jonetta rose barras: Corrupting ethics and transparency in the DC government
When it comes to ethics, the DC Council appears to be going from bad to worse: Last year, it trashed local open meeting laws. After unanimously voting in February 2025 to expel Ward 8’s Trayon White Sr., the legislature permitted his…
District Links: Commanders publish first renderings of new roofed stadium on RFK campus; House OKs…
The Washington Commanders and global design firm HKS this morning released initial conceptual renderings of a new roofed stadium along the Anacostia River to replace the newly demolished RFK Memorial Stadium, where the team played for…
Meet RenRiot: A band reshaping DC’s rock landscape one riff at a time
On a recent Friday night, passionate rebellious screams, high-energy drumming and raw guitar riffs echoed outside of O'Shaughnessy's Pub in Alexandria. It was the bar’s Band Nite, themed “Punk in the Alley,” and inside the small, intimate…
District Links: McDuffie enters Democratic Party’s mayoral contest; Trump admin eyes West…
With DC's June 16 primary just over five months away, recently resigned at-large Councilmember Kenyan McDuffie this morning launched his long-anticipated mayoral bid — entering a Democratic primary contest that features Ward 4…
District Links: Elections Board sets June 16 for special election to fill at-large council vacancy;…
The DC Board of Elections has officially scheduled a special election on June 16 to fill the vacancy created by the resignation of at-large Councilmember Kenyan McDuffie.
District Links: Bowser praises draft appropriations bill for boosts to DC security fund, DCTAG grant…
Mayor Muriel Bowser is hailing the proposed funding levels for DC's Emergency Planning and Security Fund and the DC Tuition Assistance Grant program in a newly released bicameral, bipartisan appropriations bill.
District Links: New bill aims to strengthen DC air pollution permitting process; NCPC hears new…
A new bill under consideration by the DC Council seeks to combat air pollution in the District by improving the Department of Energy and Environment's permitting process and requiring the agency to devote more personnel and resources to…
jonetta rose barras: Should the term of DC’s CFO be extended amid this political change?
On Christmas Eve, DC Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton announced she had reintroduced legislation to allow the DC mayor and council to determine the salary of the city’s chief financial officer. “Giving the District the ability to raise the pay…
District Links: DC marks closure of 100th illegal cannabis business; new bill aims to combat…
Mayor Muriel Bowser, the Alcoholic Beverage and Cannabis Administration and the Metropolitan Police Department today announced the closure of the 100th illegal cannabis business as part of a joint enforcement initiative that began 16…
District Links: Council OKs new BID in Congress Heights; U.S. Department of Transportation eyes…
The DC Council yesterday advanced plans for the creation of a new business improvement district in Ward 8's Congress Heights neighborhood, where extensive development is remaking the St. Elizabeths East campus.
District Links: Council votes to add transit workers to home purchase assistance program; longtime…
The DC Council gave initial approval this afternoon to a bill to enable public transit employees to participate in a program that provides DC government workers with down-payment assistance so they can purchase homes in the District.
District Links: Mendelson aims to fill interim at-large council seat by end of January; DC sees…
DC Council Chair Phil Mendelson said today that he hopes to select an interim pick by the end of the month to fill the at-large vacancy created by the resignation of Kenyan McDuffie, which took effect today.
District Links: Stable revenue estimates enable funding for council’s…
The District's independent chief financial officer this week reported "little to no change" in DC's economic outlook since September, but cited uncertainty around the impact of federal government layoffs as the greatest variable in the…
The Keegan Theatre’s ‘An Irish Carol’ is good craic and a holiday tradition worth keeping
With the holiday season in full swing, there’s truly no better way to hold onto the Christmas spirit while also supporting local theater in DC than by attending a performance of An Irish Carol at The Keegan Theatre. This beloved production…
District Links: House Dems decry ‘false claims’ against MPD, outgoing chief as political…
Days after the GOP-led House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform released an interim staff report critical of outgoing Metropolitan Police Department Chief Pamela Smith's leadership and the agency's crime reporting, the panel's…
District Links: Senate confirms 3 judges, reducing vacancies on DC Superior Court; workers begin…
The Senate voted 53-43 along party lines last night to approve a lengthy slate of President Donald Trump's nominees, including three new DC Superior Court judges.
jonetta rose barras: Cleanup still needed in DC government aisle three
District residents who have closely followed the recent debate around the start of ranked choice voting (RCV) in the 2026 primary and general elections surely aren’t surprised that the majority of the DC Council voted against legislation…
District Links: Appeals court allows Trump to continue National Guard deployment in DC for now;…
A federal appeals court panel this morning issued a ruling in support of the legality of President Donald Trump's deployment of National Guard troops in the District of Columbia, rejecting the reasoning of a lower court that issued a…
District Links: Council rejects delay in ranked choice voting; McDuffie announces council…
The DC Council this afternoon voted down emergency legislation that would have delayed implementation of ranked choice voting until 2027.
District Links: Probes into MPD crime stats blast departing chief for ‘culture of fear’;…
In the wake of media reports about a draft U.S. Department of Justice report faulting DC's departing police chief and the Metropolitan Police Department's crime reporting under her leadership, the House Committee on Oversight and…