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…
District Links: AG sues landlord over ‘deplorable, unsafe’ conditions for tenants; $1M…
DC Attorney General Brian Schwalb announced two lawsuits today against a DC landlord, accusing Ali "Sam" Razjooyan of jeopardizing the health and safety of tenants at two apartment complexes east of the Anacostia River.
District Links: Ward 8’s Trayon White indicted on bribery charge; Rock Creek Park golf course…
A federal grand jury has indicted Ward 8 Councilmember Trayon White Sr. on a bribery charge in the wake of his arrest last month.
jonetta rose barras: Trayon White must go, now
DC Councilmember Trayon White Sr. is a danger to all DC residents — not just those in Ward 8.
That’s the only conclusion, in my opinion, anyone can reach after reading the affidavit filed by FBI Special Agent Matthew Gano in…
District Links: DC selects first three recipients for tax abatements via Housing in Downtown…
Mayor Muriel Bowser this morning unveiled the first three conditional recipients of tax abatements for commercial-to-residential conversion projects downtown — a key milestone for a program years in the making as the District struggles…
District Links: DC picks developer for next St. Elizabeths East parcel; how DC’s probate…
As the yearslong transformation of the St. Elizabeths East campus in Ward 8 continues, Mayor Muriel Bowser and her administration announced this morning that a team led by Banneker Communities will redevelop a 202,758-square-foot site…
District Links: DC, Maryland file suit against three Montgomery County gun dealers over straw…
A new lawsuit seeks to hold three federally licensed gun stores in Montgomery County liable for enabling illegal gun trafficking into the District, with DC Attorney General Brian Schwalb blasting the dealers for choosing "profits over…