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District Links: DCPS teachers approve proposed contract in landslide vote; new school funding model…

Chris Kain Dec 14, 2022
The Washington Teachers' Union announced last night that its members had overwhelmingly approved a new contract that includes a 12% pay hike over four years.

District Links: Less than a third of DC’s nursing home residents, staff have gotten latest…

Chris Kain Dec 13, 2022
The DC government will deploy its Snow Team tonight in preparation for possible freezing rain on Thursday morning, Mayor Muriel Bowser announced.

District Links: Elections Board says Silverman didn’t violate campaign finance rules; DC sees…

Chris Kain Dec 12, 2022
The DC Board of Elections this afternoon sided with at-large DC Council member Elissa Silverman, overturning an Office of Campaign Finance ruling that faulted her spending on Ward 3 polls in the primary.

District Links: Incoming House member loses out on Navy Yard apartment due to credit history; DC…

Chris Kain Dec 9, 2022
In one respect, it's a local real estate story. In another, it's a personal finance story. It touches, too, on social issues highlighted by the limited supply of affordable housing in DC, particularly in certain neighborhoods. Yet it…

District Links: DC officials mark progress in dismantling RFK Stadium; solar bill gets initial OK…

Chris Kain Dec 8, 2022
Mayor Muriel Bowser joined other dignitaries early this afternoon to mark the ceremonial removal of the last orange wooden seats from RFK Stadium's lower bowl.

District Links: Mendelson delays vote on DCHA governance bill; council OKs bills for fare-free bus…

Chris Kain Dec 7, 2022
For hours, it looked like the DC Council's consideration of a bill to overhaul the DC Housing Authority's governance would mark the dramatic climax of the legislature's daylong meetings on Tuesday.

District Links: Bowser pulls 911 nominee to avoid council defeat; draft Metro budget eyes fare…

Chris Kain Dec 6, 2022
The DC Council is slated to consider 50+ bills this afternoon at its second-to-last legislative meeting of Council Period 24, but a controversial nomination for the director of DC's 911 call center won't be among them.

District Links: New Mendelson proposal expands DCHA stabilization board after initial criticism;…

Chris Kain Dec 5, 2022
In advance of a key vote at tomorrow's legislative meeting, DC Council Chair Phil Mendelson has tweaked the proposed new DC Housing Authority oversight board, including the addition of two more members.

District Links: Bill to overhaul DCHA board draws flak over tenant representation; crowded council…

Chris Kain Dec 2, 2022
Legislators are slated to decide next week whether to accept Mayor Muriel Bowser's plans for reforms to the governance of the DC Housing Authority amid loud objections from many advocates for residents of the city's public housing.

District Links: Council to consider fare-free Metrobus service within DC; mayor proposes temporary…

Chris Kain Dec 1, 2022
DC is poised to offer fare-free Metrobus service as soon as July if the DC Council approves proposed legislation next week.

District Links: AG files new charges in civil suit against Casa Ruby founder; DDOT finishes Rock…

Chris Kain Nov 30, 2022
DC Attorney General Karl Racine's office filed an amended complaint this week in its lawsuit against local nonprofit Casa Ruby and its founder, Ruby Corado.

District Links: DGS is mishandling school repairs, auditor says; DCHA issues response plan; assault…

Chris Kain Nov 29, 2022
A new report from DC Auditor Kathy Patterson concludes that the DC Department of General Services is mishandling repairs of schools and other facilities.

District Links: Recent DCHA audits add to pressure as HUD deadlines loom; DC firefighters sue over…

Chris Kain Nov 28, 2022
Officials at the DC Housing Authority are facing a deadline this week for answering the blistering report from the federal Department of Housing and Urban Development. They'll also be asked to provide details on their response Wednesday…

District Links: DCPS reaches tentative deal with teachers’ union for new contract; DC prods…

Chris Kain Nov 23, 2022
Thanksgiving eve brought welcome news that DC officials and the Washington Teachers' Union have reached a tentative contract agreement after a three-year impasse.

District Links: Council hearing set for bill to open betting app to competition; nonprofit stops…

Chris Kain Nov 22, 2022
Just as mobile and online sports betting gets underway in Maryland, a DC Council committee is preparing to hold a public hearing on Dec. 13 on legislation to allow commercial operators like FanDuel and DraftKings to compete against the…

District Links: Applicants for DC’s foreclosure relief funds endure delays; advocates warn of…

Chris Kain Nov 21, 2022
With Thanksgiving just days away, Mayor Muriel Bowser is embarking on her administration's sixth annual Home for the Holidays campaign with a goal of placing 900 families and individuals experiencing homelessness into housing by the end of…

District Links: Racine sues Commanders over withheld season ticket deposits; advocates push DC to…

Chris Kain Nov 18, 2022
A week after filing suit against the Washington Commanders, AG Karl Racine is back this week with a second court challenge.

District Links: Mayor releases task force’s ‘Build Back Better’ recommendations;…

Chris Kain Nov 17, 2022
Remaking the North Capitol Street corridor into an urban boulevard is among the various projects being recommended for funding by a mayoral task force in a report released today.

District Links: Council unanimously OKs revised criminal code despite mayor’s concerns; Bowser…

Chris Kain Nov 16, 2022
The DC Council voted unanimously yesterday to approve a revised criminal code in the works for more than a decade, after voting down an effort to raise the proposed penalties for two offenses related to gun possession.

District Links: Council set to vote today on revised criminal code; court case pursues…

Chris Kain Nov 15, 2022
At-large DC Council member Elissa Silverman is asking the DC Board of Elections to undertake a full review of the Office of Campaign Finance's ruling that she misspent campaign funds by polling voters on the Ward 3 primary race.
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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,…

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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