Breakfast links: Who will sponsor your Metro station?
If companies could name stations by Peter Dovak.
Metro considers selling its naming rights, again
Metro is looking into how much revenue it could generate from corporate sponsorships or selling its naming rights. The agency would retain the right to reject any sponsor or marketing that is not in the best interest of WMATA. Last time this came up, our contributors said no thanks with this amusing map. (Max Smith / WTOP)
Home values rise slowly in the region
The Washington metro area has the smallest yearly increase in the median price of a house or condo among the country’s 20 largest cities. New York is second, while the highest increase was in Las Vegas. (This is a good thing for some, not so good for others.) (Jeff Clabaugh / WTOP)
A deep dive into DC’s climate bill
DC's clean energy legislation will create “the strongest clean energy requirements in the nation.” It will establish robust energy efficiency standards for large buildings and transitioning public buses and private auto fleets in DC to zero-emission vehicles. (Nicole Javorsky / Citylab. Tip: not necessary)
A new program provides relief for DC Water customers
DC will provide a $13 million relief package to help DC nonprofits and residents pay the Clean Rivers Impervious Area Charge, a fee used to help fund DC’s Clean Rivers Project. (Melissa Howell / WTOP)
DC has a plan to reduce opioid deaths
While the national conversation of opioid addiction is centered around white (non-Hispanic) younger adults, DC’s opioid epidemic shows a different demographic. DC’s plan, LIVE.LONG.DC, aims to reduce opioid-related deaths in half by 2020. (Carmel Delshad / WAMU)
The curious fight over the iPhone camera
Perhaps the year's strangest development debate involved arguments over whether a iPhone camera's wide angle lens distorted the appearance of a proposed building. The lens makes closer things seem larger and more distant ones smaller than to the human eye. (Nena Perry-Brown / UrbanTurf)
New lawsuit claims DC is entitled to voting rights
An inventive lawsuit by DC Appleseed claims that depriving DC of representation in Congress is unconstitutional. A similar suit in the past failed, but attorneys say new legal doctrines might have changed that. (Post)
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