Who’s lined up to run in the 2022 primaries?
Nominating petitions for DC’s June 21 primary election won’t be available until Jan. 28, according to the DC Board of Elections calendar. In the meantime, prospective candidates have begun filing with the DC Office of Campaign Finance or,…
Can the mayor deliver on her call for equitable distribution of 12,000 new affordable housing units…
When the District government began planning the construction of a six-story homeless shelter on a publicly owned lot next to a police station in Cleveland Park, some neighbors had concerns. The density of the proposed building, they…
From Howard to the White House? DC campus astir over Kamala Harris
On the morning of Martin Luther King Jr. Day, Kamala Harris announced in a TV appearance that she was running for president in 2020. Her next stop was her alma mater: Howard University.
Harris, the junior U.S. senator from California,…
Nearly 4 years after initial presentation, ‘Lady Bird’ project in AU Park still struggling to take…
A developer’s plan to build 219 residential units and new retail on the site of a long-vacant supermarket in American University Park is still nowhere close to groundbreaking, stymied by fierce resistance from some neighbors ever since its…
jonetta rose barras: time to rescue traditional public schools east of the river
The Ward 7 Education Council gathered last week to discuss DC Council member Charles Allen’s Public School Transparency Amendment Act 2019. As written, the proposed legislation would mandate public charter schools’ adherence to the same…
jonetta rose barras: Was the DC Council really talking about education?
“This is all about politics,” DC Council Chairman Pro Tempore and Ward 5 representative Kenyan McDuffie said repeatedly last week. He and his colleagues were engaged in a nearly two-hour debate about whether to relocate Benjamin Banneker…
A Connecticut Avenue apartment complex shows effects of a legal loophole and cracks in city housing…
In recent months, one Connecticut Avenue apartment building has become a focal point for criticism of the city’s subsidized housing programs, with problems reaching the attention of the police and DC Council and spawning debates over how…
Careless employee floods DC’s crime lab, soaking four floors and backing up critical wastewater…
A critical wastewater system backed up and flooded four floors of DC’s $215 million forensic sciences laboratory in Southwest DC after a careless employee left a faucet running, The DC Line has learned.
The incident — which had not been…
As DDOT studies options for Palisades Trolley Trail, questions arise over what’s most suitable
What’s now a grassy footpath along the Potomac River from Foxhall Road to Galena Place NW along the former Glen Echo trolley route could become a full-fledged pedestrian and bike trail connecting Georgetown and the Palisades, depending on…
The DC Lineup for the spring: Learn about world cultures, chocolate, the environment and more
Spring 2019 has finally arrived in the District after a long, stormy winter. For some local residents, it’s the return of baseball to Nationals Park that marked the change in seasons. Others see the cherry blossoms along the Tidal Basin —…
Groups pursue community engagement after Anacostia River Pool study documents the idea’s feasibility
A new study concludes that a swimming facility in the Anacostia River is feasible, suggesting that community interest should drive the project forward.
The DC Department of Energy and Environment (DOEE) collaborated with the Anacostia…
Officials cut ribbon at renovated Cleveland Park Neighborhood Library
Hundreds of local residents, officials, activists and onlookers crammed into the lobby and second-floor overhang of the renovated Cleveland Park Neighborhood Library on Saturday, awaiting a ribbon-cutting nearly two years in the making.…
Long-vacant Truxton Circle school may become community center, Peace Corps museum
Running across a vacant or blighted building in DC isn’t uncommon, much to the chagrin of residents. In May 2016, Greater Greater Washington put the “official count” of vacant and blighted buildings in the city at approximately 1,200, but…
Paulette Chapman and Jelahn Stewart: Congress filled DC’s judicial vacancies. Now it must fund the…
Congress has proposed funding cuts to the DC Courts that threaten more than just the court’s budget. They threaten the professionals and infrastructure that make justice possible in the District — as well as the residents who rely on the…
District Links: Appeals Court hears arguments over National Guard deployment in DC; GOP-led House…
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit heard oral arguments this morning in DC Attorney General Brian Schwalb's lawsuit to force an end to the Trump administration's deployment of National Guard troops in the District.
