“This bill will save lives,” said Del. Jeff Bourne of Richmond, who sponsored the House version. 

D.C.’s attorney general has threatened legal action.

D.C. has a goal of diverting 80 percent of its waste from landfills and incinerators by 2032. For years, that rate has hovered around 20 percent.

The judge said the D.C. Council was within its legal right to grant a no-bid contract to a Greek gaming company to run the city’s lottery and develop a sports betting app.

The D.C. Council passed emergency legislation that, once approved by Mayor Bowser, changes Oct. 14 from Columbus Day to Indigenous Peoples’ Day.

A plan to develop a sports betting app for D.C. sports fans is now on hold, potentially delaying an expected January rollout.

In a heated public meeting, federal prosecutors and police called the measure a threat to public safety and said it would re-traumatize victims of violent crime.

The ACLU argues that because black people in D.C. are disproportionately poor, they are also disproportionately targeted by enforcement of crimes like open containers, public consumption of marijuana, and traffic violations.

D.C. Attorney General Karl Racine announced a lawsuit yesterday and a public hearing at the council rages on.

It’s the same suit that alleges border officials at Dulles coerced as many as 60 people into signing away their rights.