- Yesterday’s rally on the Mall in support of the trucker convoy was a flop. [Washingtonian]
- Former Montgomery County health officer Travis Gayles alleges that state leaders politicized local COVID response. [Maryland Matters]
- A public school teacher in Arlington was suspended for expressing approval of Russian President Vladimir Putin’s move to invade Ukraine. [Post]
- Activists and community members gathered to remember Relisha Rudd on the 8th anniversary of her disappearance. [WTOP]
- Community members aren’t pleased with a new KIPP recreation center in Washington Highlands. [Informer]
- Despite the pandemic emptying downtown D.C., luxury retailers are doing okay. [WTOP]
- A Silver Spring library was renamed for Tuskegee airman Charles McGee, who died at age 102 in January. [Bethesda Beat]
- Arlington County says 99% of its government employees are vaccinated. [ARLNow]
- A look back at D.C.’s “yo-yoing” COVID restrictions, and how they impacted hospitality workers. [@LauraHayes]
- Fake spring continues — it’ll be in the 60s today. [CWG]
- ICYMI: We have a date for peak cherry blossom bloom.
- ICYMI: The D.C. Council banned landlords from evicting tenants who owe less than $600.
- This Day in DCist: Maryland selected a firm to build the Purple Line (yikes).
Colleen Grablick