The Barras Report Blog

THE ritual of signature gathering in the District may seem perpetual — although dozens of candidates for political office, including four...

“CLOSE the racial wealth gap” was the phrase du jour last week at DC Council Chair Pro Tempore Kenyan McDuffie’s public hearing on the...

SOME people have become accustomed to vote trading in national and local politics. There is the belief that such transactions lead to...

THE $19.7 billion Fiscal Year 2024 Budget and Financial Plan submitted earlier this year by Mayor Muriel Bowser demonstrates her...

OVER the past several weeks, the political and public policy rhetoric in the District has seemed like a five-alarm fire — the heat and...

FISCAL Year 2023 for the District of Columbia started today, October l, 2022. The D.C. Council just passed a $20 billion budget in...