District Links: Early voting kicks off in Ward 8 special election; Senate bill in limbo amid efforts…
Early voting is underway in the Ward 8 special election to fill the DC Council seat left vacant when the DC Council expelled Trayon White Sr. for ethics violations related his pending federal bribery charges.
jonetta rose barras: Where is the DC Council’s Committee on Finance and Revenue?
The DC Council met earlier this week for its third administrative meeting in as many weeks. Chair Phil Mendelson had called members together to focus, yet again, on reconfiguring Mayor Muriel Bowser’s $22 billion Fiscal Year 2026 Budget…
District Links: Committee advances housing reform bill with changes decried by Bowser; Trump again…
The DC Council's Housing Committee voted this morning to advance legislation that includes changes to the DC's eviction laws and the Tenant Opportunity to Purchase Act, but the already contentious debate is only beginning.
District Links: Legislators weigh priorities as Mendelson works to develop final budget plan;…
With the DC Council scheduled to take an initial vote on the fiscal year 2026 budget next Monday, Chair Phil Mendelson hinted at an administrative meeting this morning that it's unlikely he'll be able to identify available funds to restore…
District Links: Newly opened Cedar Hill hospital struggles with staffing; housing tops…
Housing availability and affordability ranked as the overriding concern of residents participating in an initial DC Office of Planning survey conducted as a starting point for the District's forthcoming Comprehensive Plan, dubbed "DC…
District Links: DCHA embarks on plan to modernize 3,500 units thanks to $700M in revenue bonds;…
The DC Housing Authority yesterday announced plans to modernize and renovate nearly 3,500 affordable housing units at 19 sites across the city, funded largely by $700 million in industrial revenue bonds authorized by the DC Council this…
jonetta rose barras: DC’s mayor and council play dodgeball around Washington Commanders stadium deal
“The whole dynamic is pretty toxic,” declared one of nearly a dozen DC political and government insiders who agreed to speak with me for this article. Their names were withheld so that they could speak candidly about behind-the-scenes…
District Links: Council weighs ‘guardrails’ to avoid future budget delays; Mendelson…
As members of the DC Council discuss budget proposals at an informal work session today, Chair Phil Mendelson raised the prospect of establishing sanctions in hopes of preventing a repeat of the two-month delay in Mayor Muriel Bowser's…
District Links: Council set to consider expanded juvenile curfew with amended provisions; Trump…
The DC Council is poised to consider emergency legislation later this afternoon that would expand the District's juvenile curfew law for the summer, but amendments are likely to scale back several of the provisions initially recommended by…
District Links: Bowser celebrates initial townhomes at McMillan site; DC Housing Authority reaches…
Mayor Muriel Bowser returned this morning to the former McMillan Sand Filtration Site on North Capitol Street to cut the ribbon on the first of 146 townhomes being built as part of the massive Reservoir District redevelopment project…
District Links: Council set to vote on expanded summertime juvenile curfew; Better Bus overhaul…
The DC Council is slated to vote Tuesday on emergency legislation proposed by Mayor Muriel Bowser 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…
jonetta rose barras: Can DC Council assert budget autonomy without igniting battles that jeopardize…
“The District confronts daunting financial headwinds,” wrote Ward 3 DC Councilmember Matt Frumin in his Committee on Human Services report, which contained a number of recommended changes to Mayor Muriel Bowser’s $22 billion Fiscal Year…
District Links: Council moves ahead with plans to consider RFK stadium deal in stand-alone bill;…
The DC Council yesterday took an initial vote pulling language related to the RFK campus redevelopment deal from key budget legislation while leaving stadium-related spending in the capital budget.
District Links: Council committee OKs revised plan to fund ONSE after dissension over Pinto’s…
The DC Council's Committee on the Judiciary and Public Safety voted this morning to approve an extensively revised budget proposal, but only after its chair dropped her controversial plan to eliminate the embattled Office of Neighborhood…
District Links: AG sues 4 more Md., Va. drivers with unpaid fines for excessive speeding; repeal…
DC Attorney General Brian Schwalb this morning announced four new lawsuits against Maryland and Virginia drivers who collectively owe the District more than $340,000 in unpaid fines, penalties and fees for excessive speeding and other…
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…