- Amtrak is offering a cash bonus to employees as an incentive to get vaccinated. [Post]
- Mayor Bowser’s task force to address the city’s rent crisis is developer-heavy. [WCP]
- Montgomery County lawmakers are divided over whether to remove police officers from schools. [Bethesda Beat]
- Local cyclists worry permanent Capitol fencing will make commutes unsafe. [WCP]
- A gas explosion in Fairfax County injured several people. [WTOP]
- A new Sirius XM show produced through Howard University spotlights go-go music. [Post]
- Hook Hall will receive $130,000 for its worker relief fund as a part of a Planters Peanuts Super Bowl ad campaign. [WUSA 9]
- Maryland’s state senate moved closer to passing relief bills for the state’s HBCUs. [Informer]
- Democratic members of Congress in Maryland wrote a letter to Gov. Larry Hogan criticizing the state’s vaccination rollout. [Post]
- A new law in Maryland would allow judges to order hate crime offenders to complete anti-bias training. [NBC 4]
- ICYMI: The Capitol Police officer killed during the Jan. 6 insurrection was honored at the Capitol Rotunda.
- ICYMI: D.C. completed a Ward 1 homeless shelter, marking an end to a years-long effort to replace D.C. General.
- This Day in DCist: Vince Gray announced his campaign to regain his old Ward 7 D.C. Council seat.
Colleen Grablick