District Links: Mayor implements ‘extreme heat’ protocols amid early-summer heat wave;…
An Extreme Heat Alert will remain in effect in the District through at least 8 a.m. on Wednesday, with local officials urging residents and visitors to exercise caution, stay hydrated and check on vulnerable neighbors.
District Links: Council OKs purchase of six Georgia Avenue parcels slated for foreclosure; AG sues…
The DC Council this week approved emergency legislation to spend $2.8 million to acquire six parcels along Georgia Avenue NW that are facing foreclosure and at risk of becoming blighted.
jonetta rose barras: Ignoring the importance of history and neglecting quality education in DC
Sometimes two or more things may seem quite different at first look — and yet they are actually similar at their core or derived from the same kind of thinking.
Juxtapose, for example, President Donald Trump’s decision in February…
District Links: Bowser proposes expanded juvenile curfew hours this summer; mayor’s budget…
Mayor Muriel Bowser is asking the DC Council to act on emergency legislation to amend the District's juvenile curfew law for the summer by having it take effect at 11 p.m. nightly, extending its applicability to 17-year-olds, and enabling…
District Links: Council gives initial OK to ‘Peace DC’ bill that would extend pretrial…
The DC Council gave initial approval this afternoon to legislation introduced by Ward 2 Councilmember Brooke Pinto as part of her "Peace DC" plan, but only after removing a provision to expand the authority of the Washington Metropolitan…
District Links: Bowser helps break ground on final phase of ‘transformational’ project…
Mayor Muriel Bowser helped break ground today on the final phase of the decades-long Portals development project near the Tidal Basin, highlighting the forthcoming construction of a new 356-unit luxury apartment building there as…
District Links: DC adds 2,000-plus citations and $2.3M in new fines at problem landlord’s…
Mayor Muriel Bowser and other DC officials broke ground this afternoon on a $22 million addition at Ward 4's Barnard Elementary School as her administration highlights further investments in school modernizations in her proposed fiscal…
District Links: House votes to repeal DC limits on cooperation with immigration detainers;…
The House of Representatives voted 224-194 this afternoon to approve a GOP-backed bill to nullify DC laws and policies that govern when local agencies such as the Metropolitan Police Department and the Department of Corrections share…
District Links: House votes to undo DC laws on noncitizen voting, police discipline; Bowser urges…
Mayor Muriel Bowser today cut the ribbon on a renovated Public Safety Communications Center at 310 McMillan Drive NW, with administration officials saying that completion of the $18.5 million project strengthens the District's ability to…
District Links: New agreement would facilitate GU boathouse as well as public waterfront access;…
A new agreement among the DC government, the National Park Service and Georgetown University to transfer several parcels near Key Bridge aims to complete a decades-long effort to expand nonmotorized boating activities along the Potomac…
District Links: House to vote this week on 3 bills decried as attacks on DC home rule; WaPo probe…
The House of Representatives is slated to take up three GOP bills this week that DC Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton is decrying as "anti-DC home rule" measures.
District Links: Federal officials close Dupont Circle Park for Pride despite MPD reversal; DCPS sets…
As National Park Service workers began installing fencing around Dupont Circle Park this morning to prevent public access during this weekend's WorldPride celebrations, objections quickly arose from community leaders and DC Council members…
jonetta rose barras: Battling the local and federal hits to health care in DC
Oct. 1, 2025, may go down as some sort of health care D-Day in DC. By some estimates more than 50,000 residents who are currently enrolled in Medicaid, the DC Health Care Alliance or below-market Affordable Care Act coverage through the DC…
District Links: Dozens of congressional Dems vow to boycott DC restaurants involved in union…
A new interactive tool developed by the DC government provides neighborhood-level insights into access to schools, parks, transit services, grocery stores, medical care and other key elements of the physical and built environment.
District Links: Council gives initial OK to bill restricting student cellphone use; MPD drops…
The DC Council gave initial approval yesterday to legislation that would bar DC students from using personal cellphones at school as of fall 2026.
District Links: Council votes to delay next rise in tipped minimum wage; DC’s newest…
The DC Council today gave an initial nod to legislation formally naming the recently opened high school on MacArthur Boulevard in honor of legendary Georgetown University men's basketball coach and DC native John R. Thompson Jr.
District Links: Bowser marks redesign of ‘Dave Thomas Circle’ bottleneck; council to…
Mayor Muriel Bowser and other DC officials today celebrated the transformation of one of the District's busiest and most dangerous intersections thanks to a yearslong project that invoked eminent domain to displace the iconic Wendy's…
District Links: Trump administration lists DC as ‘sanctuary jurisdiction,’ demands…
The Trump administration included DC on a newly posted list of "sanctuary jurisdictions" — accompanied by a warning from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security that local officials will soon receive formal notification of alleged…
jonetta rose barras: Kicking the can down the road on DC’s budget
At first blush, it’s easy to be content with the fact that Mayor Muriel Bowser and her team, including City Administrator Kevin Donahue and Budget Director Jenny Reed, managed to avoid layoffs and furloughs during this current fiscal year…
District Links: Mayor’s scaled-back plan for DC Archives draws criticism from project…
Mayor Muriel Bowser's budget proposal to shelve existing plans for a new DC Archives building at the University of the District of Columbia is drawing objections from an advocacy group that helped galvanize support for the planned…