By Casey Watts (Guest Contributor) • November 12, 2020
Late last year a bill was introduced in the DC Council that would allow DC to use ranked choice voting for both primary and general elections, including for the DC Council, the DC Mayor, and the DC Attorney General, starting in 2022. How likely is it to get passed next year, and what exactly would ranked voting mean for the District?
By Caitlin Rogger (Interim Executive Director) • November 12, 2020
District Department of Transportation Director Jeff Marootian and a former holder of the same position, Gabe Klein, have been appointed to President-Elect Joe Biden’s transportation transition team.
By Libby Solomon (Writer and Editor) • October 19, 2020
Six years ago the District created its first set of long-range transportation plans to help people better move around the city using various means of transportation. Now, the District says moveDC is due for an update, and the public has until Saturday, November 14, to weigh in on the transportation goals they want to see DC adopt.
Amid rising coronavirus cases, Prince George’s and Anne Arundel counties have announced further restrictions on indoor gatherings and businesses, joining Baltimore City and Montgomery County. (Post)
The mixed use redevelopment plans for Columbia Pike and S. Glebe Road now include space for a grocery store. The development will include 250 housing units. (ARLNow)
A class action lawsuit allleges that Clark Builders Group, a large construction company based in Arlington, wrongly classified full time employees as independent contractors, skirting requirements like minimum wage and overtime. (Ally Schweitzer / DCist)
A group in Westminster, Maryland is applying for grants to launch an autonomous shuttle service that would connect a retirement community and McDaniel College to the city’s Main Street. (Kristen Griffith / Carroll County Times. Tip: Chester B.)
A surge of COVID-19 cases in DC indicates “substantial community spread,” officials say. Mayor Muriel Bowser says that the city “may” reimpose restrictions if needed. This week the District recorded its highest daily case count since May. (DCist)
A week after 33 Arlington Public Schools moved to limited in-person class for students with disabilities, some employees are raising concerns. Classroom attendants say the dynamic does not allow for proper distancing and have concerns about communications. (Jo DeVoe / ARLNow)
DC’s attorney general is suing Capitol Petroleum Group for price gouging during the pandemic by increasing the price of gas in DC while its wholesale price dropped. (Colleen Grablick / DCist)
