Margaret Barthel- The protective fence around the Capitol building was reinstalled ahead of a planned right-wing demonstration on Saturday. Officials also announced road closures. [WTOP]
- The Capitol Police have requested help from the National Guard if Saturday’s demonstration turns violent. [Post]
- Virginia’s first gubernatorial debate of campaign season will happen tonight. [Richmond Times-Dispatch]
- The latest on the Purple Line, where construction may not start again until spring 2022. [Maryland Matters]
- D.C.’s beleaguered crime lab suddenly laid off twelve employees in its forensic firearms unit. [WTOP]
- Virginia health officials are grappling with added strain on hospitals due to high demand for COVID tests. [Virginia Mercury]
- Maryland schools are allowed to ask families for student vaccination status, or obtain it from a state database, according to one legal expert. [Maryland Matters]
- Three men were arrested for the fatal shooting of an 8-year-old in Prince George’s County last month. [Post]
- The Fairfax County Board of Supervisors is exploring expanding access to language translation services for residents. [InsideNoVA]
- Kids are vandalizing or stealing from school bathrooms in Northern Virginia as part of a Tik Tok trend. [NBC 4]
- ICYMI: What experts are saying about the right-wing rally planned for Sept. 18.
- ICYMI: No Broccoli City Fest again this year.
- This Day in DCist: How Kim Kardashian West helped reduce the sentence of someone incarcerated in the D.C. jail. Also, Montgomery County got its own cricket field.
The Capitol fence originally went up in the lead-up to Inauguration Day, after right-wing violence at the Capitol on Jan. 6.
