District Links: Council accommodates FY 2027 budget delay; ‘teen takeovers’ spur…
The DC Council voted unanimously today to authorize formal submission of Mayor Muriel Bowser's budget plan on April 14, but legislators say they're anticipating an initial mayoral presentation this Friday ahead of the council's previously…
Emmett Johnson: DC’s broken promise to our youngest children
I never planned to be an early educator. In 2018, I was working as a cashier and knew I needed a change, so I applied to be an assistant teacher at a child care center. Once I started, everything clicked. It felt natural to work with…
District Links: Council set to consider April 14 budget submission date; Trump budget plan includes…
The DC Council is poised to meet tomorrow to authorize formal submission of Mayor Muriel Bowser's budget plan on April 14 — almost two weeks after the original April 1 due date.
jonetta rose barras: Will stability win out over any push for change in the DC Council chair race?
One of the more fascinating races in the June 16 Democratic primary may be the contest for DC Council chair. Incumbent Phil Mendelson is pitted against his former colleague and friend, Jack Evans, who represented Ward 2 for nearly three…
District Links: DC hails literacy boosts from 5-year federal grant; Mendelson draws ethics…
After completion of a five-year initiative funded by a $16 million federal grant, DC education officials are hailing significant gains in literacy outcomes among the participating students, the vast majority of whom were economically…
District Links: Council OKs 90-day moratorium on electricity shutoffs, postpones vote on curfew…
It's no surprise to see Mayor Muriel Bowser and the DC Council at odds on policy issues, but the divide was particularly stark yesterday as legislators approved a 90-day ban on electricity disconnections she had strongly urged against,…
District Links: Council set to consider juvenile curfew extension, veto override; DC Streetcar makes…
Ahead of today's DC Council meeting, Mayor Muriel Bowser is urging legislators to reject several of the measures up for consideration — including a proposal to temporarily prohibit electricity shutoffs, and an effort to override her most…
District Links: Bowser touts ‘Kids Ride Free’ milestones; former DOJ attorneys join call…
Mayor Muriel Bowser joined Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority officials this morning to celebrate the distribution of more than 450,000 "Kids Ride Free" cards since the program's debut.
District Links: Council set to consider veto override, revisit expanded curfew; Trump admin prepares…
A particularly hefty agenda for next week's DC Council meeting revisits mulitpe issues that have spurred substantial debate in the past — including consideration of overriding the mayor's most recent veto, extending authority for expanded…
District Links: GOP bill on codifying ‘Making DC Safe and Beautiful’ executive order…
Five Democrats in the House sided with the GOP majority yesterday in a 218-206 vote to approve a bill codifying aspects of President Donald Trump's "Making the District of Columbia Safe and Beautiful" executive order issued a year ago.
District Links: House set to vote on bill to codify Trump’s ‘DC Safe and…
At this hour, the House is debating a bill that would codify aspects of President Donald Trump's "Making the District of Columbia Safe and Beautiful" executive order issued a year ago.
District Links: Mayor signs bill on release of MPD footage of use of force by feds but vetoes…
Mayor Muriel Bowser yesterday signed emergency legislation to require the public release of Metropolitan Police Department body-worn camera footage in connection with serious use of force incidents involving federal agencies, but vetoed a…
jonetta rose barras: Who can create a new path for DC’s congressional delegate? (Part 2)
In DC, many people have asserted that the June primary will usher in a generational shift in the city’s political class. What does that really mean? Is it simply that several politicians who have been around for decades are finally leaving…
District Links: Bowser aims to boost hospitality sector with reform bill; House set to vote on…
After announcing in November that she wouldn't be running for a fourth term, Mayor Muriel Bowser joked at a press briefing that she was looking forward to having the chance to join friends for a bottomless brunch once she's out of office.…
District Links: Bowser admin seeks development proposals for St. E’s East, Georgia Avenue…
The District is inviting development proposals for a nearly 7-acre chunk of the St. Elizabeths East campus in Ward 8 as well as several adjoining underutilized Georgia Avenue parcels in the Emery Heights/Brightwood area in Ward 4.
District Links: Bill to block DC’s traffic cameras clears House panel; feds demand DCPS…
The GOP-dominated House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform yesterday backed a bill to block DC from continuing its automated traffic enforcement program and its restrictions against right turns on red — prompting a new round of…
District Links: House panel set to vote on bill to halt DC’s automated traffic enforcement;…
The House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform is slated to vote this afternoon on a bill that would disallow the District from using automated traffic enforcement and banning right turns on red.
jonetta rose barras: Who can create a new path for DC’s congressional delegate?
When DC for Democracy, a far-left-leaning local political advocacy group, held a virtual forum earlier this year, candidates for DC delegate repeatedly used the words “fight” and “statehood.” Were they simply tapping into a key policy…
District Links: DC joins lawsuit against HUD changes to fair housing enforcement; Kennedy Center…
DC Attorney General Brian Schwalb signed onto a multistate lawsuit filed yesterday that seeks to block President Donald Trump's administration from rolling back enforcement of fair housing protections against discrimination.
District Links: Mayoral front-runners square off at forum; DC creates waitlist for child care…
Citing the possibility of damaging winds and heavy bursts of rain from severe storms this afternoon, Mayor Muriel Bowser is urging residents to prepare for the severe weather and potential disruptions.