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District Links: DC Health updates ‘test-to-stay’ guidance; Howard, UDC among HBCUs…

Chris Kain Feb 1, 2022

DC Health issued new guidance yesterday on "test-to-stay" programs at schools, as well as amended protocols for ending isolation after a positive COVID-19 test result.

District Links: Vote to name Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library’s auditorium after Jeff…

Chris Kain Jan 31, 2022

Broadly hailed for the renovation of the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library downtown, the DC Public Library system is drawing flak for a plan to rename one of the facility's upgraded spaces in recognition of Amazon co-founder,…

District Links: Bowser admin seeks eminent domain for new Ward 7 grocery at site leased to Walmart;…

Chris Kain Jan 28, 2022

Mayor Muriel Bowser is seeking to use eminent domain to revive a long-dormant mixed-use project along East Capitol Street in Ward 7 and ensure it includes a full-service grocery store.

District Links: Senate poised to act on ‘vacancy crisis’ in DC’s courts; interest…

Chris Kain Jan 21, 2022

The Senate is gearing up to address the "vacancy crisis" highlighted by the DC Courts and local officials as hampering the interests of public safety and justice.

District Links: Latest COVID-19 wave may have peaked in DC; Metro projects another three-month wait…

Chris Kain Jan 14, 2022

Charting the course of the COVID-19 pandemic has proved challenging, but experts are saying that DC's current wave of infections may have peaked — and that the region may be close to doing so as well.

District Links: Don’t visit ER for a COVID-19 test, DC says; foster care still doesn’t…

Chris Kain Jan 7, 2022

DC officials note that just 5.2% of people with COVID-19 are ending up in the hospital, one of the only improving metrics right now on DC Health's summary dashboard that compares today's numbers to those a month ago.

District Links: DC sees record COVID-19 hospitalizations amid winter surge; DC’s child…

Chris Kain Dec 30, 2021

A key aim of the reforms to the District's child welfare system undertaken over the past three decades was preventing future deaths by setting up a system to review the circumstances surrounding all child fatalities in the District. But…

District Links: Businesses react to city’s new vaccination rules; child welfare investigations…

Chris Kain Dec 23, 2021

The DC Child and Family Services Agency's investigations often aren’t launched in the timely manner required by law — and are frequently closed too quickly and labeled “unfounded” or “unsubstantiated.”

District Links: DC to add vaccine mandate for entry to restaurants, various other venues; council…

Chris Kain Dec 22, 2021

Mayor Muriel Bowser announced today that a variety of DC businesses — including restaurants, bars, and indoor cultural and entertainment venues — will soon have to require COVID-19 vaccination for patrons ages 12 and older.

District Links: 32 years later, broken system still fails vulnerable children, investigation finds;…

Chris Kain Dec 21, 2021

Over the summer, the DC government announced it had reached a settlement in the 32-year class-action lawsuit that sought extensive reform of the city’s child welfare system — a case initially known as LaShawn A. v. Marion Barry Jr.

District Links: Bowser restores indoor mask mandate amid rise in cases; little-known panel blocked…

Chris Kain Dec 20, 2021

Mayor Muriel Bowser announced today that she'll reinstate DC's indoor mask mandate in public places as of 6 a.m. Tuesday as one of several new measures amid concerns about a winter wave of COVID-19 cases and the spread of the new omicron…

District Links: Recent collisions bring push for enhanced safety for kids; House report faults…

Chris Kain Dec 17, 2021

With high-profile collisions in recent days as well as a memorial event over the weekend for a 5-year-old killed in Brookland while riding her bike, the dangers on city streets for DC children are top of mind this week for many.

District Links: Case numbers prompt DCPS to shift Whittier Elementary to virtual learning; DC plans…

Chris Kain Dec 16, 2021

As concern spreads about the omicron variant gaining a foothold in the United States, a rising number of COVID-19 infections has prompted a shift to virtual instruction at a public DC elementary school as well as changes at area…

District Links: Changes downtown prompt new look at office-to-residential conversions; Metro eyes…

Chris Kain Dec 15, 2021

The inviting idea of "a living downtown" is not new in the District, with the phrase a mantra of long-ago revitalization efforts in Penn Quarter as well as zoning proceedings in the late 1980s and early ’90s. Now the pandemic is helping…

District Links: Four young adults are DC’s first cases of omicron variant, DC Health says;…

Chris Kain Dec 13, 2021

Days after Maryland and Virginia officials reported the first omicron cases in those jurisdictions, DC Health announced Sunday night that four DC residents have tested positive for the latest coronavirus variant.

District Links: Metro eyes gradual return of 7000-series trains, but no timetable yet; AG seeks ban…

Chris Kain Dec 10, 2021

There's still no timetable for a return to more frequent Metrorail service, but top officials have revealed more about their plans on how to do so.

District Links: Council delays vote on suspending encampment clearings; Congress doesn’t…

Chris Kain Dec 8, 2021

A divided DC Council put off a vote yesterday on emergency legislation to suspend encampment clearings during hypothermia season, but lawmakers on both sides of the debate said the execution of the mayor's pilot program needs to improve.

District Links: Council hears divided views over merits of ranked-choice voting; redistricting map…

Chris Kain Nov 24, 2021

This year isn't the first time DC Council members have proposed bringing ranked-choice voting to the District, but last week did mark the first time a council committee held a public hearing on legislation to do so.

District Links: Subcommittee’s redistricting plan would extend wards 7, 8 westward; council…

Chris Kain Nov 18, 2021

Residents in Ward 6 neighborhoods along the Anacostia River from the new Frederick Douglass Memorial Bridge east to the Whitney Young Memorial Bridge may soon find themselves in a different ward.

District Links: Feds begin relocating detainees amid outcry over long-ignored complaints about DC…

Chris Kain Nov 8, 2021

The U.S. Marshals Service says it will begin moving about 400 pretrial and sentenced defendants charged with federal crimes out of the DC Jail today, relocating them to a federal penitentiary in Pennsylvania.

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District Links: Council sets hearing on nominees to vacancy-laden zoning board; NCPC seeks more info on plans to paint…

May 8, 2026 8

The DC Council has scheduled a public hearing later this month on the mayor's three recent nominations to fill vacancies on the Board of Zoning Adjustment — which hasn't been able to meet since March…

jonetta rose barras: Who among DC’s mayoral candidates can help the city fulfill its potential? (Part 2)

May 8, 2026 157

At a recent mayoral forum, moderator Dwayne Lawson-Brown asked the candidates to use three words to describe their political style. “Principled. Resilient. Effective,” said Ward 4 DC Councilmember…

Clinique Chapman: The next mayor can get public safety right. Here’s how.

May 8, 2026 50

Last month, DC Justice Lab convened nearly 30 organizations to stand together on the steps of the Wilson Building and release the 2026 DC Public Safety Policy Agenda, a set of recommendations…

District Links: DC tourism sees slight rise despite fewer international visitors; McDuffie draws endorsement from…

May 7, 2026 22

DC officials yesterday announced a slight uptick in domestic visitors in 2025 but a modest decline in international visitors, who tend to stay longer and spend more while in town.

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