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: Bowser outlines FY 2027 budget plan with cuts to child care, paid leave programs;…
Mayor Muriel Bowser and her budget team today presented the DC Council with an overview of her fiscal year 2027 budget proposal that includes $469 million in program reductions and savings, including the removal of funds set aside for…
jonetta rose barras: A gang of spoilers in DC’s election includes the council chair
It was a breathtaking revelation: In a clear violation of local ethics laws, DC Council Chair Phil Mendelson used government resources, including equipment and staff, as he engaged in prohibited political campaign activities in his office…
District Links: Bowser marks milestone in tennis center’s $23M expansion ahead of summer…
Ahead of an expected summertime opening for Ward 8's expanded Southeast Tennis and Learning Center, Mayor Muriel Bowser joined former DC first lady Cora Masters Barry — the center's founder and CEO — for a ceremonial "bridge beam signing"…
District Links: Construction in DC falls to 15-year low; fiscal expert lays out structural problems…
Ahead of the release of Mayor Muriel Bowser's final budget proposal and amid campaign-trail debates over who's best positioned to succeed her as mayor, a new publication released by the D.C. Policy Center urges that local leaders not…
District Links: Council accommodates FY 2027 budget delay; ‘teen takeovers’ spur…
The DC Council voted unanimously today to authorize formal submission of Mayor Muriel Bowser's budget plan on April 14, but legislators say they're anticipating an initial mayoral presentation this Friday ahead of the council's previously…
Emmett Johnson: DC’s broken promise to our youngest children
I never planned to be an early educator. In 2018, I was working as a cashier and knew I needed a change, so I applied to be an assistant teacher at a child care center. Once I started, everything clicked. It felt natural to work with…
District Links: Council set to consider April 14 budget submission date; Trump budget plan includes…
The DC Council is poised to meet tomorrow to authorize formal submission of Mayor Muriel Bowser's budget plan on April 14 — almost two weeks after the original April 1 due date.
jonetta rose barras: Will stability win out over any push for change in the DC Council chair race?
One of the more fascinating races in the June 16 Democratic primary may be the contest for DC Council chair. Incumbent Phil Mendelson is pitted against his former colleague and friend, Jack Evans, who represented Ward 2 for nearly three…
District Links: DC hails literacy boosts from 5-year federal grant; Mendelson draws ethics…
After completion of a five-year initiative funded by a $16 million federal grant, DC education officials are hailing significant gains in literacy outcomes among the participating students, the vast majority of whom were economically…
District Links: Council OKs 90-day moratorium on electricity shutoffs, postpones vote on curfew…
It's no surprise to see Mayor Muriel Bowser and the DC Council at odds on policy issues, but the divide was particularly stark yesterday as legislators approved a 90-day ban on electricity disconnections she had strongly urged against,…
District Links: Council set to consider juvenile curfew extension, veto override; DC Streetcar makes…
Ahead of today's DC Council meeting, Mayor Muriel Bowser is urging legislators to reject several of the measures up for consideration — including a proposal to temporarily prohibit electricity shutoffs, and an effort to override her most…
District Links: Bowser touts ‘Kids Ride Free’ milestones; former DOJ attorneys join call…
Mayor Muriel Bowser joined Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority officials this morning to celebrate the distribution of more than 450,000 "Kids Ride Free" cards since the program's debut.
District Links: Council set to consider veto override, revisit expanded curfew; Trump admin prepares…
A particularly hefty agenda for next week's DC Council meeting revisits mulitpe issues that have spurred substantial debate in the past — including consideration of overriding the mayor's most recent veto, extending authority for expanded…
District Links: GOP bill on codifying ‘Making DC Safe and Beautiful’ executive order…
Five Democrats in the House sided with the GOP majority yesterday in a 218-206 vote to approve a bill codifying aspects of President Donald Trump's "Making the District of Columbia Safe and Beautiful" executive order issued a year ago.
District Links: House set to vote on bill to codify Trump’s ‘DC Safe and…
At this hour, the House is debating a bill that would codify aspects of President Donald Trump's "Making the District of Columbia Safe and Beautiful" executive order issued a year ago.
District Links: Mayor signs bill on release of MPD footage of use of force by feds but vetoes…
Mayor Muriel Bowser yesterday signed emergency legislation to require the public release of Metropolitan Police Department body-worn camera footage in connection with serious use of force incidents involving federal agencies, but vetoed a…
jonetta rose barras: Who can create a new path for DC’s congressional delegate? (Part 2)
In DC, many people have asserted that the June primary will usher in a generational shift in the city’s political class. What does that really mean? Is it simply that several politicians who have been around for decades are finally leaving…
District Links: Bowser aims to boost hospitality sector with reform bill; House set to vote on…
After announcing in November that she wouldn't be running for a fourth term, Mayor Muriel Bowser joked at a press briefing that she was looking forward to having the chance to join friends for a bottomless brunch once she's out of office.…
District Links: Bowser admin seeks development proposals for St. E’s East, Georgia Avenue…
The District is inviting development proposals for a nearly 7-acre chunk of the St. Elizabeths East campus in Ward 8 as well as several adjoining underutilized Georgia Avenue parcels in the Emery Heights/Brightwood area in Ward 4.
District Links: Bill to block DC’s traffic cameras clears House panel; feds demand DCPS…
The GOP-dominated House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform yesterday backed a bill to block DC from continuing its automated traffic enforcement program and its restrictions against right turns on red — prompting a new round of…