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District Links: DC theaters set vaccination requirement for audiences; Time cover story goes deep with MPD’s Michael Fanone; and more

Chris Kain Aug 6, 2021 31

From Arena Stage to Shakespeare Theatre Company to Woolly Mammoth, the bulk of DC's theaters have joined together to require audience members to provide proof of vaccination to attend indoor performances.

District Links: AG Racine issues vaccine mandate for his employees; boil water advisory in effect in parts of Northeast DC; and more

Chris Kain Aug 5, 2021 22

While the attorney general oversees only a small portion of the DC government's workforce, Karl Racine has stepped out in front of Mayor Muriel Bowser on a thorny issue: a vaccination mandate for employees.

District Links: Council scales back mayor’s MPD staffing boost: WaPo’s Fact Checker blasts Bowser’s ‘spin’ on mask compliance; and more

Chris Kain Aug 4, 2021 39

With the DC Council having already given initial approval to a $17.5 billion budget two weeks ago, the bulk of the discussion on its second vote Tuesday focused on two small segments: an $11 million supplemental request from Mayor Muriel…

District government

These two mothers have relied on rapid rehousing throughout the pandemic. Will the DC Council’s budget vote help keep them housed?

Will Schick Aug 3, 2021 1,944

During the pandemic, families living in rapid rehousing have not been required to move out once their time in the program ends. Now, with the publicly declared health exemption coming to an end, many program participants are growing…

District Links: Council, mayor argue over MPD funding as budget vote nears; officials urge tenants to apply for STAY DC rent relief; and more

Chris Kain Aug 3, 2021 33

The DC Council put the emphasis on legislators supporting "a combination of strategies to reduce violent crime," via a last-minute budget infusion. The mayor's chief of staff offered an alternative headline: "Council cuts proposal for new…

District Links: Dust-up over photo of maskless Bowser; violent summer fuels questions over funding for MPD, violence prevention; and more

Chris Kain Aug 2, 2021 71

As DC's renewed indoor mask mandate took effect over the weekend, Mayor Muriel Bowser faced criticism over her own masking practices.

District Links: Bowser restores indoor mask mandate as of Saturday; Congress clears logjam over funding Capitol security; and more

Chris Kain and Cuneyt Dil Jul 30, 2021 32

Mayor Muriel Bowser is restoring the District's indoor mask mandate as of Saturday morning in response to increased community spread of the coronavirus along with new information about the extra dangers presented by the delta variant.

District Links: Bowser asks council for $11M more to add 170 police officers; DC still forgoing extra taxes on blighted property; and more

Chris Kain and Cuneyt Dil Jul 29, 2021 38

Increased concern about gun violence and public safety is prompting a late push by Mayor Muriel Bowser to add 170 officers to the Metropolitan Police Department by the end of fiscal year 2022.

District government

Council debate over FY 2022 budget focuses on tax hike for high-income earners as backers take aim at ‘massive inequalities and inequities’

Will Schick Jul 28, 2021 547

The DC Council debated several amendments to fiscal year 2022 budget legislation to include a measure to tax high-income earners at a higher rate to support a number of new initiatives, as well as a failed measure to allocate additional…

District Links: Two MPD officers testify at House inquiry into insurrection; DC sees four-fold rise in COVID-19 infections in July; and more

Chris Kain and Cuneyt Dil Jul 28, 2021 17

Metropolitan Police Department Officers Michael Fanone and Daniel Hodges returned to Capitol Hill on Tuesday to offer their firsthand accounts of the Jan. 6 insurrection as the new House investigation gets underway.

District Links: Bowser urges DC Council to reconsider tax hike on incomes over $250K; Biden nominates new U.S. attorney for DC; and more

Chris Kain and Cuneyt Dil Jul 27, 2021 72

A week after the DC Council voted 8-5 to increase taxes on incomes in excess of $250,000, Mayor Muriel Bowser is encouraging legislators to "reconsider" their stance before taking final action on the DC budget.

District Links: Bowser admin faces varied challenges over gun violence; charter network seeks permission to offer virtual option; and more

Chris Kain and Cuneyt Dil Jul 24, 2021 34

Thursday night's brazen shooting on 14th Street NW has people "mad as hell," in the words of DC's new police chief — particularly coming as it did only a few days after the murder of a 6-year-old in Congress Heights in another drive-by…

District Links: New COVID-19 dashboard shows rarity of breakthrough cases; DC is among cities chosen for AG’s efforts against gun violence; and more

Chris Kain and Cuneyt Dil Jul 23, 2021 27

DC officials for the first time added information on so-called "breakthrough cases" of COVID-19 that have occurred in vaccinated individuals, and the initial numbers show just how rare such cases have been in the District.

District Links: MPD adds new patrol unit on bikes, scooters; Bowser signs bill to ban sale of flavored tobacco products in DC; and more

Chris Kain and Cuneyt Dil Jul 22, 2021 30

After riding up in a motorcycle, DC Police Chief Robert Contee on Wednesday announced his department's newly created Community Focused Patrol Unit, described as a data-driven effort to supplement the staffing available from the existing…

District government

Evictions will restart soon in DC. Here’s what you need to know about the protections and resources available to tenants.

Will Schick Jul 21, 2021 3,516

With the public health emergency ending, DC tenants have a range of protections and resources available to help navigate responding to an eviction notice.

District Links: Council votes 8-5 to raise taxes for wealthy residents over Mendelson’s opposition; Racine lays out anti-violence ideas; and more

Chris Kain and Cuneyt Dil Jul 21, 2021 52

The two newest members of the DC Council helped pass a higher tax rate on incomes over $250,000 — a reversal of last year's budget vote, when a similar revenue-raising effort fell short.

