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District Links: Legislation to curb utility costs wins initial OK, with talks planned on key aspect; Kennedy family sues over proposed arch; and more

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District Links: Despite revisions, robotaxi bill faces headwinds on…

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District Links: DC to hold April 6 special election to fill at-large…

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Candace Smith: Hundreds of DC kids lost their coaches. More could be…

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District Links: Henderson undoes party switch as Dems name Holtz to…

Washingtonian: An Ode to the Final Pay Phone in Downtown DC

Editor Oct 28, 2021
It’s last call for this sad box outside the Cheesecake Factory.

Washingtonian: A Republican Lawmaker Is Pushing to Move All Federal Agencies Out of DC

Editor Oct 28, 2021
Warren Davidson's longshot "Drain the Swamp Act" would clear the area of 90 percent of the federal workforce.

WTOP: DC police warn about impersonators calling to extort money

Editor Oct 28, 2021
Scammers have been posing as D.C. police officers trying to get your money — and the real police are warning the public not to fall for it.

Washington Blade: D.C. gay activist Phil Pannell recovering from ‘breakthrough’ COVID infection

Editor Oct 28, 2021
‘It hit me like a ton of bricks’

Axios: Metro delays to continue through Nov. 15

Editor Oct 28, 2021
Reduced Metrorail service will continue through at least Nov. 15, the transit agency announced Thursday, prolonging the region’s transportation headache.

City Paper: D.C. Council Weighs Student Vaccine Mandate

Editor Oct 28, 2021
D.C. schools require at least 10 vaccinations against common diseases before children can start attending school. The D.C. Council is considering adding a new vaccine for students of every age.

WTOP: DC Council members call on mayor, feds to up aid for renters facing eviction

Chris Kain Oct 28, 2021
Members of the D.C. Council introduced a resolution Thursday calling on Mayor Muriel Bowser and the U.S. Treasury to boost funding to prevent evictions in the District.

Washington Post: D.C.’s Black Lives Matter Plaza, created overnight, is now a permanent…

Editor Oct 28, 2021
More than a year after Mayor Muriel E. Bowser’s overnight order — having “Black Lives Matter” painted in massive yellow letters on the street leading up to the White House, in the middle of a tense confrontation between President Donald…

Washington Post: Pre-K teacher Dominique Foster is named D.C.’s 2022 Teacher of the Year

Editor Oct 28, 2021
The charter school educator will go on to compete for the National Teacher of the Year award

Washington Business Journal: Republican congressional committee sues event planner over Union…

Editor Oct 28, 2021
The National Republican Congressional Committee is demanding the return of a more than half-million-dollar deposit for an annual event it was forced to cancel due to Covid-19 public health restrictions.

WTOP: Permanent Black Lives Matter Plaza installation now complete in DC

Editor Oct 28, 2021
D.C.’s permanent Black Lives Matter Plaza is complete, Mayor Muriel Bowser and the District’s Department of Transportation said in a statement Thursday.

DCist: A New Mobile Recording Studio Aims To Amplify Overlooked D.C.-Area Musicians

Editor Oct 28, 2021
A team of local professors, students, and music producers will use a recording studio built into a truck to record musicians from across the D.C. region. The group is looking to record a wide range of styles, genres and languages,…

Washington Post: D.C.’s highest court clears way for McMillan development to proceed

Editor Oct 28, 2021
The District’s highest court Wednesday ruled that the developers of the McMillan Sand Filtration site in Northeast Washington can proceed with a large-scale project that for years has been mired in legal challenges.

DCist: What Happens To Learning When D.C. Students Must Quarantine? It Depends.

Editor Oct 28, 2021
Learning all but stopped for Sharon Culver’s seven-year-old daughter when she was required to quarantine for seven days in September. The girl did not hear from staff at Anne Beers Elementary School in Southeast D.C. about instruction the…

Washington Business Journal: McMillan’s developers just picked up another win in court. That…

Editor Oct 28, 2021
The team behind the McMillan sand filtration site redevelopment just picked up another court ruling in their favor, a key step in keeping demolition on the property moving and inching the tortured redevelopment forward.