District Links: Judge orders halt to tree cutting at East Potomac golf course after holiday-weekend…
After the abrupt removal of more than 400 trees from the East Potomac golf course over the holiday weekend, a U.S. District Court judge this afternoon granted a temporary restraining order to prohibit removal of any more trees through Oct.…
District Links: Council bill takes aim at misleading use of AI photos in real estate ads; Arlington…
A new legislative proposal in the DC Council would establish new consumer protections for renters and homebuyers amid increasing complaints about ads using digitally altered or AI-generated photos in misleading ways.
jonetta rose barras: Are aspects of DC’s much-touted healthcare system on the verge of collapse?
When MedStar Washington Hospital Center in DC announced the closure of one of its two postpartum maternal units over the summer, alarms understandably went off throughout the government and advocacy community. In the District and in many…
District Links: Elections Board overturns $16K fine against Lewis George’s mayoral campaign;…
Janeese Lewis George's mayoral campaign struck a confident tone in reacting to yesterday afternoon's decision by the DC Board of Elections to toss out a $16,000 fine levied by the Office of Campaign Finance just before the June primary in…
District Links: Council gives initial nod to easier access to low-income utility discounts; council…
Amid lingering concerns about utility costs, the DC Council yesterday granted initial approval to legislation that would automatically enroll eligible residents in discount programs run by Pepco, Washington Gas and DC Water.
District Links: Council OKs bill to allow BIDs to pay for extra parking enforcement, rejecting a…
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 cut the District's parking fines in half.
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District Links: Bowser seeks council approval for up to $410M in bonds for Nationals Park upgrades;…
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 financing costs.
District Links: New council bill aims to curb increases in domestic violence; Kennedy Center Honors…
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 domestic violence.
jonetta rose barras: The public should demand the retrial of Trayon White and his removal from the…
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. Earlier this week, U.S. District Judge…
District Links: Bowser cuts ribbon on new DC Infrastructure Academy campus at Ward 5’s…
Mayor Muriel Bowser joined other DC officials and Spingarn High School alumni today to cut the ribbon on the newly completed DC Infrastructure Academy at the historic but long-shuttered Ward 5 school.
District Links: Trump targets invasive mosquitoes, ticks in DC; AG wins court order for security…
The White House yesterday announced a new initiative to eliminate invasive ticks and mosquitoes from federal lands in DC, vowing to rely on "safe and effective, non-chemical, and technology-enabled methods."
District Links: GOP senator stalls bill to prohibit Kennedy Center demolition; questions arise over…
A bipartisan bill to prohibit the demolition of the Kennedy Center without congressional authorization has stalled at least for now, with Republican Sen. Mike Lee of Utah yesterday blocking its passage via streamlined "unanimous consent"…
District Links: Judge declares mistrial in Trayon White case as U.S. attorney vows another try;…
The judge in Ward 8 Councilmember Trayon White Sr.'s federal bribery trial today declared a mistrial after the jury again proclaimed its inability to reach a unanimous verdict, with members reportedly having "cemented" their views amid…
District Links: Judge directs jurors to continue deliberations in Trayon White bribery trial;…
Midway into their third day of deliberations, jurors in Trayon White Sr.'s federal bribery case reported late this morning that they were deadlocked, but the judge instructed them to continue trying to reach consensus after lunch.
jonetta rose barras: Two candidates in the general election delegate race say no federal taxes for…
The DC Council is expected to meet next month, just weeks before the general election, to hear testimony on a bevy of taxes and other revenue-raising mechanisms, including a wealth tax, a business activity tax, a pied-à-terre tax, and…
District Links: Bowser admin submits updated RFK master plan for council review this fall; new poll…
Mayor Muriel Bowser and the DC Office of Planning today submitted the RFK Campus Master Plan to the DC Council ahead of a scheduled Sept. 30 public hearing, with her administration pushing for legislators' approval by the end of the year.
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District Links: Council advances bill to revise AC switchover dates in rental buildings; new limits…
A changing climate — and seasonal complaints from residents of multifamily rental buildings over heat and air conditioning — prompted the DC Council yesterday to give initial approval to legislation revising dates for conversion in the…
District Links: AG files suit over lax security at Ward 8 apartment building; judge orders repairs…
Attorney General Brian Schwalb today announced a lawsuit against the owners of a Ward 8 apartment building, alleging they have repeatedly failed to implement basic security measures such as safeguarding entrances and vacant units.