District Links: Bowser authorizes expanded MPD overtime amid recent violence; council to vote Tuesday on Mendelson’s budget proposal; and more

Chris Kain and Cuneyt Dil Jul 20, 2021 80

After a violent weekend in the District and on the eve of a DC Council vote on next year's budget, Mayor Muriel Bowser said she's directing the Metropolitan Police Department "to use any overtime necessary to meet our public safety needs"…

District government

Ahead of DC Council’s first 2022 budget vote, a look at some of the changes sought by committee chairs

Will Schick Jul 19, 2021 897

UPDATE: DC Council Chairman Phil Mendelson released the Committee of the Whole’s draft committee reports on the Fiscal Year 2022 Local Budget Act and the FY 2022 Budget Support Act on Monday afternoon. He also released a statement…

District Links: Bowser stops short of announcing a third mayoral bid; Nellie’s statement doesn’t quell protesters’ objections; and more

Chris Kain and Cuneyt Dil Jul 17, 2021 27

Anyone expecting Mayor Muriel Bowser to use her appearance on Friday's "Politics Hour" to announce she'll be running for a third term didn't quite get what they wanted — but she did drop another in her series of hints.

District government

More chickpeas, fewer chickens: DC food emissions bill set to upgrade diets for city meal recipients

Bridget Reed Morawski Jul 16, 2021 1,141

For Emilie Cassou, the meals served to students like her son at his public elementary school in the District aren’t worth the tray they’re served on. Some might look at a typical lunch served to students and see a ham and cheese…

District Links: DC, region see slow rise in COVID-19 cases from earlier lows; candidate files for Ward 5 council seat; and more

Chris Kain and Cuneyt Dil Jul 16, 2021 40

Three months ago, an additional 41 new coronavirus cases in the District's daily update would almost certainly have seemed like a favorable sign. But with cases having plummeted locally this summer, Thursday's COVID-19 report is spurring…

District government

DC sees growth in cashless businesses even after DC Council’s vote to prohibit them

Will Schick Jul 15, 2021 907

A law meant to protect consumers by prohibiting businesses from refusing to accept cash took effect on April 4. There’s just one problem — it’s unenforceable. Or, rather, DC officials put off enforcement during the public health emergency,…

District Links: Metro adds an hour to Metrorail service as of Sunday; Bezos gives $200M to Smithsonian; and more

Chris Kain and Cuneyt Dil Jul 15, 2021 30

For anyone who's peered through the metal gates into a closed Metro station on a weekend night, relief is in sight — at least until the clock strikes 12.

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‘Read in Color’ aims to expand book access, diversify DC’s Little Free Libraries

Will Schick Jul 14, 2021 667

Built of wood and featuring a distinctive A-frame construction, the new Little Free Library at CentroNía, a bilingual and multicultural early childhood education provider in Columbia Heights, looks much the same as the existing…

District government

DC Council emergency votes aim to prevent unfair debt collection practices, phase out eviction limitations

Will Schick Jul 14, 2021 215

With the District’s public health emergency due to expire soon, the DC Council voted Tuesday to approve legislation aimed at avoiding a sudden end to the consumer and tenant protections in effect in the District since the pandemic began.…

District Links: DC Council lays out scheduled end to city’s eviction ban; Mendelson unveils police accountability bill; and more

Chris Kain and Cuneyt Dil Jul 14, 2021 28

A unanimous DC Council voted Tuesday to lay out a timeline for the end of the District's eviction ban in hopes of avoiding a feared "tsunami of evictions" if the pandemic restrictions all expired two months after the public health…

District Links: Senators at odds over Capitol security funding; DC surpasses 100 homicides; and more

Chris Kain and Cuneyt Dil Jul 13, 2021 23

After a celebratory weekend in DC as the fencing around the U.S. Capitol came down, the appropriations bill that will determine emergency spending on security upgrades there is the subject of partisan bickering in the Senate.

District Links: A continuing push to deliver aid to undocumented workers hurt by pandemic; Capitol fence begins coming down; and more

Chris Kain and Cuneyt Dil Jul 10, 2021 28

Undocumented workers and others in DC excluded from government aid during the pandemic are pushing for $200 million in cash assistance from the DC government.

District Links: More people left DC in 2020 than in 2019, analysis suggests; fatal opioid overdoses increase; and more

Chris Kain and Cuneyt Dil Jul 9, 2021 18

At least 17,000 more people moved out of DC during the pandemic than in the year before, a new analysis suggests.

District Links: Sports betting operator missed local hiring requirements, audit finds; Capitol fencing coming down; and more

Chris Kain and Cuneyt Dil Jul 8, 2021 26

The company that operates DC's sports betting program is behind on requirements to hire locally, the DC auditor found.

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District Links: Council set to vote on youth curfew with new amendments; MPD probe reportedly implicates at least 15…

May 2, 2026 11

The DC Council is slated to revisit the issue of an expanded youth curfew at Tuesday's legislative meeting, with a final vote on permanent legislation and a rescheduled vote on emergency legislation…

jonetta rose barras: Has Janeese Lewis George’s mayoral campaign violated DC election finance laws?

May 1, 2026 418

Earlier this week, Wesley Williams, operations and policy officer for the DC Office of Campaign Finance, confirmed that his agency has opened an investigation into whether the relationship between…

District Links: House Oversight Committee demands records from MPD investigation on crime data; Lewis George, McDuffie…

Apr 30, 2026 5

The GOP-controlled House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform is demanding all records from the Metropolitan Police Department's internal investigation into claims of manipulated crime data. …

District Links: Report card gives DC an A-minus on the state of its tree canopy; Bowser seeks authority to buy surplus…

Apr 29, 2026 19

A newly issued report card on the state of DC's trees offers an overall grade of A-minus — the same as last year — but warns that the city has been losing ground on its goal of reaching a 40% canopy…

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