The Barras Report Blog

At-large DC Council candidates Robert White and Rodney Grant are fed up

“This is going to be the Super Bowl of elections,” predicted Rodney “Red” Grant, a Democrat who is challenging incumbent at-large DC...

Get ready for a wild election season in DC

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

BUDGET MADNESS IN DC, PART 1

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

A City Traumatized By Crime

I am on the telephone listening to my granddaughter discuss the week’s events. Normally she is a confident, self-assured, sassy high...

THE BARRAS REPORT

IF YOU DON’T WIN A DC CONTRACT, START A CITIZEN PROTEST THAT surely must be the thinking of leaders at CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield...

Mayor Muriel Bowser fights to lead — for a third time

IT'S difficult to imagine any mayor’s second term like the one with which Muriel Bowser has grappled. It began in 2019, filled with...

Is the fight at the DC arts commission about race or the hustle?

DURING the recent kickoff for his mayoral campaign, Ward 8 DC Council member Trayon White led his supporters in a chant: “We are going to...

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