, 2026 16
The GOP-run House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform is slated to take up legislation on Wednesday that would ban DC from enacting or enforcing a congestion charge.

District Links: Trump administration posts rendering for ‘championship-quality’ course at East Potomac; ad…

May 14, 2026 9
Interior Secretary Doug Burgum this morning unveiled the first official rendering of Fazio Design's concept for a renovated East Potomac golf course, posting on social media that it would offer the…

Phillips Collection’s new ‘Miró and the United States’ exhibit focuses on transatlantic cultural exchange rather than…

May 14, 2026 126
Tellingly, the newest exhibition at The Phillips Collection is titled Miró and the United States, rather than Miró vs. the United States. The latter framing might be expected in Washington, where…

District Links: Metro eyes transit improvements for RFK campus; researchers highlight post-pandemic growth in reading,…

May 13, 2026 13
Metro officials yesterday laid out a plan to handle post-event crowds at the new Washington Commanders stadium that would rely on improvements to the Stadium-Armory Station, a new "Gold Line" Bus…
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