Breakfast links: Mayor Bowser wins a historic third term
Mayor Bowser throwing beads at the Funk Parade in 2017 by Mike Maguire licensed under Creative Commons.
Bowser wins third term while results for DC’s at-large council seats remain unclear
Mayor Muriel Bowser will be only the second DC mayor to serve a third term since former Mayor Marion Barry won reelection in 1986. Democrat Anita Bonds leads in the at-large council seat race, in which two seats are up for grabs. Kenyan McDuffie currently leads Elissa Silverman for the second of the two seats, but it’s still too early to call. (Post)
Maryland voters elect first Black governor, vote to legalize recreational marijuana
Maryland voters elected Democrat Wes Moore to be their next governor and Aruna Miller to be lieutenant governor. Moore makes history as the state’s first Black governor and only the third elected Black governor nationwide. Miller is the first immigrant and woman of color to win a statewide election in Maryland. Voters also approved Ballot Question 4 which legalizes marijuana in the state. (DCist)
Shared electric mopeds leave DC
Revel, the company that brought shared electric mopeds to DC, will be canceling the service in the city as of November 22nd but plans to continue operating in New York City and San Francisco. They have been in DC since 2019. (Jordan Pascale / DCist)
Roosevelt Bridge to be fully reopened by the end of this month
Emergency work on the Theodore Roosevelt Bridge will finish by the end of this month after the completion date was pushed back from September. The delay, according to Everett Lott, director of the District Department of Transportation, was caused by supply chain issues and the identification of the need for additional repairs after crews started initial work. (Mike Murillo / WTOP)
330-unit residential project plans for downtown Bethesda filed with MoCo Planning Commission
Wisconsin Avenue Properties LLC filed plans to the Montgomery County Planning Commission for a 21-story, 330-unit residential project in downtown Bethesda. About 15% of the units will be moderately priced. (UrbanTurf)
Developer pulls out of mixed-use redevelopment of former government building
Bonaventure planned to redevelop the former Alexandria Department of Community and Human Services building into a mixed-use development with 79 rental units and 12,530 feet of retail but received pushback from the community. Some residents fought the development to preserve the character and scale of the neighborhood. (James Cullum / ALXNow)
DC voters approve measure to eliminate the tipped minimum wage
With the approval of Initiative 82, the tipped minimum wage will be phased out by 2027. The measure will increase the minimum wage for tipped employees annually by one to two dollars until it reaches DC’s minimum wage. The measure will still need to go through a Congressional review and the DC Council can still make tweaks before it goes into effect. (Amanda Michelle Gomez / DCist)
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