District Links: Bowser praises draft appropriations bill for boosts to DC security fund, DCTAG grant…
Mayor Muriel Bowser is hailing the proposed funding levels for DC's Emergency Planning and Security Fund and the DC Tuition Assistance Grant program in a newly released bicameral, bipartisan appropriations bill.
District Links: New bill aims to strengthen DC air pollution permitting process; NCPC hears new…
A new bill under consideration by the DC Council seeks to combat air pollution in the District by improving the Department of Energy and Environment's permitting process and requiring the agency to devote more personnel and resources to…
jonetta rose barras: Should the term of DC’s CFO be extended amid this political change?
On Christmas Eve, DC Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton announced she had reintroduced legislation to allow the DC mayor and council to determine the salary of the city’s chief financial officer. “Giving the District the ability to raise the pay…
District Links: DC marks closure of 100th illegal cannabis business; new bill aims to combat…
Mayor Muriel Bowser, the Alcoholic Beverage and Cannabis Administration and the Metropolitan Police Department today announced the closure of the 100th illegal cannabis business as part of a joint enforcement initiative that began 16…
District Links: Council OKs new BID in Congress Heights; U.S. Department of Transportation eyes…
The DC Council yesterday advanced plans for the creation of a new business improvement district in Ward 8's Congress Heights neighborhood, where extensive development is remaking the St. Elizabeths East campus.
District Links: Council votes to add transit workers to home purchase assistance program; longtime…
The DC Council gave initial approval this afternoon to a bill to enable public transit employees to participate in a program that provides DC government workers with down-payment assistance so they can purchase homes in the District.
District Links: Mendelson aims to fill interim at-large council seat by end of January; DC sees…
DC Council Chair Phil Mendelson said today that he hopes to select an interim pick by the end of the month to fill the at-large vacancy created by the resignation of Kenyan McDuffie, which took effect today.
District Links: Stable revenue estimates enable funding for council’s…
The District's independent chief financial officer this week reported "little to no change" in DC's economic outlook since September, but cited uncertainty around the impact of federal government layoffs as the greatest variable in the…
The Keegan Theatre’s ‘An Irish Carol’ is good craic and a holiday tradition worth keeping
With the holiday season in full swing, there’s truly no better way to hold onto the Christmas spirit while also supporting local theater in DC than by attending a performance of An Irish Carol at The Keegan Theatre. This beloved production…
District Links: House Dems decry ‘false claims’ against MPD, outgoing chief as political…
Days after the GOP-led House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform released an interim staff report critical of outgoing Metropolitan Police Department Chief Pamela Smith's leadership and the agency's crime reporting, the panel's…
District Links: Senate confirms 3 judges, reducing vacancies on DC Superior Court; workers begin…
The Senate voted 53-43 along party lines last night to approve a lengthy slate of President Donald Trump's nominees, including three new DC Superior Court judges.
jonetta rose barras: Cleanup still needed in DC government aisle three
District residents who have closely followed the recent debate around the start of ranked choice voting (RCV) in the 2026 primary and general elections surely aren’t surprised that the majority of the DC Council voted against legislation…
District Links: Appeals court allows Trump to continue National Guard deployment in DC for now;…
A federal appeals court panel this morning issued a ruling in support of the legality of President Donald Trump's deployment of National Guard troops in the District of Columbia, rejecting the reasoning of a lower court that issued a…
District Links: Council rejects delay in ranked choice voting; McDuffie announces council…
The DC Council this afternoon voted down emergency legislation that would have delayed implementation of ranked choice voting until 2027.
District Links: Probes into MPD crime stats blast departing chief for ‘culture of fear’;…
In the wake of media reports about a draft U.S. Department of Justice report faulting DC's departing police chief and the Metropolitan Police Department's crime reporting under her leadership, the House Committee on Oversight and…
District Links: Proposed Metro budget lays out service improvements without fare hikes; draft DOJ…
Metro is looking to boost ridership with improved rail and bus service without any fare increases in the coming year, according to the proposed fiscal year 2027 budget released yesterday Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority…
jonetta rose barras: Political change everywhere and all at once in DC
Former DC at-large Councilmember Bill Lightfoot declared during an interview with me that this moment in the city’s political life is “an opportunity.” Is that an understatement?
After all, Mayor Muriel Bowser and Councilmembers…
District Links: Area leaders warn against expanding military access to DC airspace; House bill seeks…
Regional leaders are echoing objections raised by the National Transportation Safety Board about a provision in the final version of the fiscal year 2026 national defense funding bill that would permit exemptions to restrictions on…
District Links: DC Superior Court nominees back on track for Senate floor vote; three new…
As part of a broad package of 97 presidential nominations, three judicial appointments to the DC Superior Court cleared a key procedural hurdle this afternoon on a party-line 51-47 vote in the Senate.
District Links: DC reaches $1.5M settlement with construction firm over alleged wage theft;…
DC Attorney General Brian Schwalb today announced a $1.5 million settlement with a construction company to resolve allegations of a wage theft scheme.