- A 25 percent tariff on products from some European countries could double the price of the wines you love. [WCP]
- Eileen Filler-Corn becomes Virginia’s first woman and first Jewish Speaker of the House. [WAMU]
- The D.C. Council has cold feet on legislation about “games of skill,” slot machine-like games that populate Virginia bars and could soon come to the District. [WBJ]
- How will Maryland pay for its pricey plan to improve its public schools over the next ten years? [WAMU]
- How social media slang became an important factor in a Maryland double-murder trial. [Post]
- Southeast D.C. pastor Major Certain focuses her message on the young members of her congregation who face violence far too often. [Post]
- Want to buy the lease for the Trump Hotel? You have until January 23 to make an offer. [Post]
- Do you remember the blizzard of ’96? [Reddit]
- Maryland comptroller Peter Franchot announced his run for governor in 2022. [Bethesda Magazine]
- Since Dan Snyder won’t sell the Washington football team or change the name, the least he could do is have a better public presence, a writer argues. [WCP]
- Loudoun County wants to build affordable housing to bring in the young people. [GGWash]
- What happened to all the seating at Union Station’s Great Hall? [Twitter]
- ICYMI: DC Reynolds is closing in April after eight years in Park View.
- ICYMI: Meet the man who holds climate change signs at Capitol South Metro every day.
- This Day in DCist: Knitters furiously made “pussyhats” in advance of the inaugural Women’s March.
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