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District Links: McDuffie enters Democratic Party’s mayoral contest; Trump admin eyes West…

Chris Kain Jan 14, 2026 0
With DC's June 16 primary just over five months away, recently resigned at-large Councilmember Kenyan McDuffie this morning launched his long-anticipated mayoral bid — entering a Democratic primary contest that features Ward 4…

District Links: Elections Board sets June 16 for special election to fill at-large council vacancy;…

Chris Kain Jan 13, 2026 0
The DC Board of Elections has officially scheduled a special election on June 16 to fill the vacancy created by the resignation of at-large Councilmember Kenyan McDuffie.

District Links: Bowser praises draft appropriations bill for boosts to DC security fund, DCTAG grant…

Chris Kain Jan 12, 2026 0
Mayor Muriel Bowser is hailing the proposed funding levels for DC's Emergency Planning and Security Fund and the DC Tuition Assistance Grant program in a newly released bicameral, bipartisan appropriations bill.

District Links: New bill aims to strengthen DC air pollution permitting process; NCPC hears new…

Chris Kain Jan 9, 2026 0
A new bill under consideration by the DC Council seeks to combat air pollution in the District by improving the Department of Energy and Environment's permitting process and requiring the agency to devote more personnel and resources to…

District Links: DC marks closure of 100th illegal cannabis business; new bill aims to combat…

Chris Kain Jan 8, 2026 0
Mayor Muriel Bowser, the Alcoholic Beverage and Cannabis Administration and the Metropolitan Police Department today announced the closure of the 100th illegal cannabis business as part of a joint enforcement initiative that began 16…

District Links: Council OKs new BID in Congress Heights; U.S. Department of Transportation eyes…

Chris Kain Jan 7, 2026 0
The DC Council yesterday advanced plans for the creation of a new business improvement district in Ward 8's Congress Heights neighborhood, where extensive development is remaking the St. Elizabeths East campus.

District Links: Council votes to add transit workers to home purchase assistance program; longtime…

Chris Kain Jan 6, 2026 0
The DC Council gave initial approval this afternoon to a bill to enable public transit employees to participate in a program that provides DC government workers with down-payment assistance so they can purchase homes in the District.

District Links: Mendelson aims to fill interim at-large council seat by end of January; DC sees…

Chris Kain Jan 5, 2026 0
DC Council Chair Phil Mendelson said today that he hopes to select an interim pick by the end of the month to fill the at-large vacancy created by the resignation of Kenyan McDuffie, which took effect today.

District Links: Stable revenue estimates enable funding for council’s…

Chris Kain Dec 30, 2025 0
The District's independent chief financial officer this week reported "little to no change" in DC's economic outlook since September, but cited uncertainty around the impact of federal government layoffs as the greatest variable in the…

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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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…
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District Links: DC warns against Potomac River contact amid calls for stronger response to sewage overflows; Trayon…

Feb 13, 2026 8
As DC Water crews continue to work on repairs and containment efforts at the site of a collapsed section of the Potomac Interceptor sewage pipe, the DC Department of Energy and Environment is warning…

jonetta rose barras: Heavy doses of fiscal fantasy in DC politics

Feb 13, 2026 317
Earlier this week, during a breakfast meeting with members of the DC Council, Mayor Muriel Bowser and senior managers of her administration reported on the dismal state of the District’s current and…

District Links: Senate votes 49-47 to void DC’s tax decoupling bill; Doni Crawford files to run in special…

Feb 12, 2026 73
The U.S. Senate voted 49-47 along party lines this afternoon to disapprove DC Council legislation that had decoupled the local tax code from multiple provisions in last year's GOP-backed tax changes…

District Links: DPW deploys seasonal workers to address missed trash pickups; Senate slated to vote this afternoon on…

Feb 11, 2026 17
Amid continuing complaints about missed trash and recycling pickups in the wake of last month's winter storm and the "snowcrete" it left behind, the DC Department of Public Works yesterday evening…
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