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…
District Links: DC Council set for final vote tomorrow on FY 2027 budget legislation; Trump…
DC Council Chair Phil Mendelson this morning distributed the latest version of the Fiscal Year 2027 Budget Support Act, which is slated for final consideration at an additional legislative meeting Tuesday at 11 a.m.
District Links: DC touts two-year-old FEMS transfusion program as lifesaving success; record…
The DC Fire and Emergency Medical Services Department is hailing the success of its two-year-old program that enables paramedics to administer whole blood to critically injured and medically unstable patients at the scene of an emergency…
Kathy Patterson: The mayor and council are killing a key commission created after 9/11
The DC Council created an expert advisory panel in the aftermath of the 9/11 terrorist attacks. This year the mayor and council have agreed to kill the District’s Homeland Security Commission despite solid successes during its 20-year…
District Links: DC unveils draft master plan for mixed-use redevelopment of RFK campus; July 4 will…
The DC Office of Planning today released a draft master plan outlining a framework for redevelopment of the RFK campus, anchored by a new Washington Commanders stadium but also incorporating up to 6,500 new housing units, a flexible array…
District Links: Trump unleashes on DC mayoral nominee Lewis George; Trump eyes Sept. 1 construction…
In a Sunday afternoon post on social media, President Donald Trump blasted Democratic mayoral nominee Janeese Lewis George as a "Communist adherent" and vowed to derail any efforts to "resist Anti-Crime Crackdowns," "oppose ICE" or…
District Links: DC Council to consider ticket resale bill minus price cap; charting the extent of…
The DC Council is slated to vote next week on legislation to regulate the resale of tickets for concerts and theatrical performances, with the bill's author pressing for inclusion of a price cap that was omitted by the Committee on Public…
jonetta rose barras: What a difference a week or two makes to DC budget-making
Between the DC Council’s first budget vote on June 9 and its second earlier this week, its proposed spending jumped by $50 million — ultimately exceeding by nearly $500 million Mayor Muriel Bowser’s initial proposal.
That add-on…
District Links: Dems show increased turnout even with some ballots not yet tallied; Allen bill would…
The Board of Elections' latest updates to the unofficial election results haven't altered projected electoral outcomes, but they do now show a notable jump in turnout compared to recent Democratic mayoral primaries — with some mail-in…
District Links: Auditor calls for DC to step up monitoring of contractor performance; judge tells…
With healthcare and construction topping the District's contract spending, a new report from the Office of the DC Auditor found general compliance with DC laws and regulations governing procurements but insufficient proof of evaluation of…
District Links: Council OKs amended FY 2027 budget with funding for future semi-open primaries;…
The DC Council voted unanimously this afternoon to approve the fiscal year 2027 local budget, with the addition of a contingency list that leads off with restoration of a local reserve account as long as there's sufficient revenue.
Allister Chang and Raul Echevarria: The economics underneath DC’s childcare system are breaking down
This month, the DC Council voted to reverse most of the mayor's proposed cuts to early childhood programs, adding roughly $60 million to the Early Childhood Educator Pay Equity Fund and nearly $50 million to the childcare subsidy program…
District Links: Council set to vote tomorrow on revised budget plans; DC breaks ground on…
DC Council Chair Phil Mendelson today released the text of the revised fiscal year 2026 budget legislation slated for consideration tomorrow, as well as an amended version of the FY 2027 Local Budget Act that includes additional funding…
jonetta rose barras: Where is the power center of the new/old political era?
DC Council Chair Phil Mendelson may not seem a Yoda doppelganger: He lacks pointy ears; he is also considerably taller and much younger than the Star Wars Jedi Master. What’s more, compared to the Galactic Republic, DC’s government is…
District Links: McDuffie concedes mayoral race to Lewis George; Silverman set for council return;…
Mayoral hopeful Kenyan McDuffie this morning conceded the Democratic primary to Ward 4 Councilmember Janeese Lewis George, who has 52.87% of the vote in the updated tally released this afternoon by the DC Board of Elections.
District Links: Lewis George holds large lead in mayoral primary as White dominates in delegate…
Initial results released last night by the DC Board of Elections show Janeese Lewis George, a self-described democratic socialist, with a strong lead in the mayor's race and Robert White with an even more dominant showing in the delegate…
District Links: DC residents head to polls for primary without several longtime incumbents; House…
DC's Democrats will decide today on their party's nominees to succeed three-term Mayor Muriel Bowser and 18-term DC Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton, as well as two councilmembers who opted not to seek reelection — with their selections likely…
District Links: Lewis George campaign vows to appeal $16,000 fine over coordination with labor…
Just days ahead of DC's primary election tomorrow, the DC Office of Campaign Finance on Friday fined Ward 4 Councilmember Janeese Lewis George's mayoral campaign $16,000 for violations connected to allegations of improper coordination with…
Dan Kornfield: DC’s next mayor should expand 911 mental health responders
As we approach DC’s first mayoral transition in over a decade, it is worth taking stock of how the city is performing on public safety, and how the next mayor can continue to move us further toward being one of America’s safest cities.
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District Links: Mayoral candidates blast Trump’s threat of a takeover if Lewis George wins;…
Both of the leading mayoral candidates vying for the Democratic Party's nomination promptly blasted President Donald Trump's comments yesterday that he "wouldn't like it" and "maybe we'd take back Washington and run it on a federal basis"…
jonetta rose barras: The DC Council’s election year budget panders and jeopardizes
On Sunday, just two days before the DC Council voted unanimously to give initial approval to the city’s nearly $22 billion Fiscal Year 2027 Budget and Financial Plan, I asked Chair Phil Mendelson whether it would be fair to say that he and…