Breakfast links: Jack Evans announces he will resign
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Jack Evans is out
Jack Evans announced that he would resign from the DC Council this month after nearly 30 years in office. His statement came the day the Council was set to vote on a measure to expel him over ethics violations. (Fenit Nirappil and Paul Schwartzman / Post)
Loudoun tests a limited area shared mobility pilot program
The county will kick off a pilot program for scooters, bikes, and other shared devices. But pickups and drop offs of the devices will be limited to within a three-mile radius of Silver Line stations. Loudoun will also set a cap of 1,000 vehicles available to rent. (Neal Augenstein / WTOP)
DC is removing tents from the K St underpass
The Office of the Deputy Mayor for Health and Human Services will conduct two cleanups by January 16 and ban sidewalk encampments at the K Street NE underpass in order to clear a walking path. There are currently an estimated 40 homeless DC residents staying beneath the underpass. (Chelsea Cirruzzo / City Paper)
Maryland’s General Assembly will focus on ethics
Both Republican Governor Larry Hogan and the Maryland Democratic Party have announced bills in the new legislative session to strengthen ethics requirements and raise penalties for public corruption. (William Ford / Washington Informer)
Childcare costs are squeezing parents out of work
Childcare can cost up to $24,000 a year for an infant in DC, and while each of the region’s jurisdictions offers certain subsidies, some parents in two-income households are forced to leave their jobs in order to avoid that cost burden. (Eliza Berkon / WAMU)
Federal judges stopped VA’s Atlantic Coast Pipeline
A federal appeals court ruled that Dominion Energy’s plan to put a natural gas pumping station in Union Hill, a historically black community, was environmentally unjust, and revoked the permit for the pipeline. (Gregory Schneider / Post)
DC could update regulations with gender neutral language
The DC Council will consider a measure to change default male pronouns and job titles in its code to gender neutral ones, except where gender is relevant to the application of the law. Under the new bill, the DC Code would refer to “chairpersons” and “police officers” not “chairmen” and “policemen.” (Natalie Delgadillo / DCist)
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