District Links: Bowser renews push for House vote this week on DC spending fix; Trump admin eyes…
Noting that it's been more than a week since President Donald Trump called on the House to vote promptly on a Senate-approved spending fix for the District, Mayor Muriel Bowser once again urged the House to schedule a vote on the measure…
District Links: Disclosures detail U.S. attorney nominee’s outreach to far-right European…
A federal judge yesterday temporarily blocked $11 billion in public health cuts in a lawsuit brought by the District along with 23 states.
jonetta rose barras: Doors closing to previously open meetings
In the last few weeks, the DC Council, led by Chair Phil Mendelson, has considered at least two legislative proposals that seem to deliberately diminish the agency and influence of District residents in their government, despite the fact…
District Links: MPD launches centralized unit to investigate juvenile crime in effort to reduce…
Mayor Muriel Bowser and Police Chief Pamela Smith today announced the launch of a new Juvenile Investigative Response Unit within the Metropolitan Police Department in an effort to respond more effectively to youth-involved crime citywide.…
District Links: Senate Dems push for hearing on Trump’s pick as U.S. attorney for DC amid hold…
A Democratic member of the Senate Judiciary Committee announced plans last night to place a hold on the nomination of Ed Martin to serve as the U.S. attorney for the District of Columbia — and the committee's other Democrats today called…
District Links: Council votes to amend DC’s open meetings law to enable private discussions;…
The DC Council voted 10-2 this afternoon to approve emergency legislation to create new exceptions to the District's open meetings law, although Chair Phil Mendelson's amended proposal did narrow the provisions allowing site visits and…
District Links: Council set to vote on new exceptions to DC open meetings law; Trayon White signals…
The DC Council is expected to vote at Tuesday's legislative meeting on emergency legislation to amend the District's open meetings law to provide new exceptions that Council Chair Phil Mendelson describes as necessary in part to enable…
District Links: Trump executive order to create DC task force draws flak as ‘anti-home…
Weeks after proclaiming a need to take over aspects of DC's governance, President Donald Trump yesterday signed an executive order to establish a federal task force to foster his campaign pledges to make the nation's capital "safe and…
jonetta rose barras: The unbreakable spirit and determination of artists
“I was born and raised in Miami, Florida, and part of my life was lived during segregation. My family protected us. They also educated me,” explained artist, educator and curator Cheryl Edwards during a recent interview with me. “My mother…
District Links: Uncertainty over House action on DC budget fix leads to delay in mayor’s FY…
Uncertainty in the House over the fate of legislation to avoid forcing the District to make $1 billion in mid-year spending cuts is leading to delays in the preparation and release of Mayor Muriel Bowser's proposed budget for fiscal year…
District Links: House panel seeks to nullify DC law limiting cooperation with federal immigration…
The GOP-led House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform voted 23-21 yesterday to advance legislation that would nullify any DC laws, policies and practices that limit the local government's cooperation with federal immigration…
District Links: Waymo aims to bring driverless taxis to DC next year; animal-control shift causes…
The company already operating self-driving taxis in cities such as San Francisco, Los Angeles and Austin is looking to bring its autonomous ride-hailing service to DC by 2026, vowing in an announcement this morning to continue working with…
District Links: Bowser still expects House to take up Senate bill to avoid $1B in DC budget cuts;…
Mayor Muriel Bowser expressed confidence today that the House of Representatives will vote on the measure already approved by the Senate to undo $1 billion in DC spending cuts mandated under the congressionally approved continuing…
Terry Williams: Supporting veteran entrepreneurs is a duty — and an opportunity
Across the country, veteran-owned businesses handle $1.3 trillion in sales each year and provide jobs to more than 5 million Americans, according to the Small Business Administration. Each of these nearly 2 million businesses, whether they…
Ryan Ting: DC should provide low-income students with calculators for advanced coursework
DC should be doing its best to allow all of its students to find successful careers in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM). In 2023, the median annual wage of STEM occupations was $101,650, compared to $46,680 for…
District Links: Senate passage offers reprieve from $1B in DC spending cuts as long as House follows…
Mayor Muriel Bowser and other local officials are celebrating the Senate's passage of a bill to allow the District to spend according to its approved budget — thereby averting $1 billion in cuts midway through fiscal year 2025 as long as…
District Links: Advocates of various ages join DC officials in pushing Senate not to force $1B in…
DC Council members Christina Henderson, Janeese Lewis George and Zachary Parker were among those pushing the District's case on Capitol Hill this morning by visiting Senate offices ahead of today's debate on the stopgap funding bill that…
jonetta rose barras: Willie Sutton, U.S. House Republicans, and some flip-flopping Democrats
Facing the dire effects of a resolution to continue funding of the federal government approved by the Republican-dominated U.S. House of Representatives that would essentially snatch $1 billion from local revenues, District of Columbia…
District Links: Area senators criticize House mandate that DC cut $1B in spending; DC joins suit…
Virginia and Maryland senators are speaking out against the $1 billion in spending cuts that would be forced on the DC government by the stopgap spending bill approved by the House this week to avoid a government shutdown.
District Links: DC leaders turn to Senate in hopes of avoiding $1B in cuts after House vote; NTSB…
After House passage late yesterday afternoon of a stop-gap spending bill to avert a federal government shutdown, DC leaders are turning to the Senate as they seek to undo a requirement that would force projected cuts of $1 billion to the…