- The many, many links between sports betting lobbyists and D.C. councilmembers. [WCP]
- Events DC’s esports investments continue. [WBJ]
- After discriminating a against trans woman, Cuba Libre is hosting a workshop to train restaurant owners and managers on anti-discrimination regulations. [Blade]
- Marylanders affected by the shutdown can now get free public transit. [WBJ]
- Metro is not yet at the point of needing to cut service. [WTOP]
- A Gaithersburg thief burglarized a house via doggie door. [Bethesda Beat]
- Blind Whino is hosting a pop-up Hip-Hop Museum. [Washingtonian]
- With tax season about to start, filing rules still aren’t finalized in Virginia. [WTOP]
- The “Running of the Streetcar” returns. [Popville]
- More on the man likely to be D.C.’s next schools chancellor. [Post]
- Weekend weather isn’t looking too bad ahead of next week’s Arctic chill. [CWG]
- What the other side of a Metro ceiling looks like. [GGW]
- 16-year-old was shot outside the Southern Avenue Metro station. [NBC4]
- A bill that would move building permitting responsibilities out of DCRA was reintroduced at the Council. [UrbanTurf]
- Minibar nabs the top spot on Washingtonian’s best restaurants list for 2019. [Washingtonian]
- Arlington’s bus service says it has suffered from a shortage of drivers and persistent maintenance problems. [ARLnow]
- Meet Maryland’s poet laureate, an 86-year-old “lifelong badass.” [WAMU]
- ICYMI: It’s going to take at least a week to fix the sinkhole by the White House.
- ICYMI: A former D.C. cop is now making fantastical fables in podcast form.
- This Day in DCist: A Virginia legislator wanted the commonwealth to have its own currency.
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