Breakfast links: Indigenous Peoples’ Day will be honored Monday in lieu of Columbus Day
DC will celebrate Indigenous Peoples’ Day Monday
The DC Council passed a bill to change this Monday’s holiday celebration from Colombus Day to Indigenous Peoples’ Day. The bill was emergency legislation that will only last for 90 days, but there’s a permanent version pending. (Andrew Giambrone / Curbed)
Monday’s Metro crash may be a driver error
Metro’s safety oversight commission said that the rail car crash that disrupted service on three lines Monday was the result of one of the train drivers continuing ahead after being given a “zero speed command” to hold the train where it was. (Justin George / Post)
A Jack Evans investigation without Jack?
Council Chairman Phil Mendelson named a committee to review an external investigation into Evan’s ethical misconduct. The committee includes all the current council members except for Evans, meaning that, unlike with previous votes, Evans will not get to weigh in on his own investigation. (Rachel Kurzius / DCist)
St. Elizabeths could get water back next week
After a dangerous bacterial outbreak in the water of DC’s only public psychiatric hospital, the city says that they hope to restore full water service to St. Elizabeths by early next week. Currently, the hospital is using bottled water, hand sanitizer, and portable showers to continue operations. (Mary Tyler March / WAMU)
Montgomery will get a new transportation director
County Executive Marc Elrich plans to nominate Chris Conklin, the current deputy director for the Montgomery County Department of Transportation, to head the department. (Kate Masters / Bethesda Beat)
Montgomery must find another site for early voting
The Maryland State Board of Elections says that Montgomery County must recommend a 12th site for early voting in the county, though it did not guarantee that the board would vote to approve the site. County activists have been pushing for an early voting location in White Oak. (Kate Masters / Bethesda Beat)
Loudoun adds traffic sensors on the Route 50 corridor
The county will install a system of cameras and sensors to monitor traffic between the border of Fairfax County and Gum Spring Road. The system was previously used on I-66 before the toll lanes were installed there. (Neal Augenstein / WTOP)
Three parents are suing Fairfax County’s school system
The parents and disability rights groups alleged that the county school system used seclusion and restraint on disabled students, which harmed them, and asked the court to block the schools from using either practice. Fairfax had investigated its practices after a WAMU report on the same issue. (Debbie Truong / Post)
Opinion - Baltimore should support the County Executive’s housing plan
Baltimore County Executive John “Johnny O.” Olszewski put forward a housing plan that would make it illegal for landlords in the county to discriminate against tenants that receive federal housing subsidies, tackling one element of housing discrimination. (Baltimore Sun)
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