District Links: Bowser touts economic boost at DGS ribbon-cutting in Ward 7; new program tracks air…
Near the start of her second term, Mayor Muriel Bowser directed her team to identify opportunities to relocate DC agencies east of the Anacostia River as an economic development tool. Now, four years later, she marked the opening today of…
Washington Post: AG seeks deal with D.C. police lodge over allegedly illegal whiskey sales
The D.C. attorney general’s office has offered to settle out of court with a fraternal police lodge after the city’s liquor board concluded it illegally sold and shipped hundreds of bottles of whiskey without proper permits, according to a…
Washington Post: Adding flights at Reagan National would increase delays, FAA says
The FAA’s analysis comes as a coalition of business groups is pushing for more long-distance service at the airport outside Washington
Washington Post: D.C. election laws are GOP’s next target in Congress
D.C.'s election laws will be next to enter the crosshairs in the GOP’s oversight of the District in Congress, with a hearing next week set to delve into D.C. “election integrity.”
Washington Post: D.C. opens migrant center as it braces for more border buses
D.C. Mayor Muriel E. Bowser’s (D) administration this week opened a new respite center for U.S. asylum seekers arriving on buses from Texas and Arizona, adding a second clearinghouse in the region for those individuals amid expectations…
DCist: D.C. Picks Team To Redevelop Reeves Center On U Street Into Housing, Offices, And…
Mayor Muriel Bowser on Friday announced that the city has picked a team to redevelop the Franklin D. Reeves Center, the large government building standing at the iconic intersection of 14th and U Streets NW.
DCist: D.C.’s New Public Safety Auditor Thinks Scrutiny And Support Of Police Are Not Mutually…
Chris Magnus is the city’s new Deputy Auditor for Public Safety. He’s the first to occupy the job, which was recommended by the city’s police reform commission in 2021 and ultimately created by police reform legislation the D.C. Council…
DCist: House Republicans To Hold Hearing On D.C. Elections, With Possible Bill Targeting City
A pair of House committees have scheduled a hearing for next Wednesday on elections in D.C., which could build towards legislation that would require photo ID for voting, eliminate same-day voter registration, and largely do away with the…
District Links: DC selects development team for Reeves Center replacement at 14th and U; five…
Mayor Muriel Bowser's administration today announced its long-awaited pick to redevelop the Reeves Center site at 14th and U streets NW, with the project slated to include a hotel, a new NAACP headquarters, municipal office space, and…
Washington Post: D.C. firefighters sue city, alleging officials reneged on pension promises
A group of D.C. firefighters who want to retire sued the District on Thursday, alleging officials reneged on promises to let them transfer to a more generous pension plan after the city’s fire and ambulance services merged more than 15…
WTOP: Sea walls at Tidal Basin, West Potomac Park to be rehabbed, heightened for sea level rise
The National Park Service plans to rehabilitate and heighten nearly 7,000 feet of sea wall that lines the Tidal Basin and West Potomac Park in an effort to deal with daily flooding.
City Paper: D.C. Firefighters Claim the City is Refusing to Pay Their Pension Benefits
Five current and former Black firefighters were promised pension funds. Decades later they’re ready to retire, but where’s the money?
DCist: NPS To Raise Tidal Basin Walkways 5 Feet To Account For Sea Level Rise
When D.C.’s Tidal Basin was built more than 100 years ago, the walkways around it were 6 feet above the Potomac River at low tide. Since then, a combination of rising sea level and sinking land has brought the water much closer — in fact…
Washington Post: Bowser announces new sabbatical program for longtime D.C. agency leaders
Applications open Thursday for the new sabbatical program and a separate initiative to help veteran agency leaders plan their future in D.C. government
DCist: DCHA’s Deadline To Fix Major Problems Has Come And Gone. Here’s Where Things Stand
Eight months after the federal Department of Housing and Urban Development issued a scathing audit of D.C.’s public housing authority, the parent agency has closed out just 42 of 103 findings it mandated the DC Housing Authority address.
Axios: New group opposes longer flights out of Reagan National Airport
United Airlines and groups supporting Dulles Airport yesterday launched a campaign against allowing longer flights out of Reagan National Airport.
District Links: Bowser administration launches sabbatical program for long-serving agency heads;…
As Mayor Muriel Bowser heads into the sixth month of her third term, her administration is rolling out a new sabbatical program and transition planning in an effort to retain long-serving cabinet officials and smooth the replacement…
District Links: Split council delays vote on rent limits amid procedural skirmish; FY 2024 budget…
Efforts to pass legislation to limit rent hikes for tenants living in rent-controlled buildings ground to a temporary halt yesterday afternoon amid procedural wrangling over whose proposal to consider first.
DCist: DCPS Officials Promise Changes And Accountability After Revelations Of Unlawful Contracts
D.C. Public Schools Chancellor Lewis Ferebee on Wednesday said that staffing and procedural changes are being made in the wake of revelations that the school system unlawfully awarded $270 million worth of contracts, but some lawmakers…
DCist: After Fights Over Last-Minute Changes, D.C. Council Gives Final Approval To 2024 Budget
The D.C. Council on Tuesday gave final and unanimous approval to a $19.7 billion budget for 2024, closing out what most lawmakers said was one of the toughest budget seasons in recent history — but not before they bickered over some…