Breakfast links: A Metro officer used pepper spray inside a train car
Pepper spray was used inside a Metrorail car
Metro is now reviewing the actions of an officer who attempted to apprehend a woman on a stopped Metrorail train by spraying pepper spray into the rail car, affecting the other passengers in the car as well. (Katherine Shaver / Post)
A man was struck and killed by a driver in Prince George’s
The driver of an SUV hit and killed a man crossing Annapolis Road near Glenn Dale in Prince George’s county early Tuesday morning. (Jack Moore / WTOP)
Enforcement on Indian Head Highway reveals rampant speeding
Heightened enforcement and speed cameras on a deadly stretch of highway in Prince George’s County resulted in 21,000 violations for speeding, DUIs, and distracted driving issued between January and September. (Dick Uliano / WTOP)
Metrobuses park in front of fire hydrants
A former volunteer firefighter saw Metrobuses repeatedly parked in front of two fire hydrants near the Pentagon City Metro Station. Arlington’s Fire Department had given Metro permission to unload buses in front of a hydrant slated for removal but said they could not block the hydrant for any length of time. (Airey / ARL Now)
Virginia has a new carbon-free goal
Virginia Governor Ralph Northam announced that the state will produce only carbon-free electricity by 2050, and will get 30% of its electricity from renewables by 2022. (Sarah Rankin / AP)
Three news outlets in the region have closed
Express, owned by the Post; state and local government magazine Governing; and progressive news site Think Progress all closed within the past three weeks, leaving over 100 local writers, editors, and distributors without steady work. (City Paper)
An Alexandria-centered news site will launch soon
On October 1, Local News Now will launch ALXnow, an Alexandria-focused news source. It will join Arlington, Reston, and Tysons which have Now sites devoted to local news. (Andrew Beaujon / Washingtonian)
DC finally gets a statehood hearing in Congress
On Thursday morning, the House of Representatives Oversight Committee will hold a hearing on a bill to grant DC long-awaited statehood. Previous hearings on a similar proposal 1993 fell flat, but this proposal has significant support in the Democratic house, though not the Republican Senate. (Amanda Michelle Gomez / City Paper)
Jack Evans’ clients are not cooperating with an investigation
The DC Council’s investigation into Jack Evans’ misuse of his council position for personal gain will be delayed as some of Evans’ business clients have refused to comply with subpoenas to be interviewed by the council. The council will now have to go to court to enforce those subpoenas. (Martin Austermuhle / WAMU)
DC’s costs for Trump’s Fourth of July celebration remain unpaid
Maryland Senator Chris Van Hollen is pushing a bill to have the federal government repay DC for the cost of holding the president’s Fourth of July celebration. The security and cleanup costs for the Fourth and the inauguration depleted the city’s emergency event fund, but the Senate doesn’t expect to act on this bill until the new fiscal year. (Jenna Portnoy / Post)
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