By Jonathan Paul Katz (Guest Contributor) • October 27, 2020
How do we make urban spaces more dementia-friendly? Many of the solutions are surprisingly simple: walkable urban design and dementia-friendly design are often one and the same.
By Jesse B Rauch (Elections Assistant) • October 27, 2020
Early in-person voting begins today (Tuesday), and runs until November 2. Here’s a recap of who GGWash endorsed, as well as resources to help make voting easier.
The driver of an unmarked DC police van hit and killed a man who was biking on East Capitol Street in Prince George’s County near the Capitol Heights Metro Station on Tuesday afternoon. (Martin Weil / Post)
Karon Hylton, 20, was killed in a crash after witnesses say DC police chased him for riding his moped on a sidewalk on Kennedy Street NW. Now protesters are demanding police accountability. (Daniella Cheslow, Jenny Gathright, and Debbie Truong / DCist)
The Montgomery County Council overrode County Executive Marc Elrich’s veto of a bill that provides tax breaks to developers building high rise apartments on Metro station property. (Dominique Maria Bonessi and Christian Zapata / DCist)
For some Prince Georgians, abbreviating the county name from “Prince George’s” to “PG” hearkens back to racist stereotyping of the county’s black residents, though others consider the abbreviation a symbol of local pride and respect. (Anaya Truss-Williams / The Diamondback)
The Fairfax County Joint Environmental Task Force presented recommendations to the county’s Board of Supervisors calling for county buildings to be carbon neutral and to use renewable sources for 50% of their energy needs by 2040. (Angela Woolsey / Reston Now)
The Montgomery County Council will send a letter to the state of Maryland outlining the problems with the environmental impact study for the proposed I-270 and I-495 expansion; a list of suggested alternatives to the expansion; and a concern over additional costs in the wake of the Purple Line Partnership dissolution. (Briana Adhikusuma / Bethesda Beat)
A judge ruled that despite a lawsuit contesting this power, Gov. Ralph Northam has the authority to take down a statue of Confederate general Robert E. Lee on Richmond’s Monument Avenue, but will have to wait to give the plaintiffs time to appeal. (Laura Vozzella / Post)
District restaurant workers are waiting as much as six weeks to get pandemic extended unemployment benefits after their initial 26 weeks of unemployment expire. Council members are asking why DC can’t automate the process like some other states. (Laura Hayes / City Paper)
On the first day of early voting in Maryland more than 161,000 people came out to cast ballots, setting a new single-day record for early voter turnout. An additional 830,000 people have already voted by mail in the state. (John Domen / WTOP)
This year Washingtonians serving sentences in federal prisons outside DC can vote, but only 9% of those eligible voters have registered. The Federal Bureau of Prisons has not shared all the contact information for those Washingtonians with the DC Board of Elections. (Gaspard Le Dem / City Paper)
