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jonetta rose barras: DC Council sidesteps financial responsibility

jonetta rose barras May 30, 2019

The DC Council held its encore vote Tuesday on the $15.5 billion fiscal year 2020 budget and financial plan, with members providing unanimous support; they also approved revisions to the current fiscal 2019 budget. The 13 legislators don’t…

City Paper: Councilmember David Grosso Loses School Renovation Debate That Divides Council

Editor May 16, 2019

Councilmembers lament that the mayor framed the issue around gentrification.

Washington Post: D.C. Council rejects mayor’s proposal to move Banneker High

Editor May 14, 2019

The D.C. Council narrowly rejected Tuesday a proposal from Mayor Muriel E. Bowser (D) to build a new campus for an elite high school on vacant property in the booming Shaw neighborhood.

Washington Business Journal: Bowser’s tax hikes survive budget revisions, but D.C. Council…

Editor May 14, 2019

D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser's plans to raise taxes to generate funding for new affordable housing investments have cleared a key budgetary hurdle, but the exact shape of those housing programs remains a point of contention among D.C. Council…

WAMU: D.C. Council Tables Controversial FOIA Bill

Editor May 14, 2019

Proposed changes to the District’s Freedom of Information Act will not be one of the issues the D.C. Council considers during its first round of budget debates Tuesday.

City Paper: Council Set to Vote Down Mayor in Battle Over Shaw Junior High Site

Editor May 14, 2019

Shaw residents want a new middle school, but Banneker High needs a new facility. It has become the latest fight over race and gentrification.

Greater Greater Washington: DC will build a tunnel from the NoMa Metro, delay the K Street…

Editor May 14, 2019

A long-awaited moment in budget season comes when DC Council Chairman Phil Mendelson releases his package of budget changes, which combine, reconcile, and sometimes reverse things from the individual committees. Here are some of the…

Arts and Culture

Council set to amend DC budget in response to community worries about arts panel’s loss of dedicated…

Brennan Hafner May 14, 2019

The DC Council’s newly released draft budget plan addresses many of the community concerns raised about Mayor Muriel Bowser’s proposed changes to the independence and grant-making policies of the DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities. …

Washington Post: D.C. budget battles may preview new dynamic between D.C. Council, Mayor Bowser

Editor May 13, 2019

As the D.C. Council was poised to vote Tuesday on a $15.5 billion budget for the coming fiscal year, Mayor Muriel E. Bowser (D) continued to skirmish with lawmakers over two of District residents’ top priorities: Housing and education.

District Dig: Hands Off — Phil Mendelson runs interference for Jack Evans

Editor May 11, 2019

The timing was exquisite.District Dig had just received a letter from an assistant general counsel to the D.C. Council, denying a portion of a Freedom of Information Act request related to Ward 2 Councilmember Jack Evans.

DCist: In ‘Unprecedented’ Tweets, City Agencies Are Attacking Councilmembers Over The Budget

Editor May 11, 2019

When there’s money involved, things often turn ugly. But the fight over D.C.’s budget has been particularly barbed this year, with the mayor waging a full-court press over several of her priorities—through press releases, media events, and…

Washington Business Journal: Bowser ready to explore D.C. height limit changes in order to meet…

Editor May 10, 2019

D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser has for months talked up her plan to see the District add 36,000 new homes by 2025 — and she could be willing to touch a political third rail to meet that goal.

District government

Mendelson faces calls from four council members for public hearing prior to FOIA changes proposed in…

Chris Kain May 10, 2019

Near the end of a daylong work session Wednesday, DC Council Chairman Phil Mendelson faced a spirited challenge from four council members who urged him not to pursue new exemptions to the District’s Freedom of Information Act next week via…

Bisnow: ‘That Needs To Stop’: Top D.C. Developers Blast City Leaders For Proposed CRE Tax Hikes

Editor May 9, 2019

D.C. appears on the verge of raising taxes on commercial real estate and property transactions, upsetting many of the city's top developers who say the tax will hurt small businesses and worsen the office market.

Washington Post: FOIA restrictions would shield D.C. officials who use email for personal business

Editor May 8, 2019

D.C. lawmakers are considering a proposal that could dramatically curtail access to public records, exempting from disclosure correspondence sent with government email in which public employees discuss matters not related to their official…

Washington Business Journal: Bowser’s proposed real estate tax hikes look set to pass, even as…

Editor May 7, 2019

D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser’s proposed tax increases on commercial property and large real estate transactions look increasingly likely to become law, even though Council Chairman Phil Mendelson believes she’s used “misleading” tactics to…

WAMU: D.C. Agency’s Failures Allow Rogue Businesses To Operate ‘Without Consequence’, Report Says

Editor May 7, 2019

The D.C. agency in charge of regulating everything from businesses to construction projects has failed to consistently track or collect fines for violations its inspectors find. The problem is so extensive that shoddy contractors or rogue…

WAMU: Why Proposed Changes To D.C. Open Records Laws Worry Open-Government Advocates

Editor May 6, 2019

A pair of proposed changes to D.C.’s Freedom of Information law is drawing opposition from open-government advocates, who say they could potentially make it tougher for the press and public to request and obtain government emails and other…

City Paper: Mendelson Moves to Block Mayor’s Restructuring of the City’s Arts Commission

Editor May 3, 2019

The Council chairman's pointed budget recommendations come after a public outcry from the arts community.

Washington Post: D.C. school system’s central office facing cuts

Editor Apr 25, 2019

The headquarters staff of the D.C. school system will shrink by 70 positions under a reorganization proposal intended to direct money to classrooms — a move that marks one of the first major decisions by the city’s new schools chief.

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