jonetta rose barras: Slouching toward the DC general election with controversy
The promise ranked choice voting (RCV) proponents made nearly two years ago was that new people would get elected to more offices with more votes. If the June primary is any indication, that was all talk.
For the most part, the winners…
District Links: New estimates cite $1.4B cost to keep National Guard in DC into 2029; Trump blasts…
The Metropolitan Police Department will hold events across the city Tuesday evening as part of the 42nd annual National Night Out, a celebration of community-building and public safety partnerships.
District Links: Budget battle continues as Mendelson faults Bowser for ‘harmful’…
The rhetorical battle over the District's budget continued yesterday with DC Council Chair Phil Mendelson responding to the pointed criticisms leveled by Mayor Muriel Bowser when she opted not to sign the FY 2027 Local Budget Act.
District Links: Bowser appointee resigns as chair of utility regulatory body; regional House members…
Amid public grumbling over utility rates and implementation of the District's stated clean energy priorities, Emile Thompson yesterday submitted his resignation as chair of the DC Public Service Commission effective Aug. 14.
Joon Bang: DC spends just 0.3% of its budget on its older residents. It’s time for a Dignity…
People care. That's what our social worker said after sharing her case notes on Ms. Rose, a new client referred to us by a local bank teller.
Ms. Rose (a pseudonym) had returned to the bank multiple times over a week’s time,…
District Links: Local, federal officials outline plans for next month’s Grand Prix race; Trump…
Mayor Muriel Bowser today joined federal, regional and event officials to outline operational and security plans for next month's Freedom 250 Grand Prix event near the National Mall.
District Links: Bowser opts not to sign FY 2027 budget; IG releases report on MPD data; DDOT tries…
The District Department of Transportation yesterday launched a "Cool Corridors" pilot study that aims to keep neighborhoods cooler and strengthen climate resilience throughout the city.
District Links: Preservationists decry proposed changes to federal review process; draft IG report…
Preservation and environmental groups are decrying proposed changes advanced by a federal panel that would upend what's known as the Section 106 review process, named for the relevant section of the National Historic Preservation Act and…
District Links: DC reopens Ward 7’s Rosedale Pool after $6.8M expansion; Metro sees ridership…
Ward 7's Rosedale Outdoor Pool is open for the first time this summer after a $6.8 million renovation that expanded the facility by more than 1,400 square feet.
jonetta rose barras: Are DC elected officials once again inviting congressional meddling with their…
“The council is bringing this on itself,” Jack Evans, a former Ward 2 legislator and expert on District finances, said earlier this week during an interview with me about yet another congressional encroachment into the local government’s…
District Links: Senate committee advances 8 judicial nominees for vacancies on DC courts;…
A Senate committee voted yesterday to advance six nominees for vacant seats on the DC Superior Court and another two nominees for vacancies on the DC Court of Appeals — a step forward in easing a long-standing issue that has led to…
District Links: House panel advances bill limiting DC taxing authority; auditor cites heavy…
The GOP-led House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform this afternoon voted 23-18 along party lines to approve legislation that would prevent DC officials from imposing or increasing any tax or fee without explicit congressional…
District Links: DC officials blast bill to restrict local taxing authority ahead of key vote; House…
Ahead of a key committee vote tomorrow, DC officials are blasting consideration of recently introduced House legislation that would block the local government from imposing or increasing any tax or fee without explicit congressional…
District Links: Judge orders repairs at five buildings in AG’s case against a ‘slumlord…
A federal judge has ordered immediate repairs to address dangerous and illegal conditions at five apartment buildings owned and controlled by Ali "Sam" Razjooyan and his mother.
District Links: House committee set to vote on bill to limit DC’s ability to alter local…
The GOP chair of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform yesterday introduced legislation to block DC leaders from imposing or increasing any tax or fee — or amending the District's tax code — without explicit approval from…
jonetta rose barras: Elissa Silverman returns to the DC Council
It could be, as some people have suggested, that Elissa Silverman's arrival back to the John A. Wilson Building as an at-large councilmember is karma's work.
She might claim otherwise, saying that hard work and determination are what…
District Links: NPS finalizes agreement for removal of historic trestle bridge; panel calls for…
The National Park Service yesterday announced a final agreement for removal of the historic but structurally unsound Foundry Branch Trestle Bridge at the southern end of Glover Archbold Park.
District Links: DC Council votes 13-0 to cap resale prices for concert, theater tickets; AI-boosted…
The DC Council yesterday voted 13-0 to approve legislation to regulate the resale of tickets for concerts and theatrical performances — with a 10% cap on the permissible markup from face value.
District Links: Mendelson pulls his bill to revise RCV process for at-large seats; council to…
The DC Council won't act today on two election-related bills that have spawned controversy in recent days, including emergency legislation that would have adjusted how ranked choice voting results for the at-large DC Council seats are to…
District Links: Bowser says new reform package would encourage investment in DC housing; DC sees…
Mayor Muriel Bowser is pushing for changes to the District's housing laws with two new bills she submitted last week to the DC Council, with her administration saying the city needs to take steps to encourage construction of affordable and…