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Council’s budget plan aims to avert cutbacks to DC library hours, book purchases

Sloane Airey Jul 6, 2020
The DC Council is considering giving the city’s libraries a $4.2 million budget bump after officials warned the pandemic threatened library closures, reduced hours and fewer new books. Council members will give an initial vote tomorrow…
District government

After Kennedy Street, questions and delays continue at DC 911

Sloane Airey Jan 31, 2020
Last week’s DC Council oversight hearing into the District’s 911 call center — normally a banal annual meeting — instead revealed that the agency is falling short on some critical standards and had failed to give the Washington…
District government

Lawmakers ‘skeptical’ of reforms after deadly Kennedy Street fire

Sloane Airey Nov 19, 2019
After hours of testimony, DC lawmakers seemed doubtful about city agencies’ reform efforts in the wake of a deadly fire in the Brightwood Park neighborhood. Monday’s DC Council hearing was scheduled after Fox 5 and The Washington Post…

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District Links: Officials mark school year’s start with renaming, expansion of Ward 3 high school; new campaign…

Aug 25, 2026 10
Mayor Muriel Bowser and other DC officials yesterday celebrated a $91 million expansion of the newly renamed John R. Thompson Jr. High School on MacArthur Boulevard in Ward 3.

District Links: DC reports modest rise in student test scores; six MPD employees accused of overtime fraud; Bowser names…

Aug 20, 2026 17
The Bowser administration today reported a fourth consecutive year of increased proficiency rates on the annual statewide assessments taken by students in DC Public Schools and DC public charter…

District Links: Kennedy Center renovations prompt NSO concert season at Lisner, other area venues; judge derails FBI…

Aug 18, 2026 39
The National Symphony Orchestra made headlines today with its long-awaited season announcement, which includes concerts scattered across six regional venues as the Kennedy Center undertakes a…

District Links: Bowser returns another budget bill unsigned to council; Trump admin asks Supreme Court to enable…

Aug 14, 2026 28
Weeks after returning DC's local fiscal year 2027 budget to the DC Council unsigned, Mayor Muriel Bowser has done the same with the Budget Support Act, the lengthy annual legislation that contains…
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