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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…
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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: Council OKs bill to allow BIDs to pay for extra parking enforcement, rejecting a push to slash fines;…

Oct 6, 2026 5
The DC Council gave final approval today to a bill to allow business improvement districts and other groups to pay for targeted parking enforcement, but did so only after rejecting an amendment to…

District Links: Bowser seeks council approval for up to $410M in bonds for Nationals Park upgrades; DC tour guides…

Oct 5, 2026 159
Mayor Muriel Bowser last week submitted legislation to the DC Council that would authorize up to $410 million in bonds to pay for renovations at Nationals Park — now nearly 20 years old — and cover…

District Links: New council bill aims to curb increases in domestic violence; Kennedy Center Honors to shift to Capital…

Oct 2, 2026 27
Amid a rise in assaults and homicides related to domestic violence, Ward 2 Councilmember Brooke Pinto this week introduced legislation that aims to reverse the trend and to support survivors of…

jonetta rose barras: The public should demand the retrial of Trayon White and his removal from the DC Council

Oct 2, 2026 471
DC residents who want an honest and ethical government should aggressively advocate for U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro to retry Ward 8 DC Councilmember Trayon White Sr. on federal bribery charges.…
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