- 40% of Metro employees report being vaccinated, and the transit agency will require weekly COVID-19 testing if that number doesn’t hit 70%. [Post]
- D.C. workers excluded from COVID-19 relief rallied for more funding this weekend, ahead of the council’s final budget vote today. [WCP]
- Revs. Jesse Jackson and William J. Barber II were among the 200 arrested while protesting outside the Capitol yesterday. [Post]
- The CEO of Washingtonian is waging an anti-union campaign to stop her staff from organizing. [HuffPost]
- Several D.C.-area schools are facing lawsuits from parents seeking tuition refunds for virtual learning. [WBJ]
- A budget amendment from D.C. councilmember Janeese Lewis George could add more librarians to the city’s public schools. [WUSA 9]
- Anne Arundel County is requiring government workers to get vaccinated or undergo weekly testing. [WTOP]
- A new housing coalition in Prince George’s County is advocating for immigrant families. [Afro]
- The Chesapeake Bay’s underwater grass acreage, home to crabs and fish, declined for the second year in a row. [WJLA]
- D.C. is getting three new food halls. [Washingtonian]
- ICYMI: What residents of Wards 7 and 8 are saying about the COVID-19 vaccine.
- ICYMI: How kids in D.C. are mourning and healing after losing friends, classmates, and teammates to gun violence.
- This Day in DCist: The Newseum stopped selling “You Are Very Fake News” t-shirts.
Colleen Grablick