Photo by Elvert Barnes.
- Test streetcar trip down five blocks of H Street NE takes one hour. [NBC4]
- The Montgomery County Council will vote next week on a bill to raise the minimum wage to $11.50 per hour by the year 2016. A positive outcome could have big implications here in D.C.
- A D.C Council committee will vote on the same thing Monday. It could go to a full vote by December. [AP]
- Lobbyist in favor of not restricting e-cigarettes is a college fraternity brother of Mayor Vince Gray’s who said that “there’s no credible evidence that nicotine in and of itself causes any harmful and fatal diseases.” [Post]
- An interview with D.C.’s Republican and Libertarian candidates for mayor. [WAMU]
- Washington Times sues Homeland Security for taking an ex-reporter’s notebook allegedly by using an unrelated search warrant. [Times]
- Pentagon City station targeted by highest number of gate jumpers. [NBC4]
- U.S. Park Police Chief Teresa C. Chambers will retire next month. [Post]
- JFK remembrance events happening in D.C. [WJLA]
- This Day in DCist: Two years ago, D.C. and Wal-Mart signed a “community benefits agreement.”
