District Links: Metro board begins reviewing ‘doomsday’ budget amid hopes of avoiding…
As this week's announcement of a deal for a new Virginia home for the Washington Capitals and Wizards has settled in, some on the DC Council are joining criticism of Mayor Muriel Bowser for not successfully negotiating to keep the teams in…
District Links: Monumental deal to take Wizards, Capitals to Virginia brings scrutiny to DC’s…
Politics and sports can make for a potent mix, exacerbating the fallout from a loss.
District Links: Va. officials, Monumental announce deal for Wizards, Capitals to move to Alexandria…
Mayor Muriel Bowser said this afternoon she thinks DC is "still in the game" with its proposal — announced last night — to keep the Washington Capitals and Washington Wizards at Capital One Arena in Gallery Place by spending $500 million…
District Links: Metro budget eyes fewer stations, bus lines unless region boosts funding; Virginia…
The Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority today released a fiscal year 2025 spending proposal with "unprecedented service cuts to Metrorail and Metrobus" deemed necessary to address the transit system's looming budget shortfall…
District Links: Feds OK $22.5M for expansion at Whitman-Walker’s Max Robinson Center;…
The U.S. Treasury Department has approved $22.5 million for the expansion and build-out of Whitman-Walker's recently opened Max Robinson Center, Mayor Muriel Bowser announced this morning.
The Avett Brothers bring big questions to the high seas in ‘Swept Away’ at Arena Stage
The distance between The Avett Brothers’ upbringing in Concord, North Carolina, and the 19th-century whaling industry of New Bedford, Massachusetts, spans hundreds of miles and several lifetimes. But in Swept Away, a new musical that asks…
District Links: Critics blast Bowser decision not to follow through on SNAP benefit increase; WaPo…
The Washington Post's own employees made news yesterday with a 24-hour strike, with many of its journalists picketing against the absence of a new contract as well as planned buyouts and potential layoffs.
jonetta rose barras: DC Mayor Muriel Bowser’s third time around has yet to become the charm
Muriel Bowser is only the second person in DC’s modern history of political quasi-independence to be thrice elected as mayor. The other was Marion Barry.
His third term was disastrous, misdirected by the increasingly prominent role of…
District Links: MPD readies new ‘real-time’ center to enhance monitoring, response; DC…
The Metropolitan Police Department will debut a new Real-Time Crime Center early next year, with plans for 24/7 staffing to monitor and respond to criminal activities more swiftly and efficiently in coordination with regional and federal…
District Links: Council aims to boost 911 staff via retired police, firefighters; DC laws fall short…
The DC Council yesterday approved emergency legislation to help address staffing shortages at DC's 911 call center by allowing retired firefighters and police officers to work as temporary call takers or dispatchers without reducing their…
District Links: Council bill aims to set up process to help low-performing schools; hundreds of WaPo…
The DC Council is poised to act soon on legislation that targets improvements at the city's lowest-performing public schools.
District Links: Bowser admin awards $5M in new food access grants in wards 5, 7 and 8; Frumin bill…
At an event this afternoon to kick off the sixth annual DMV Black Restaurant Week, the Bowser administration announced $5 million in new Food Access Fund grants in wards 5, 7 and 8.
District Links: Bowser releases ‘Carbon Free DC’ plan with 2045 target; new report shows…
Mayor Muriel Bowser today unveiled a strategy for DC to achieve carbon neutrality by 2045, an announcement made in conjunction with her participation in the Local Climate Action Summit convened as part of the 2023 United Nations Climate…
Peter Timothy Anderson: Let’s tackle education disparities in DC so all students reach their full…
In a city teeming with opportunities and potential for progress, it is disheartening to note that a significant percentage of public-school students here in DC remain designated as “at risk” in 2023. The fact is that it’s an outdated and…
Washington Post: Two in five D.C. students were chronically absent last year, data show
High schools suffered the most, with 60 percent of older students missing weeks of school
DCist: Chronic Absenteeism Remains Stubbornly High In D.C. Schools
Chronic absenteeism and truancy rates improved slightly in D.C. schools, but is still significantly higher than pre-pandemic levels, according to new data on the 2022-2023 school year.
Washington Post: First-time home buyers banked on D.C. aid. Then the city changed the rules.
Six years ago, as Alfred Swailes was entering retirement, he started to think: Would he ever be able to own a home in the city where he spent his whole life?
DCist: Capital One Arena Forever Changed Chinatown. Can It Reverse Downtown’s Post-Pandemic Slump?
On December 2, 1997, 26 years ago this week, the MCI Center opened at the corner of F and 6th Streets Northwest in the District’s Chinatown neighborhood. City officials celebrated, hoping the arena would be a catalyst for revitalizing the…
Axios: D.C. traffic deaths hit 16-year high
D.C. traffic deaths are up more than 60% this year from the same time in 2022, reaching the highest total in 16 years.
DCist: D.C. Attorney General Warns Retailers Not To Discriminate Against Residents Who Use SNAP…
D.C.’s Office of the Attorney General is warning retailers such as grocery stores and convenience stores to not discriminate against residents who are paying for food with Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits.