District Links: Gray, former mayor and council chair, won’t seek reelection to Ward 7 seat; DC…
Ward 7 Councilmember Vincent Gray announced today that he won't seek reelection next year, making 2024 the culmination of a decades-long DC government career that included a term in the mayor's office and another as DC Council chair.
Daniel A. Rosen: Food in DC’s jails should heal, not harm
As families across the District come together to share the bounty of holiday meals, a starkly different scene unfolds behind the walls of DC’s jails. Controversy about how to address recent spikes in crime shouldn’t blind us to a…
District Links: DC saw 1.2% rise in population with 8,023 more residents; council OKs bill to help…
DC experienced a population gain of 8,023 people over the previous year, according to new census data highlighted by the Bowser administration.
District Links: Council set to consider bill to help buyers affected by HPAP rules change; Metro…
The DC Council is poised to consider emergency legislation tomorrow to assist prospective low-income homebuyers who thought they had secured sufficient Home Purchase Assistance Program funding.
jonetta rose barras: Should these DC cases be called voting fraud or mistakes?
When the DC Board of Elections unexpectedly announced last week that it was levying “civil fines” of up to $500 against six individuals for violating election laws in 2020 because they registered in multiple jurisdictions and voted twice,…
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