Press Release: Norton Releases Her House Floor Remarks on Education Investments in President Biden’s…

Press Release Oct 28, 2021
News Release — DC Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton October 28, 2021 Contact: Sharon Eliza Nichols WASHINGTON, D.C. –Today, Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) spoke on the House floor to highlight how the President’s Build…

Press Release: Norton, Carper Reintroduce Bill to Make D.C. Eligible for Federal Flood Mitigation…

Press Release Oct 28, 2021
News Release — DC Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton October 28, 2021 Contact: Sharon Eliza Nichols WASHINGTON, D.C. — Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) and Senator Tom Carper (D-DE) today reintroduced their District of…

Press Release: Mayor Bowser Announces the Completion of Permanent Installation of Black Lives Matter…

Press Release Oct 28, 2021
News Release — Executive Office of the Mayor and the District Department of Transportation FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: October 28, 2021 CONTACT:  LaToya Foster (EOM) German Vigil (DDOT) …

Press Release: Mayor Bowser Announces Dominique Foster as 2022 DC Teacher of the Year During…

Press Release Oct 28, 2021
News Release — Executive Office of the Mayor and the DC Office of the State Superintendent of Education FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: October 28, 2021 CONTACT:  LaToya Foster (EOM) Fred Lewis (OSSE) …

Press Release: Mayor Bowser Kicks Off Leaf Collection Season, Reminds Residents to Compost Old…

Press Release Oct 28, 2021
News Release — Executive Office of the Mayor FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: October 28, 2021 CONTACT: LaToya Foster (EOM) As Part of Back to Basics Week, District Agencies Are Reminding Residents How to Support Leaf…
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District Links: Legislation to curb utility costs wins initial OK, with talks planned on key aspect; Kennedy family sues…

Nov 11, 2026 11
The DC Council yesterday gave initial approval to a legislative package that aims to curb rising utility costs and strengthen the Public Service Commission's oversight of Pepco and Washington Gas.

District Links: Despite revisions, robotaxi bill faces headwinds on council panel; lawmaker seeks limits on use of…

Nov 10, 2026 16
In the wake of concerns about the use of opioid settlement funds to fill a budget gap by covering some of the District's Medicaid costs, the chair of the DC Council's Committee on Health is proposing…

District Links: DC to hold April 6 special election to fill at-large council vacancy; city breaks ground on Jelleff Rec…

Nov 9, 2026 27
The DC Board of Elections today officially certified a vacancy in the at-large DC Council seat previously held by Robert White — newly elected as DC's delegate to the House — and scheduled an April 6…

Candace Smith: Hundreds of DC kids lost their coaches. More could be next.

Nov 9, 2026 209
This fall, children at nine DC schools lost things that are essential to their development: a coach who knows them, a team that counts on them, and an after-school home. DC SCORES, a nonprofit that…
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Who’s on DC’s general election ballot

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Here’s a listing of the citywide and ward candidates on DC’s general election ballot. We’ve included links to candidates’ political websites and Twitter accounts for those running for positions other…

An overview of endorsements in DC Council, State Board of Education races

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If it’s hard to keep track of all the candidates on the Nov. 3 ballot, it may be even tougher to keep track of everyone who has endorsed them. To that end, The DC Line compiled as many endorsements…

District’s 296 ANC races draw up to five candidates, but two-thirds are uncontested

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About a third of the District’s 296 advisory neighborhood commission seats have contested races, based on the candidate list released by the DC Board of Elections last week after the petition deadline…

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People using housing vouchers in DC spent this past summer in limbo. In the spring, the DC Housing Authority (DCHA) deliberated changing the maximum value of all 20,000 vouchers the agency…
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