District Links: Norton scammed at home out of thousands of dollars in HVAC cleaning scheme; Bowser…
Mayor Muriel Bowser joined business leaders on Monday morning for a preview event to highlight expansion plans for the DowntownDC Holiday Market in its 21st season.
District Links: Court hears arguments today in DC challenge over National Guard; McDuffie reportedly…
A federal judge is slated to hear arguments this afternoon on DC Attorney General Brian Schwalb's request for a court order to remove National Guard troops.
jonetta rose barras: Should Mayor Muriel Bowser run for reelection?
Back in 2005, after months of will-he-or-won’t-he speculation about running for reelection, then-Mayor Anthony Williams told The Washington Post that he had been considering whether he had “the energy, the tenacity, the discipline, the…
District Links: Council hearing airs views on bill to control ticket resale prices; leaf collection…
The DC Council heard varied views at a public hearing yesterday on legislation to regulate the secondary market for tickets to live concerts and performances — with operators of several local venues among those testifying in support of a…
District Links: Council votes again to exempt most 2- to 4-unit rental buildings from TOPA; Bowser…
The DC Council voted 9-4 yesterday to exempt two- to four-unit rental buildings from the Tenant Opportunity to Purchase Act as long as they aren't corporately owned.
Chris Gowen: Will the DC Council strengthen Ticketmaster’s monopoly?
If you’ve tried to buy tickets for popular events in DC lately, the odds are high that the event sold out in seconds and you were forced to purchase severely marked-up tickets from an online reseller.
On Wednesday, the DC Council…
District Links: Council votes to cut pay subsidies for early educators; DC National Guard poised to…
The DC Council voted this afternoon to reduce salary subsidies for early childhood educators in order to conform with the available funding in fiscal year 2026, but legislators expressed dismay that Mayor Muriel Bowser hadn't provided…
District Links: DC officials celebrate newest addition to GU’s Capitol Campus; Senate panel to…
Mayor Muriel Bowser and other DC officials this morning celebrated a ribbon-cutting for a major addition to Georgetown University's Capitol Campus.
District Links: Pinto, White bring attention to delegate’s race as challengers outpace…
DC Attorney General Brian Schwalb signed onto a new multistate lawsuit challenging the Trump administration's suspension of a $7 billion program to bring solar energy to more than 900,000 households in low-income and disadvantaged…
jonetta rose barras: What does a nonvoting DC congressional delegate do?
A line of political aspirants is forming for the DC delegate job currently held by Eleanor Holmes Norton, a onetime firebrand whose heat seems to be cooling and whose age many believe makes it increasingly difficult for her to engage in…
District Links: DC honors School Without Walls music educator as 2026 Teacher of the Year; landlord…
Mayor Muriel Bowser and her top education officials this morning surprised a longtime music educator at School Without Walls with his selection as the 2026 DC Teacher of the Year.
District Links: Field in Ward 1 council race grows with entry of Brown, Reyes-Yanes; McDuffie, Lewis…
Rashida Brown, a five-term advisory neighborhood commissioner in the Park View neighborhood, today announced her campaign for the Ward 1 council seat as the field to succeed Brianne Nadeau continues to grow.
District Links: DC takes on marriage licenses amid shutdown; Bowser is said to be…
The federal government's shutdown is no longer forcing a halt to the issuance of new marriage licenses in DC.
District Links: Feds cut $40M in security, anti-terrorism grants slated for DC; several states plan…
The DC Council has announced a slate of oversight hearings for the fall, including sessions to highlight "standout" schools, examine overcrowding at DC's youth detention center, and scrutinize the impediments to timely use of housing…
jonetta rose barras: The housing crisis solution DC officials continue to ignore
You’ve heard the adage hundreds of times: The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over while expecting different results. Many DC elected officials and government functionaries have been wearing straitjackets for…
District Links: DC accelerates planned shutdown of sole streetcar route; Events DC, auditor’s…
A new report from the Office of the DC Auditor contends that Events DC owes $68.7 million to the District government's general fund, but the quasi-public authority challenges the auditor's conclusions.
District Links: Emergency bill to extend expanded youth curfew stalls; myriad states weigh in on DC…
Emergency legislation to extend the expanded youth curfew through December failed to pass in the DC Council yesterday, falling short of the necessary supermajority to win approval.
District Links: Council acts to allow mayor to issue marriage licenses during shutdown; regulators…
The DC Council briefly took the role of wedding planners this afternoon by approving emergency legislation to resolve a distinctly local consequence of the federal government's shutdown: the inability of couples to obtain a marriage…
District Links: Ward 2’s Pinto launches bid for seat long held by Norton; MPD officers cite…
Ward 2 Councilmember Brooke Pinto this morning announced her campaign for the congressional seat held since 1991 by DC Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton, who has so far said she intends to run again despite calls for her to retire.
District Links: Homeland Security agents have continued to patrol with MPD amid federal surge; DC…
Mayor Muriel Bowser this morning marked the launch of a new health care apprenticeship program with a visit to the District's second Advanced Technical Center, located at Whitman-Walker Health's Max Robinson Center.