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District Links: Bowser hails first-ever congressionally approved boost to DCTAG grants for students;…

Chris Kain Feb 27, 2026 0
Mayor Muriel Bowser and DC's top education leaders visited Ward 4's Coolidge High School yesterday for a pep rally of sorts to celebrate the 25th year of the DC Tuition Assistance Grant program and recent congressional approval for the…

District Links: Feds look to sell part of USDA’s headquarters in Southwest DC; judge allows…

Chris Kain Feb 26, 2026
Federal officials yesterday announced plans to sell the 2 million-square-foot southern section of the U.S. Department of Agriculture's headquarters in Southwest DC — the latest step in the Trump administration's push to scale back the…

District Links: Council to consider access to MPD body cam footage in use of force incidents…

Chris Kain Feb 25, 2026
Newly introduced legislation in the DC Council would require the public release of Metropolitan Police Department body-worn camera footage in connection with serious use of force incidents involving federal agencies.

District Links: Congressional disapproval came too late to repeal DC tax law, AG Schwalb says; UDC…

Chris Kain Feb 24, 2026
In a new 12-page legal memo, DC Attorney General Brian Schwalb says that Congress acted too late for its recent disapproval resolution to repeal the District's locally enacted tax conformity law, and that a retroactivity provision adopted…

District Links: Allen introduces bill to speed up Pepco solar approvals as utility costs rise; EPA…

Chris Kain Feb 23, 2026
Amid concerns about rising electric bills, Ward 6 Councilmember Charles Allen and six colleagues are introducing legislation aimed at speeding up Pepco's approval of new solar projects.

District Links: DC breaks ground on community center amid flurry of modernization projects in Ward…

Chris Kain Feb 20, 2026
Mayor Muriel Bowser yesterday helped break ground on a new Douglass Community Center — the next step in an ongoing expansion of recreation facilities in Ward 8, where she and other officials are slated to cut the ribbon later this month at…

District Links: Bowser seeks federal aid for cleanup, repair work after Potomac sewage spill;…

Chris Kain Feb 19, 2026
Mayor Muriel Bowser yesterday formally asked the White House for federal assistance in the response to the Potomac Interceptor break that led to more than 250 million gallons of untreated sewage spilling into the Potomac River — and she's…

District Links: Bowser proposes 2.55% boost to school funding formula amid fiscal challenges; bill…

Chris Kain Feb 18, 2026
Despite looming budget challenges, Mayor Muriel Bowser today announced a proposed 2.55% increase to the District's Uniform Per Student Funding Formula foundation level, a key building block in determining allocations to the District's…

District Links: Council eyes revisions to Schools First budget approach; Trump faults regional…

Chris Kain Feb 17, 2026
The DC Council is advancing a bill to modify aspects of the Schools First budgeting approach established by lawmakers in 2022 in an effort to provide greater stability in school budgets and staffing.

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

Chris Kain Feb 13, 2026
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 residents to stay away from the Potomac…

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

Chris Kain Feb 12, 2026
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 — including exemptions for tips and…

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

Chris Kain Feb 11, 2026
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 announced stepped-up efforts to get…

District Links: Bowser admin lays out ‘hard’ choices for FY 2027 amid rising costs,…

Chris Kain Feb 10, 2026
Mayor Muriel Bowser and her team today laid out dire fiscal challenges they must address in developing a balanced budget next year, with a hypothetical shortfall of at least $1.15 billion if DC were to continue all services and programs at…

District Links: Senate Dems blast $1.65 million daily cost of National Guard deployment in DC; Lewis…

Chris Kain Feb 6, 2026
Democrats on a key Senate committee yesterday released a report blasting the Trump administration's deployment of National Guard troops in DC as wasteful, costing nearly $1.65 million a day with little demonstrated effect on violent crime.…

District Links: Council votes to step up battle with mayor over access to agency budget requests;…

Chris Kain Feb 5, 2026
DC Council Chair Phil Mendelson this week overcame objections from several councilmembers and gained renewed support in a long-running dispute with Mayor Muriel Bowser and her administration over the legislature's access to agency budget…

District Links: Washington Post cuts a third of its staff though widespread layoffs; Senate panel…

Chris Kain Feb 4, 2026
The Washington Post's local desk was hit hard by today's broad layoffs, which will also mean the elimination of the newspaper's sports department and a considerable reduction in the number of journalists it deploys overseas.

District Links: DC leaders warn of disruption if Congress upends local tax code with disapproval…

Chris Kain Feb 3, 2026
Local leaders are battling a proposed disapproval resolution under consideration by the House and Senate that would overturn the District's recent revisions to the local tax code that decoupled DC from several federal provisions…

District Links: DC continues to clear ‘snowcrete’ amid post-storm criticism; Kennedy…

Chris Kain Feb 2, 2026
Amid continued criticism of the DC government's handling of ice and snow over the past week, Mayor Muriel Bowser and her administration offered an update this morning that envisions curb-to-curb clearance on top-tier arterial roadways by…

District Links: Congress poised to consider disapproval of DC’s law to ‘decouple’…

Chris Kain Jan 30, 2026
The House and Senate are poised to consider as soon as next week whether to overturn the DC Council's recent changes to the local tax code — with the disapproval, if passed, expected to cause a $224 million shortfall in the current fiscal…

District Links: Bowser cuts ribbon on all-affordable, net-zero apartment building in Truxton Circle;…

Chris Kain Jan 29, 2026
Mayor Muriel Bowser cut the ribbon this morning on a new 18-unit building at 1520 North Capitol St. NW that's described as DC's first net-zero all-affordable housing community.
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District Links: Bowser resubmits PSC nominations fought by environmentalists; group rejects calls to drop White House…

Apr 27, 2026 7
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)

Apr 24, 2026 434
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,…

District Links: Moody’s pulls negative outlook it added last year to DC debt rating; House panel advances bill…

Apr 23, 2026 14
Moody's Ratings this week removed its negative outlook on DC's debt rating while noting "the District's very strong fiscal governance and prudent budget management."
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