Breakfast links: Winds toss transit into chaos
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Winds delayed Metro and shut down MARC and VRE
Metro trains are running every 12 minutes and slower above ground, and there will not be refunds for delays. MARC and VRE have shut down for the day. High winds also shut down the federal government and schools around the area. (Dana Hedgpeth / Post)
The new Wizards/Mystics arena is $10 million over budget
The new Wizards practice facility and Mystics arena at St. Elizabeths in Congress Heights was initially designed and budgeted for $55 million, but the project has now increased to $68 million, leaving taxpayers on the hook. (City Paper / Andrew Giambrone)
An Amazon HQ in Montgomery County would be a boon to the state economy
The Maryland Department of Commerce concludes that if Amazon builds its second headquarters in Montgomery County, it would add $17 billion to the state's economy, a part of which would be $750 million in new tax revenues. (Colleen Kelleher / WTOP)
Cities are on the front lines in opposing large scale surveillance
Citizen's groups are focusing on their right to privacy against automation and surveillance technologies, like surveillance systems that monitor and track everyday movements, creating data-driven analysis of an individual's daily routines. (Tanvi Misra / CityLab)
DC is trying to make its signs clearer by cataloging and reviewing them
The District Department of Transportation will create a log of the city's 206,000 signs in an effort to make them less confusing. Perhaps unsurprisingly, the most common source of confusion associated with the city's signs are related to parking. (Max Smith / WTOP)
Houses in DC remain…expensive
At $397,100, the median price of a home in DC remains above the national average. Assuming a 20 percent down payment, monthly payments would equal approximately $1,935 and a home buyer would need to make nearly $83,000 to afford the home. (Michelle Goldchain / Curbed)
Over half of DCPS seniors are not on track to graduate
According to new data from DCPS, close to 60 percent of seniors are not on track to graduate. DCPS released the data in an effort to improve transparency, after a report that over 30 percent of graduates last year did not meet the graduation requirements. (Kate McGee / WAMU)
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