By Canaan Merchant (Elections Committee) • December 21, 2020
Fairfax County may be swapping out some of its extra parking space at the Fairfax County Government Center for affordable housing. You’ll soon have a chance to tell the board what you think.
The story of the Prince George’s County Memorial Library System in the 21st century is a story of renovations and replacements, and a pivot away from printed books and toward more electronic services.
The District and three states — Connecticut, Massachusets, and Rhode Island — reached a deal committing to cap and reduce transportation emissions by 26% in the comiing decade while investing in clean transportation and public health. (Luz Lazo / Post)
The Senate passed a stimulus bill Monday with enough public transportation funding that it should stave off some of the most dire “doomsday” cuts proposed for WMATA. (Justin George / Post)
President Donald Trump issued an executive order making classical architecture the preferred federal building style in Washington and mandating that new federal buildings be “beautiful” (whatever that means). (Justin Sink / Bloomberg)
Fairfax County’s top prosecutor announced his office will no longer seek cash bail, saying the practice hurts poor people who cannot afford it and remain behind bars. Some other Virginia prosecutors have also ended or limited their use of cash bail. (Justin Jouvenal / Post)
DC tenants have a hard time finding out whether their units fall under rent control laws, and often don’t know when their rent has been raised illegally. A public database is intended to help, but it’s been delayed for years. (Martin Austermuhle / DCist)
States and DC won’t received direct local aid from the stimulus deal Congress passed, but rental assistance, paycheck protection loans, some additional unemployment benefits, and vaccination and testing aid are destined for the region. The bill also gives jurisdictions more time to spend CARES Act funds they got in March. (Ally Schweitzer / DCist)
DC’s waste transfer stations have been plagued by problems including unresolved structural issues and coronavirus, resulting in a two-story open air pile of waste at Fort Totten that some say could be illegal. (Julie Zauzmer / Post)
Maryland autopsy reports from May and June show a higher rate of COVID-19 antibodies than expected, Johns Hopkins University researchers found, with 10% testing positive for antibodies, indicating a higher rate than has been reported anywhere outside New York City. (Meredith Cohn / Baltimore Sun)
