District Links: Bowser, Mendelson team up to push for ERAP changes; some DC homeowners still waiting…
During the pandemic, Mayor Muriel Bowser and DC Council Chair Phil Mendelson frequently sat side by side while briefing the public on conditions in the District and the government's response. This morning, they notably did so again to…
District Links: Council set to vote on eviction, ERAP reforms to ease ‘financial crisis’…
The DC Council is slated to consider emergency legislation Tuesday to adjust rules for the city's Emergency Rental Assistance Program and eviction proceedings in an effort to resolve a financial crisis faced by the District's affordable…
District Links: Superior Court continues to endure vacancies as new chief judge takes helm; José…
A new chief judge will take charge of the DC Superior Court next week, with the transition coming as several appointments to vacant judicial positions wind through the Senate.
Jamila Hodge: A proven approach to public safety rests on community, not prosecutors
Washington, DC, has a violence problem.
Earlier this year, federal crime statistics published by the FBI revealed that the nation’s big cities saw murder and violence plummet in 2023. Nationwide decreases were 13% and 6%,…
District Links: Norton pushes U.S. Postal Service to meet about Ward 5 mail complaints; multiple…
Amid persistent complaints in Ward 5's Fort Lincoln neighborhood about mail being lost, stolen, destroyed and burned, DC Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton is calling on U.S. Postal Service officials to meet with affected residents — and pushing…
District Links: DC cites early success with whole blood transfusions by paramedics; Metro details…
The DC Fire and Emergency Medical Services Department's expanded transfusion program — announced in January and implemented in early April — is showing "drastically improved" survival rates for patients suffering from hemorrhagic shock, DC…
District Links: Payne Elementary, DC Bilingual win Blue Ribbon honors; how a DC property tax credit…
The U.S. Department of Education this afternoon announced the selection of Payne Elementary School and DC Bilingual Public Charter School as National Blue Ribbon Schools for 2024.
District Links: DC wins $12M in federal funding to boost resilient affordable housing; new high-tech…
The Federal Emergency Management Agency and Mayor Muriel Bowser this week announced that the District will receive $12 million in a federal grant to establish the Resilient Housing for All loan fund — a boost to the city's efforts to…
For Mosaic’s ‘Lady Day,’ Roz White transforms into Billie Holiday in a captivating performance
She riffed about parole officers, sang to white audiences about racial injustice, and used cuss words as adjectives — that’s Billie Holiday, compellingly reincarnated with fresh depth and dynamism in Mosaic Theater Company’s production of…
jonetta rose barras: Don’t you love a farce?
Ward 8 Councilmember Trayon White Sr., who was recently indicted and arraigned on a federal felony charge that includes a claim that he accepted a $20,000 bribe in 2020 from the head of a nonprofit organization that had held a government…
District Links: Bowser kicks off second annual ‘Dine All Night’ event; former DMV…
Mayor Muriel Bowser celebrated the start of the city's 10-day "Dine All Night" event with a visit this morning to the downtown site of the Asian Night Market Pop-Up, taking place today from 3 to 10 p.m. in Chinatown Park.
District Links: Council disbands committee led by Trayon White, launches probe to decide on…
The DC Council yesterday afternoon followed through on plans to disband the committee previously headed by Ward 8 Councilmember Trayon White Sr., who is facing a federal bribery charge.
District Links: Council OKs FY25 budget as emergency bill to avoid gap due to congressional review…
The DC Council voted unanimously this afternoon to adopt an emergency version of the fiscal year 2025 budget — due in large part to an unusually protracted congressional review period that has resulted from a legislative calendar with…
District Links: Buyers of troubled Ward 8 condos get key win on potential DC government liability;…
The DC Council's ad hoc committee — established to determine whether the bribery charge against Ward 8 Councilmember Trayon White Sr. and related residency questions merit his censure or expulsion — is slated to hold its first meeting…
Rustin Lewis: Tackling chronic absenteeism requires collective action
As someone with more than 20 years of experience in youth development in DC, I have witnessed firsthand the importance of collective action in driving positive student outcomes, especially for our most vulnerable populations. As students…
District Links: Council to vote Tuesday on disbanding Trayon White’s committee; MPD officers…
The DC Council is poised to vote Tuesday on a resolution to disband the Committee on Recreation, Libraries and Youth Affairs — thereby removing Ward 8 Councilmember Trayon White Sr. from a post key to the bribery charge he faces in federal…
jonetta rose barras: Ward 8’s fight for its future
The challenge in Ward 8 right now is comparable, in my mind, to the one confronting millions of mostly rural citizens nationally, who have consistently supported former President Donald J. Trump, believing that, somehow, he will deliver on…
District Links: Trayon White pleads not guilty to bribery; auditor’s study calls for more MPD…
Ward 8 Councilmember Trayon White Sr. pleaded not guilty this afternoon to a federal bribery charge in a courtroom filled with his supporters as well as reporters.
District Links: Bowser rebuffs Trump’s debate comments about Jan. 6 deployment; DC officials…
Mayor Muriel Bowser and the DC Council held their annual commemoration and memorial ceremony this morning at a downtown fire station on the 23rd anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks.
District Links: Pinto vows more oversight of 911 call center, proposes new accountability…
In the wake of high-profile errors and delays at DC's 911 call center, the head of the DC Council committee with jurisdiction over the Office of Unified Communications is vowing increased oversight and pushing new legislation to improve…