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District Links: Initiative on ranked choice voting, open primaries gets initial OK to move forward;…

Chris Kain Jul 24, 2023
The DC Board of Elections ruled Friday that a proposed initiative on ranked choice voting and open primaries is suitable as a ballot measure, an initial step in enabling proponents to begin circulating petitions among registered voters to…

District Links: Mayor signs council’s emergency public safety bills; worries intensify over…

Chris Kain Jul 21, 2023
Mayor Muriel Bowser yesterday signed two emergency bills passed by the DC Council last week amid concerns over the rise in homicides and other violent crime so far this year.

District Links: House votes down proposal to add more flights at DCA; Norton pushes feds to sell…

Chris Kain Jul 20, 2023
A bipartisan coalition in the House of Representatives fell short in their attempt to force the addition of new flights at Reagan National Airport and the relaxation of the long-standing "perimeter rule" that limits long-distance flights. …

District Links: Construction begins on ‘Dave Thomas Circle’ remake; Dems seek to derail…

Chris Kain Jul 19, 2023
"I come to bury you, not praise you," advisory neighborhood commissioner Joe Bishop-Henchman said this morning of Dave Thomas Circle as DC officials kicked off a long-awaited project to remake the intersection.

District Links: Latest congressional proposal would add 7 new flights at DCA; Schwalb sues chemical…

Chris Kain Jul 18, 2023
DC Attorney General Brian Schwalb is suing more than 25 companies for manufacturing "forever chemicals" that he says are contaminating the District's waterways and other natural resources.

District Links: Bowser names Pamela Smith as new police chief; court records point to 19 MPD…

Chris Kain Jul 17, 2023
Mayor Muriel Bowser today named Pamela Smith to head the Metropolitan Police Department, choosing a candidate who joined the agency in May 2022 as its first chief equity officer after retiring from the U.S. Park Police.

District Links: GOP-run House committees pursue restrictions on DC policies; GAO documents low usage…

Chris Kain Jul 14, 2023
GOP leaders in the House tout an array of DC-related provisions in the latest appropriations bill as supporting conservative values and priorities, but local officials are decrying them as a broad attack on the District's autonomy.

District Links: DC officials urge against policy riders in GOP’s proposed appropriations bill;…

Chris Kain Jul 13, 2023
Weeks after a House subcommittee approved an appropriations bill with multiple policy riders restricting the DC government as well as cuts to requested federal spending for DC's courts, the full House Committee on Appropriations is marking…

District Links: Council OKs trio of public safety bills; legislators back independent review of…

Chris Kain Jul 12, 2023
The DC Council voted yesterday to approve a trio of public safety bills proposed by Ward 2 Councilmember Brooke Pinto as emergency legislation.

District Links: Council expected to discuss expansion of pretrial detention for adults; Metro…

Chris Kain Jul 11, 2023
Amid signs of broad agreement among DC Council members on most elements of the public safety bill up for consideration at today's legislative meeting, Ward 4 Councilmember Janeese Lewis George is pushing to remove changes to rules…

District Links: Council to vote Tuesday on Pinto’s public safety bill as emergency…

Chris Kain Jul 10, 2023
The DC Council will take up emergency public safety legislation tomorrow as part of a lengthy agenda at the final legislative meeting before its summer recess.

District Links: DMV reviewing records since 2008 to gauge extent of missing info on DUIs;…

Chris Kain Jun 30, 2023
As a result of revelations that the DC Department of Motor Vehicles didn't record some drunk driving convictions into its database that would have led to license suspension or revocation, the agency says it's reviewing 15 years' worth of…

District Links: Federal funds won’t enable new ERAP applications this year after all; NPS…

Chris Kain Jun 29, 2023
The DC Department of Human Services won't be reopening applications for the Emergency Rental Assistance Program until the start of the new fiscal year in October — despite the receipt of $33 million in federal funding for rental assistance…

District Links: Council hearing airs vigorous views for and against Bowser’s crime bill; Biden…

Chris Kain Jun 28, 2023
Mayor Muriel Bowser yesterday asked DC's inspector general to consider a review of three allegations deemed outside the scope of a recent investigation that sustained sexual harassment complaints about former deputy mayor and chief of…

District Links: DC gets $100M from feds to expand internet access; woman seeking DC contract alleges…

Chris Kain Jun 27, 2023
The District will receive just over $100 million in federal funds to increase access to affordable, reliable high-speed internet, according to a White House announcement yesterday.

District Links: WaPo interview offers details about alleged sexual harassment; how a long-delayed…

Chris Kain Jun 26, 2023
The DC government employee whose accusations of sexual harassment by a top mayoral adviser led to his abrupt departure provided extensive and explicit details about her allegations in an interview with The Washington Post.

District Links: Tensions rise over facility needs at Capital One Arena, Nats Park; initiative aims…

Chris Kain Jun 23, 2023
As Mayor Muriel Bowser and some other local officials have garnered occasional headlines about their interest in hosting a new Washington Commanders stadium, WaPo is reporting that tensions have emerged over two of DC's existing sports…

District Links: DC officials mark ‘topping out’ of hospital under construction in Ward…

Chris Kain Jun 22, 2023
DC officials celebrated a key milestone in the construction of the new Cedar Hill Regional Medical Center facility on the St. Elizabeths East campus by signing the final steel beam in the hospital's frame.

Washington Post: D.C. Schools adopts new social studies standards for first time since 2006

Chris Kain Jun 21, 2023
The standards highlight the experiences of people of color and include lessons on media literacy

District Links: Bowser questions need for independent probe regarding sexual harassment allegations;…

Chris Kain Jun 21, 2023
Mayor Muriel Bowser said today that she doesn't see a need for a new, independent investigation into the allegations of sexual harassment by former deputy mayor and chief of staff John Falcicchio sustained by the Mayor's Office of Legal…
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District Links: New report cites 5.7% drop in DC jobs over past year; OCF investigating claims against Lewis George…

Apr 28, 2026 6
A new report on DC's economic and revenue trends shows a 5.7% drop in jobs over the last year and an increase in the office vacancy rate to 18.3%.

District Links: Bowser resubmits PSC nominations fought by environmentalists; group rejects calls to drop White House…

Apr 27, 2026 13
Mayor Muriel Bowser last week withdrew — and then resubmitted — two controversial nominations for the Public Service Commission that would have otherwise been deemed disapproved at month's end.

District Links: Bowser, Pirro unveil legislation to address rise in domestic violence; Allen bill would enable…

Apr 24, 2026 11
With domestic violence accounting for a growing share of homicides and assaults with a dangerous weapon in the District, Mayor Muriel Bowser and U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro today announced new…

jonetta rose barras: Who among DC’s mayoral candidates can help the city fulfill its potential? (Part 1)

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A diverse crowd of nearly 300 people squeezed into the auditorium at the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library on Monday evening; it was a standing-room-only setting at the latest DC mayoral forum,…
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