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District Links: Bowser taps into local reserve funds to ensure full SNAP benefits in November; Park…

Chris Kain Oct 31, 2025 0
The DC government will use $30.5 million in local contingency funds to ensure that DC residents enrolled in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program and Women, Infants, and Children Program receive their full November benefits despite…

District Links: Pentagon reportedly extends Guard deployment in DC through February; council hearing…

Chris Kain Oct 30, 2025 0
The Pentagon is extending the National Guard's deployment in DC through at least February, per new reports from CNN and Politico.

District Links: Bowser hails senior units built as Ward 3’s first Housing Production Trust…

Chris Kain Oct 29, 2025 0
Mayor Muriel Bowser and Ward 3 Councilmember Matt Frumin today celebrated the opening of an affordable housing building for seniors that marks the first Housing Production Trust Fund project west of Rock Creek Park.

District Links: AG Schwalb joins lawsuit to block suspension of SNAP benefits; report hails academic…

Chris Kain Oct 28, 2025 0
Barnard, Friendship Chamberlain and Whittier elementary schools are among 16 schools newly recognized for achieving strong academic growth among students from historically underserved backgrounds.

District Links: Norton scammed at home out of thousands of dollars in HVAC cleaning scheme; Bowser…

Chris Kain Oct 27, 2025 0
Mayor Muriel Bowser joined business leaders on Monday morning for a preview event to highlight expansion plans for the DowntownDC Holiday Market in its 21st season.

District Links: Court hears arguments today in DC challenge over National Guard; McDuffie reportedly…

Chris Kain Oct 24, 2025 0
A federal judge is slated to hear arguments this afternoon on DC Attorney General Brian Schwalb's request for a court order to remove National Guard troops.

District Links: Council hearing airs views on bill to control ticket resale prices; leaf collection…

Chris Kain Oct 23, 2025 0
The DC Council heard varied views at a public hearing yesterday on legislation to regulate the secondary market for tickets to live concerts and performances — with operators of several local venues among those testifying in support of a…

District Links: Council votes again to exempt most 2- to 4-unit rental buildings from TOPA; Bowser…

Chris Kain Oct 22, 2025 0
The DC Council voted 9-4 yesterday to exempt two- to four-unit rental buildings from the Tenant Opportunity to Purchase Act as long as they aren't corporately owned.

District Links: Council votes to cut pay subsidies for early educators; DC National Guard poised to…

Chris Kain Oct 21, 2025 0
The DC Council voted this afternoon to reduce salary subsidies for early childhood educators in order to conform with the available funding in fiscal year 2026, but legislators expressed dismay that Mayor Muriel Bowser hadn't provided…

District Links: DC officials celebrate newest addition to GU’s Capitol Campus; Senate panel to…

Chris Kain Oct 20, 2025 0
Mayor Muriel Bowser and other DC officials this morning celebrated a ribbon-cutting for a major addition to Georgetown University's Capitol Campus.

District Links: Pinto, White bring attention to delegate’s race as challengers outpace…

Chris Kain Oct 17, 2025 0
DC Attorney General Brian Schwalb signed onto a new multistate lawsuit challenging the Trump administration's suspension of a $7 billion program to bring solar energy to more than 900,000 households in low-income and disadvantaged…

District Links: DC honors School Without Walls music educator as 2026 Teacher of the Year; landlord…

Chris Kain Oct 16, 2025 0
Mayor Muriel Bowser and her top education officials this morning surprised a longtime music educator at School Without Walls with his selection as the 2026 DC Teacher of the Year.

District Links: Field in Ward 1 council race grows with entry of Brown, Reyes-Yanes; McDuffie, Lewis…

Chris Kain Oct 15, 2025 0
Rashida Brown, a five-term advisory neighborhood commissioner in the Park View neighborhood, today announced her campaign for the Ward 1 council seat as the field to succeed Brianne Nadeau continues to grow.

District Links: DC takes on marriage licenses amid shutdown; Bowser is said to be…

Chris Kain Oct 14, 2025 0
The federal government's shutdown is no longer forcing a halt to the issuance of new marriage licenses in DC.

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

Chris Kain Oct 10, 2025 0
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…

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

Chris Kain Oct 9, 2025 0
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 0
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 0
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 0
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.
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District Links: House Oversight Committee aims to undo DC standard on administrative deference; judge limits immigration…

Dec 3, 2025 11
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…

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

Dec 2, 2025 17
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…

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

Dec 1, 2025 21
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 term; council set to…

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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…
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