jonetta rose barras: Searching for integrity in the DC Council’s budget process
Initially, I thought about letting it slide. I had already written three columns about the District’s fiscal crisis before the DC Council’s final vote on the Fiscal Year 2025 Budget and Financial Plan. I explained in depth why I was…
District Links: Bowser returns to Ward 7’s Skyland for a final groundbreaking; Bezos aims to…
It's a project that's been in the works for well over two decades with multiple groundbreaking ceremonies since 2014 to mark various milestones, but this morning's event kicked off what the development team and DC officials call the final…
District Links: Senate confirms a third new judge for DC Superior Court amid vacancy concerns; DC to…
Amid ongoing concerns that a vacancy crisis is impeding the work of the DC Superior Court, the U.S. Senate voted 52-42 this afternoon to confirm President Joe Biden's nomination of Katherine Oler as an associate judge — the third such…
Khari Brown: It’s not too late to fulfill the promise of Brown v. Board of Education
In 1954, my father was one of the first Black students to integrate McKinley Technical High School in DC. There, he received an education of a far higher quality than he ever would have had otherwise, enabling him to become the first…
District Links: New Southwest housing helps bring DC to 97% of Bowser’s ‘36,000 by…
Mayor Muriel Bowser celebrated the grand opening this morning of a new mixed-use development in the Southwest Waterfront neighborhood with 449 new housing units — a project that helps bring the District within what's likely to be a few…
District Links: House panel adds cannabis rider to other restrictions on DC in FY 2025…
The GOP-controlled House Appropriations Committee yesterday approved the bill that governs federal appropriations for the District of Columbia, attaching a range of policy riders — including the long-standing provision that prohibits local…
District Links: Council adds 65 more housing vouchers to FY 2025 budget prior to 13-0 approval; DC…
The DC Council voted unanimously yesterday to give final approval to a $21 billion fiscal year 2025 budget with just a few changes from the version proposed by Council Chair Phil Mendelson.
District Links: Bowser renews criticism of council’s budget approach as deliberations begin;…
Ahead of today's DC Council deliberations and final vote on the fiscal year 2025 budget, Mayor Muriel Bowser is praising recent revisions that address several areas of earlier concern — while reiterating her objections to the council's…
District Links: Mendelson unveils revised budget ahead of tomorrow’s vote; Ward 5’s…
DC Council Chair Phil Mendelson today released a revised fiscal year 2025 budget proposal for consideration tomorrow, with funding for 100 additional housing vouchers and a variety of tweaks aimed at addressing concerns raised by…
District Links: Budget battles continue ahead of DC Council vote on Wednesday; operational dispute…
The DC Council will take its second vote on the District's fiscal year 2025 budget on Wednesday, and Chair Phil Mendelson said today he'll release an updated version tomorrow by noon.
Niciah Mujahid: DC’s safety net is burning. The council can still save it.
Black, white or brown, across all eight wards, we all want a District that works for and keeps everyone safe, not just the privileged few. Back in March, Mayor Muriel Bowser sent a fiscal year 2025 budget proposal to the DC Council that…
District Links: WaPo publisher draws flak as controversies reportedly sink staff morale; Felder…
"Who had the worst week in Washington?" is a refrain sure to be familiar to many longtime readers of The Washington Post and its now-shuttered Outlook section. This week, an internal WaPo candidate might be in the running for the title.
jonetta rose barras: One fresh face for the DC Council, but is there a new tradition taking root?
“I’m waiting to see the day when we’ll be at home and pull up the computer and start voting right from there,” Rip Preston told me Tuesday as he worked the polls for at-large Councilmember Robert White outside Turkey Thicket Recreation…
Lara Pukatch and Jesse Rabinowitz: Biden and Bowser’s encampment evictions push us farther away from…
Despite their repeated public commitments to address the housing crisis that has left many without shelter in DC, the Biden administration and Mayor Muriel Bowser have evicted nearly 90 homeless individuals from their communities in Foggy…
District Links: Auditor finds progress on Vision Zero enforcement but says more is needed; coalition…
The District needs to do more to protect residents from dangerous drivers, habitual offenders and hazardous intersections, according to a new audit examining implementation of the District's Vision Zero initiative.
District Links: Incumbents prevail in DC primary as Felder declares victory in tight Ward 7 race;…
Tuesday's Democratic primary in DC brought victories for all the incumbents on the ballot — and an apparent victory for the Ward 7 candidate endorsed by the incumbent, who opted not to seek reelection.
District Links: DC primary enters final hours with eyes on Ward 7 council race; election workers…
DC's primary election is today, with 75 voting centers across the city open to eligible voters and same-day registrants until 8 p.m.
District Links: WaPo announces abrupt change of top editor ahead of reorganization; AG reaches $40M…
The Washington Post last night announced the immediate departure of Sally Buzbee, its executive editor for the past three years, and the appointment of a replacement to serve through the November election.
District Links: Council budget actions spur questions about new DC jail, spending trajectory;…
A reported near collision at Reagan Washington National Airport this week prompted regional leaders to reiterate criticism of the planned addition of five new round-trip flights — approved over their objections earlier this month by the…
jonetta rose barras: The short path to ruin in DC
The DC Council gave preliminary approval this week to a $21 billion Fiscal Year 2025 Budget and Financial Plan that included dozens of significant adjustments to the proposal submitted in April by Mayor Muriel Bowser. Legislators roundly…