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District Links: Planned buyouts expected to shrink WaPo’s Metro staff; proposed new name for…

Chris Kain Oct 12, 2023
Mayor Muriel Bowser yesterday praised the choice of "Mamie 'Peanut' Johnson Plaza" as the name for the redesigned intersection of Florida and New York avenues NE.

District Links: Cardozo educator wins 2024 DC Teacher of the Year honors; fears of a lengthy impasse…

Chris Kain Oct 11, 2023
Billed on Mayor Muriel Bowser's schedule as a celebration of the International Day of the Girl, her visit to Cardozo Education Campus this morning turned into a surprise announcement that Beth Barkley, who teaches at the school's…

District Links: Elections Board reports breach of online voter data; councilmember hails progress on…

Chris Kain Oct 10, 2023
Reaccreditation for parts of DC's troubled crime lab could come by January, according to Ward 1 DC Councilmember Brianne Nadeau.

District Links: Council hearing brings new round of criticism of 911 call center; Kenilworth Courts…

Chris Kain Oct 6, 2023
A DC Council committee yesterday heard renewed criticism of the District's 911 call center from an array of public witnesses, but the director of the Office of Unified Communications defended its overall performance and said recent hiring…

District Links: Council bills address ‘disjointed’ public safety system, 911 staff…

Chris Kain Oct 5, 2023
Ahead of today's public hearing on the operations of the District's 911 call center and legislation to improve transparency and response times, Ward 6 Councilmember Charles Allen announced legislation aimed at addressing an ongoing…

District Links: Recent carjacking intensifies focus on crime as Bowser eyes ways to help MPD…

Chris Kain Oct 4, 2023
Amid a flurry of questions about carjackings and other violent crime, Mayor Muriel Bowser told reporters today that her administration is working on a new legislative package to include changes intended to improve the ability to recruit…

District Links: AG announces $57M+ settlement with Pepco over Anacostia River pollution; marchers…

Chris Kain Oct 3, 2023
DC Attorney General Brian Schwalb today announced that Pepco will pay over $57 million to resolve allegations that the utility company discharged toxic chemicals that contaminated the Anacostia River.

District Links: CFO revenue revisions enable SNAP funding boost; 290 DC employees have filed sexual…

Chris Kain Oct 2, 2023
An improved short-term economic outlook has led the District's chief financial officer to increase revenue projections enough to trigger two funding provisions inserted by the DC Council into the FY 2024 budget law: $20 million for…

District Links: Amid worries over potential federal shutdown, speculation begins on impact to…

Chris Kain Sep 29, 2023
As part of Art All Night, a wide array of exhibits, performances, screenings and other activities for the next two evenings will celebrate the arts in DC.

District Links: Anacostia River earns failing grade despite long-term progress; council hears from…

Chris Kain Sep 28, 2023
A new expert analysis gives the Anacostia River a failing grade for the third time in six years, but also cites long-term progress that reflects slow but steady improvements in water quality and ecosystem health.

District Links: Rising violence puts DC above 200 homicides at earliest point since 1997; budget…

Chris Kain Sep 27, 2023
The District has now reported 209 homicides so far this year, a tragic milestone that marks the first time since 1997 that the city has surpassed 200 before October.

District Links: DC settles suit over programs for high school students at DC jail; Metro eyes…

Chris Kain Sep 26, 2023
Present and former DC officials yesterday helped unveil Allen Y. Lew Place in honor of the "master builder" who oversaw the construction of the adjacent Walter E. Washington Convention Center as well as multiple other public works projects…

District Links: Residents of Ward 7 condo building fault DCHA for lack of repairs; RFK bill faces…

Chris Kain Sep 25, 2023
Mayor Muriel Bowser today launched DC's inaugural Arts Week, with an eye toward highlighting and supporting the District's creative communities.

District Links: DC licensing agency draws scrutiny from IG over contracting; traffic congestion…

Chris Kain Sep 22, 2023
In the wake of a Board of Elections decision this summer to give an initial OK for a potential ballot initiative to bring ranked choice voting and open primaries to the District, a new DC Council bill aims to prevent future initiatives…

District Links: RFK lease extension advances without ban on public funds for stadium; council bills…

Chris Kain Sep 21, 2023
A key House committee voted yesterday to advance bipartisan legislation that would extend the District's lease on the 174-acre RFK Stadium campus and add new flexibility on development there — without an amendment prohibiting public…

District Links: House panel debates ban on public funding for any stadium as condition of extended…

Chris Kain Sep 20, 2023
A debate over whether to ban use of government funds to help build any new Washington Commanders stadium on the RFK campus is at least briefly holding up a committee vote on bipartisan legislation to extend DC's lease on the sprawling…

District Links: House panels set to consider bill to extend DC lease on RFK campus; Pinto proposal…

Chris Kain Sep 19, 2023
Bipartisan efforts in Congress to extend the District's lease on the RFK Stadium campus and allow mixed-use development there — potentially including a new Washington Commanders stadium — are moving ahead.

District Links: Mayor cuts ribbon on Whitman-Walker’s expanded Ward 8 facility; Pinto releases…

Chris Kain Sep 18, 2023
Mayor Muriel Bowser cut the ribbon this morning on Whitman-Walker's new 118,000-square-foot health care and research facility on the St. Elizabeths East campus that will allow the organization to triple the number of patients it sees in…

District Links: DC Council returns from summer recess with gun violence among issues looming this…

Chris Kain Sep 15, 2023
The DC Council returns today from its summer recess and will hold its first legislative meeting of the fall on Tuesday, with an agenda slated to include an emergency extension of the DC Central Kitchen's food services contract with DC…

District Links: New DCHA director wants to make troubled agency into a model; auditor faults…

Chris Kain Sep 14, 2023
The DC Housing Authority yesterday announced the selection of a new executive director after a nationwide search: Keith Pettigrew, a DC native who is currently CEO and president of the Alexandria Redevelopment and Housing Authority.
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District Links: Group apologizes for errors on pro-McDuffie flier amid union criticism; $1B in funding for White House…

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The Greater Capital Area Association of Realtors apologized Saturday for circulating door hangers earlier in the day that stated incorrectly that its mayoral pick — former at-large Councilmember…

District Links: House panel set to vote on bill to block any DC congestion charge; Trump taps West Potomac Park for new…

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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…

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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…

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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…
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