By Eric Maribojoc (Guest Contributor) • December 3, 2020
The State of Virginia, Fairfax County, and Dominion Energy recently launched Relay, a free self-driving, and 100% electric public transportation shuttle, that will circulate between the commercial hub of Mosaic District in Merrifield, Virginia, and the Dunn Loring Metrorail Station.
By Alex Baca (Housing Program Organizer) • December 3, 2020
White and Black Americans are segregated not solely due to choices made by private individuals, but because of policies created and maintained by the government itself. On Monday night, GGWash hosted a discussion of The Color of Law, Richard Rothstein’s book about government-sponsored, or de jure, segregation.
A bill that would ban businesses from requiring sales to be cashless only has passed an initial vote in DC Council. The bill Council voted on includes carve-outs, including pausing the ban during emergencies such as the pandemic. (Colleen Grablick / WAMU)
The Metroway route between Pentagon City and the Braddock Road Metro station is one of the lines Metro is considering cutting in its bare-bones budget for the next fiscal year. (James Cullum / ARLNow)
Prince George’s County launched a small businesses grant program this week that allows small businesses with 10 employees or less and less than $250,000 in annual revenue to apply for grants worth $1,000 to $3,000. (Nick Iannelli / WTOP)
An application was rejected for historic designation for a former slaughterhouse on Benning Road NE that later served as DC’s longest-running gay bar. The designation would have blocked plans to turn the property into a halfway house for 300 men returning from prison. (Justin Wm. Moyer / Post. Tip: Chester B.)
Homicides in DC have hit a 15-year peak following the shooting death of 15-month old Carmelo Duncan this week. That record mirrors many other cities across the country that have seen similar increases in homicides and gun violence. (Peter Hermann and Clarence Williams / Post)
Amid discussions on policing and police reform, a Montgomery County task force has released preliminary results of a 6,500-person survey on the role police should play in various situations. (Michelle Basch / WTOP)
An Amtrak employee who was transporting baggage with a golf cart was injured after being struck by a train at Union Station. (Dana Hedgpeth / Post. Tip: Chester B.)
Tim O’Brien, 77, a retired Washington legal correspondent for ABC News, was struck and killed in a car crash Monday while waiting on a sidewalk with his bicycle to cross a street in Ponte Vedra Beach, Fla. (News4Jax. Tip: Mike Silverstein)
