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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…

Washington Post: Metro delays vote on proposal that would ban passengers arrested for sex offense

Editor Jul 29, 2021
Board members said they want more input from jurisdictions served by Metro on the proposal.

Washingtonian: You’ll Soon Need to Wear a Mask Inside DC Bars and Restaurants

Editor Jul 29, 2021
Restaurant employees are once more tasked with enforcing the order.

Washington Post: $1 million in federal emergency funds to help cover costs of collapsed D.C. bridge

Editor Jul 29, 2021
Funding will reimburse cleanup costs. A bridge replacement will cost $25 million.

DCist: Why Mayor Bowser Accused D.C. Courts Of Creating A ‘Public Safety Crisis’

Editor Jul 29, 2021
As the District faces a continuing surge in homicides, Mayor Muriel Bowser and other D.C. officials have placed some blame for the increase at the feet of the D.C. Superior Court.

DCist: Metro Delays Vote On Policy That Would Ban Riders Who Have Committed Certain Crimes

Editor Jul 29, 2021
Metro’s board is delaying a vote on a policy to temporarily ban people who commit sex and weapons offenses on the transit system.

Washington Business Journal: Remember Providence’s ‘healthy village’ plan? A new service is coming…

Editor Jul 29, 2021
Providence Health System is days away from introducing the next piece of its outpatient “healthy village” campus, two years after opening an urgent care center in its shuttered Northeast D.C. hospital with the promise of more to come.

Washington Post: D.C. reinstates indoor mask mandate as virus coronavirus cases rise

Editor Jul 29, 2021
Masks will again be required indoors in D.C. beginning Saturday, Mayor Muriel E. Bowser ordered, in a reversal of recent policy driven by new federal guidelines that recommend indoor masking in areas where coronavirus transmission is high.…

Washington Post: Congress passes $2.1 billion in emergency funding for Capitol security and Afghan…

Editor Jul 29, 2021
Congress on Thursday rapidly cleared a $2.1 billion emergency spending package that will avert a Capitol Police funding crisis sparked by the Jan. 6 riot and also provide urgent funds to evacuate and resettle Afghans who aided U.S. forces…

WTOP: DC will require masks indoors for everyone older than 2 beginning July 31

Editor Jul 29, 2021
D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser announced Thursday that masks will again be required indoors in the District, regardless of vaccination status.

Washington Business Journal: Here’s where D.C.’s four controversial New Communities…

Editor Jul 29, 2021
D.C. could soon invest more than $78.8 million in the New Communities Initiative, an amount that officials say reflects their commitment to the redevelopment of the four public housing complexes included in the program. Yet each one…

Washington Business Journal: Owner of The Anthem, 9:30 Club awarded more than $25M in the SBA…

Editor Jul 29, 2021
The Small Business Administration has disclosed the more than 9,844 small business owners who have so far been awarded grants through the agency’s Shuttered Venue Operators Grant program.

City Paper: Bowser, Contee Call for More Cops

Editor Jul 29, 2021
Herroner wants to spend $11 million to hire nearly 200 more cops by the beginning of Fiscal Year 2022.

WTOP: Metro leaders, for now, decline to take up hot-button issue of rider suspensions

Editor Jul 29, 2021
A controversial plan to ban certain people from the D.C. Metro system is now on pause.

Petula Dvorak in The Post: ‘Telling the truth shouldn’t be hard.’ So let’s tell the truth.

Editor Jul 29, 2021
Truth is truth, even in D.C.

WTOP: DC Council members push for info on what’s being done to prevent gun violence

Editor Jul 29, 2021
D.C. Council members held a hearing Thursday on gun violence prevention.

DCist: D.C. Reinstates Indoor Mask Mandate For All Individuals Starting Saturday

Editor Jul 29, 2021
A little more than two months after D.C. lifted its mask mandate, Mayor Muriel Bowser announced Thursday that masks will once again be required in all indoor settings, starting Saturday, July 31.

Washington Business Journal: Industrious takes big former WeWork space in D.C. for new expansion

Editor Jul 29, 2021
Coworking group Industrious is expanding again with a big new office at The Apollo.

Washington Post: Smithsonian to require all visitors to wear masks indoors starting Friday, even if…

Editor Jul 29, 2021
Starting Friday, all visitors — even those who are vaccinated — must wear masks at the Smithsonian Institution’s museums and indoor spaces, it said Thursday.

Press Release: Norton Amendments Directing FAA to Prioritize Aircraft Noise and Blocking SEC from…

Press Release Jul 29, 2021
News Release — DC Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton July 29, 2021 Contact: Sharon Eliza Nichols WASHINGTON, D.C. –Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) announced that the House today passed two of her amendments to a fiscal…
Opinion

Jasmine Graham: For DC working families, help is finally on the way

Commentary Jul 29, 2021
It is very hard to raise a family in the District — as a single mom of a beautiful 1-year-old boy, trust me, I know the struggle. Yet I have gained so much hope these last few days with actions taken by President Joe Biden and members of…
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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 18
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 17
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 32
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 220
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…

Thousands of people in DC use housing vouchers. How much should they be worth?

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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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