Posts about Maryland
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Breakfast links: DC Council held 8-hour hearing on reintroduced reparations bill
DC Council holds 8-hour public hearing on reparations. Sycamore and Oak Black-owned ‘retail village’ and business incubator opens in Congress Heights. Community groups continue to protest Capital Beltway lane expansion in Maryland. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Administrative issues hampering nonprofits’ use of DC homelessness aid
DC housing nonprofits returning federal aid for unhoused due to staffing and administrative challenges. Regional tap water has odd taste due to prevalence of algae byproducts. Baltimore considers land bank to tackle vacant housing crisis. Keep reading…
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Traffic safety PSAs aren’t always effective. Here are five better ways to promote safety
Traffic safety advocates, including our own contributing editor Kristen Jeffers, share how traffic safety awareness can go beyond the PSA. Keep reading…
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Here’s where Prince George’s County could ban townhouses
Update: The Prince George’s County Council decided at a committee vote on Friday, June 17, 2023, not to bring the proposed townhouse ban to a full Council vote on the original timetable. The bill’s sponsors said they plan to revise the bill and bring it back to the Council in the fall. Keep reading…
Prince George’s County could ban new townhouses in most of the county for the next two years. County Executive Angela Alsobrooks described it as “a step backwards on how other jurisdictions across the nation are dealing with the issue of housing.” Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Greater Washington at risk for drought this summer
Washington region is in a moderate drought. National Landing name slow to catch on. McMillan community center, park, pool set to open in 2024. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: WMATA prepares for its next budget approval
WMATA works to secure more funding as rail and bus ridership rebuilds. Hazardous air quality has greatest effect on DC’s unhoused residents. DC Streetcar extension gets another delay. Keep reading…
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WMATA’s Better Bus proposals for DC set the tone for the entire network. Tell them what you think.
DC is the center of our transit universe. How could WMATA’s Better Bus Network redesign change the core of our region’s transit and transportation systems? Keep reading…
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Twenty years ago, it was common to have dozens of “Code Red” bad air days per summer
In the recent past, the DC area typically saw 20 or more Code Red days every summer. What changed? Keep reading…
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While some on the left demonize developers, the housing shortage continues
Focusing on developers as the only problem with (or the only solution to) our housing market obscures other issues and makes it hard to make sure everyone can afford a place to live. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: DC caps rent increases at 6%
DC passes cap on rent increases for rent-stabilized apartments at 6% starting July 1. Federal prosecutors will not prosecute FBI agent who killed man in Metro station. Nice-Middleton Bridge will have bike access after all. Keep reading…