District Links: Feds cut $40M in security, anti-terrorism grants slated for DC; several states plan…
The DC Council has announced a slate of oversight hearings for the fall, including sessions to highlight "standout" schools, examine overcrowding at DC's youth detention center, and scrutinize the impediments to timely use of housing…
jonetta rose barras: The housing crisis solution DC officials continue to ignore
You’ve heard the adage hundreds of times: The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over while expecting different results. Many DC elected officials and government functionaries have been wearing straitjackets for…
District Links: DC accelerates planned shutdown of sole streetcar route; Events DC, auditor’s…
A new report from the Office of the DC Auditor contends that Events DC owes $68.7 million to the District government's general fund, but the quasi-public authority challenges the auditor's conclusions.
District Links: Emergency bill to extend expanded youth curfew stalls; myriad states weigh in on DC…
Emergency legislation to extend the expanded youth curfew through December failed to pass in the DC Council yesterday, falling short of the necessary supermajority to win approval.
District Links: Council acts to allow mayor to issue marriage licenses during shutdown; regulators…
The DC Council briefly took the role of wedding planners this afternoon by approving emergency legislation to resolve a distinctly local consequence of the federal government's shutdown: the inability of couples to obtain a marriage…
District Links: Ward 2’s Pinto launches bid for seat long held by Norton; MPD officers cite…
Ward 2 Councilmember Brooke Pinto this morning announced her campaign for the congressional seat held since 1991 by DC Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton, who has so far said she intends to run again despite calls for her to retire.
District Links: Homeland Security agents have continued to patrol with MPD amid federal surge; DC…
Mayor Muriel Bowser this morning marked the launch of a new health care apprenticeship program with a visit to the District's second Advanced Technical Center, located at Whitman-Walker Health's Max Robinson Center.
District Links: CFO adjusts DC’s revenue estimates upward while acknowledging economic risks;…
The DC chief financial officer's latest revenue forecast shows an uptick in the economic outlook for the DC government over the next four years since his last estimates in June, based in part on an improved outlook for corporate earnings…
District Links: Bowser renews push for vending reform, other ‘growth agenda’ items;…
Mayor Muriel Bowser today offered a preview of the "growth agenda" legislation she'll be asking the DC Council to revisit.
Allister Chang: DC’s literacy investments are working
DC’s latest results on our annual statewide test of student achievement, known as CAPE, are a major milestone, showing that when we collaborate and stay focused on evidence-based practices, our students thrive.
DC students are making…
District Links: Threat of federal shutdown looms over DC economy as job cuts take full effect;…
People with insurance coverage through DC Health Link can expect to see an average rate increase of 8.7% for individual plans and 9.5% for small group plans, the DC Department of Insurance, Securities and Banking announced today.
District Links: Trump tells prosecutors to seek death penalty in DC cases via federal charges;…
President Donald Trump yesterday signed a memorandum directing federal prosecutors to pursue the death penalty in all appropriate cases in DC, as well as to seek federal jurisdiction for death penalty-eligible crimes that occur in DC.
jonetta rose barras: Is a managed care contracting fight looming in DC?
That’s the question I asked myself, after learning from several sources that CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield Community Health had optimistically announced earlier this year during an internal meeting of its employees that the company would…
District Links: Ward 1’s Brianne Nadeau won’t seek fourth term on DC Council; new…
Ward 1 Councilmember Brianne Nadeau announced this morning that she won't seek a fourth term, likely setting the stage for a crowded field of candidates looking to become just the fifth person to hold the position since the creation of…
District Links: AG Schwalb files 12 more suits against dangerous drivers, wins first judgment; surge…
DC Attorney General Brian Schwalb today announced a first-of-its-kind judgment against a dangerous driver under recently implemented DC Council legislation, as well as a slate of 12 new lawsuits against Maryland and Virginia drivers who…
District Links: AG reaches settlement with Washington Gas to stop pollution of Anacostia River from…
DC Attorney General Brian Schwalb announced this morning that Washington Gas will take new steps to stop toxic chemicals from leaching into the Anacostia River from the site of a gas-manufacturing plant that operated for nearly a century…
District Links: Bowser says she’ll again seek council approval for ‘growth…
Mayor Muriel Bowser said today that she'll soon reintroduce aspects of her "growth agenda" as stand-alone bills in an effort to win DC Council approval for provisions that lawmakers pulled out of her FY 2026 budget legislation.
District Links: Councilmember Robert White enters race for House seat held by Norton since 1991;…
As questions swirl over whether DC Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton will indeed seek another term, at-large DC Councilmember Robert White — who previously served as legislative counsel in Norton's office — is entering the race.
jonetta rose barras: President Donald Trump and congressional Republicans engage in political…
Most Americans, even those who vehemently oppose President Donald Trump and congressional Republicans, will admit that the murder of Charlie Kirk is the most recent evidence of a frightening escalation of political violence in the country.…
District Links: Council OKs $3.7B deal with Commanders to remake RFK campus; Bowser, Mendelson and…
Today's congressional oversight hearing on DC with testimony from Mayor Muriel Bowser, DC Council Chair Phil Mendelson and Attorney General Brian Schwalb caps a hectic few days — with the House approving four bills to repeal or amend local…