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- A refresher on how D.C. laws get made, and how Congress can stop them. [WAMU]
- The fight to raise the tipped minimum wage for restaurant workers remains ongoing. [WAMU]
- After a Post investigation, the D.C. Council appears ready to overhaul a law that offers leniency to young offenders. [Post]
- The losers in the primary for Virginia’s governor’s race are still extremely present in the general. [Post]
- Police arrest man for sexually assaulting a teenager at Union Station. [Post]
- Md. lobbyist charged with bribery in Prince George’s County liquor board scandal. [NBC4]
- What the Georgetown Wawa could look like. [WBJ]
- Montgomery County takes up Fight for $15 again. [In These Times]
- Fox 5 is moving its HQ to downtown Bethesda. [Bethesda Beat]
- Op-ed: open-container laws ought to be relaxed. [Post]
- And give GWU their helipad. [GGW]
- Transit projects that never happened. [Curbed]
- Metro’s extra long buses need an extra long home that doesn’t currently exist. [WTOP]
- Silver Spring might be getting taller buildings. [Bethesda Beat]
- And the city is definitely getting its first public rec center. [Bethesda Beat]
- Swastika found on U-Md. campus. [WJLA]
- Overheard in D.C.: BLT Steak edition. [Washingtonian]
- ICYMI: 11 fields recently failed safety tests, and the city has been very quiet about it. Meanwhile, a group of parents is gearing up for a fight over artificial turf, and the primary maker of D.C.’s fields is being sued for fraud.
- ICYMI: Is this the worst campaign ad you’ve ever suffered through?
- ICYMI: Sights from the Juggalo march.
- This Day In DCist: Music for cats.
Rachel Sadon