jonetta rose barras: Is the DC Council at-large race in the general election mostly a fight among…
Technically, as chair of the DC Statehood Green Party, Darryl Moch is the leader of the city’s oldest progressive political organization. That should give him a leg up in the race for an at-large DC Council seat in the November general…
District Links: Judge orders advance notice of major changes to Kennedy Center amid demolition…
The DC Council returned from summer recess this week, and its first legislative meeting of the fall is scheduled for Tuesday.
District Links: Bipartisan bill would upgrade faded MLK plaque at Lincoln Memorial; former AG…
Amid concerns that a fading, nearly unreadable plaque at the Lincoln Memorial fails to appropriately honor the site's legacy as the venue for the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.'s landmark "I Have a Dream" speech, newly proposed bipartisan…
District Links: Judge again blocks adding Trump’s name at Kennedy Center; new report warns of…
A federal court today ruled against a renewed effort to inscribe President Donald Trump's name on the Kennedy Center's exterior, with the judge reiterating his earlier ruling that doing so in any form would require congressional approval.
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District Links: Two local landlords reach $9.3M in settlements over AG’s price-fixing…
DC Attorney General Brian Schwalb today announced $9.3 million in recent settlements with two landlords accused of participating in a price-fixing scheme to keep residential rents artificially high.
District Links: House panel presses DC on use of AI to identify vacant homes; feds sue UDC over…
A new initiative from the DC Department of Buildings to identify vacant and blighted properties across the city is drawing scrutiny from the GOP-led House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform and its chair, Rep. James Comer of…
District Links: DC officials celebrate $41M expansion of historic Southeast Library; Virginia…
Mayor Muriel Bowser joined other DC leaders this morning to celebrate the reopening of the historic Southeast Library in the Capitol Hill neighborhood after a $41 million rehabilitation and expansion project.
District Links: Expanded news site NOTUS rebrands with sunny new name; interim publisher and CEO…
After a rapid expansion throughout the spring and summer, the news site NOTUS today rebranded as The Washington Sun, a name selected to reflect the publication's stated aim of boosting DC-based coverage of national politics and policy as…
District Links: Lonnie Bunch announces retirement from embattled Smithsonian; ousted Kennedy Center…
Lonnie G. Bunch III, the 14th secretary of the Smithsonian Institution since June 2019, today announced his retirement from the post atop the sprawling museum, education and research complex — an institution that has come under blistering…
District Links: AG files suit over ‘shocking’ conditions at Ward 5 apartment building;…
DC Attorney General Brian Schwalb yesterday announced a new lawsuit against the owner and manager of a 10-story affordable apartment building at 1400 Florida Ave. NE in an effort to force immediate repairs to address "severe and pervasive"…
District Links: DC sees 30% decline in opioid overdoses amid Naloxone distribution; Supreme Court…
The Bowser administration is reporting a 30% reduction in opioid overdoses in the District over the past year, attributable in part to the distribution of 510,000 free Naloxone kits with medication able to rapidly reverse an overdose ahead…
District Links: J.O. Wilson, Barnard ribbon-cuttings mark first week back for DCPS students; Meta…
With DC Public Schools back in session this week, Mayor Muriel Bowser kicked off the 2026-27 school year by highlighting newly modernized facilities at J.O. Wilson Elementary in Ward 6 and Barnard Elementary in Ward 4 — two of the latest…
District Links: Officials mark school year’s start with renaming, expansion of Ward 3 high…
Mayor Muriel Bowser and other DC officials yesterday celebrated a $91 million expansion of the newly renamed John R. Thompson Jr. High School on MacArthur Boulevard in Ward 3.
District Links: DC reports modest rise in student test scores; six MPD employees accused of overtime…
The Bowser administration today reported a fourth consecutive year of increased proficiency rates on the annual statewide assessments taken by students in DC Public Schools and DC public charter schools.
District Links: Kennedy Center renovations prompt NSO concert season at Lisner, other area venues;…
The National Symphony Orchestra made headlines today with its long-awaited season announcement, which includes concerts scattered across six regional venues as the Kennedy Center undertakes a two-year renovation that will shutter most of…
District Links: Bowser returns another budget bill unsigned to council; Trump admin asks Supreme…
Weeks after returning DC's local fiscal year 2027 budget to the DC Council unsigned, Mayor Muriel Bowser has done the same with the Budget Support Act, the lengthy annual legislation that contains the legal provisions necessary for…
C4DC: What DC Public Schools needs in its next chancellor
An open letter to Democratic mayoral candidate Janeese Lewis George from the Coalition for DC Public Schools and Communities (C4DC):
Selecting the next chancellor of DC Public Schools will be one of the new mayoral administration’s most…
District Links: National Guard deployment, federal surge hit 1-year mark; GOP bill aims to repeal DC…
The one-year anniversary of President Donald Trump's deployment of the National Guard in the District — and the accompanying federal law enforcement surge — is prompting renewed debate over the troops' effectiveness as well as the federal…
‘CrazySexyCool’ is more than a high-energy jukebox musical — it’s a portrait of survival
In Arena Stage’s CrazySexyCool – The TLC Musical, the first villain is easy to name.
District Links: Initiative to ban foie gras slated for DC’s November ballot; Appeals Court…
The DC Board of Elections announced this week that a ballot measure to ban the local sale of any foie gras produced through force-feeding has qualified for the Nov. 3 general election.