Given that it’s been two years since we’ve seen anything significant amount of snow, here’s a little refresher on the basic protocol and etiquette of snow days in D.C.
Loudoun County officials want to attract more tourists by relaxing a law limiting how close to the pool they can be when they drink.
D.C. food truck owners are concerned that proposed regulations would drive them out of some of the city’s most popular lunch spots.
Oct 01, 2012
Food Truck Sales Tax Takes Effect Today
Food trucks may be getting a little more expensive. Under a law that takes effect today, food trucks will have to pay the same 10 percent sales tax that brick-and-mortar restaurants do.
Hailo, an app-based taxicab-hailing service that got its start in London, is looking to expand to D.C. And unlike high-end livery service Uber, it’s trying to avoid picking fights in the process.
With another heat wave coming in, Metro will allow passengers to drink water aboard buses and trains. But it’s going to be hot all summer. Why not make it permanent? Don’t count on that, Metro says.
May 09, 2012
Will Those Campaign Signs Ever Come Down?
If you see a campaign sign from the April 3 primary hanging on public property, feel free to let someone know—it’s been 30 days since the election, and campaigns are required to take the signs down.
The D.C. Zoning Commission has proposed a change to the city’s zoning rules that would allow yoga studios more flexibility in where they choose to set up shop.
A bill that would make it easier for residents to register handguns moved through a D.C. Council committee today, and if it passes the full council hopeful gun owners will no longer have to complete a five-hour training class, submit to a vision test or give up their gun for a ballistics test. The law would also allow the District’s mayor to act as a federally licensed firearms dealer if the sole dealer in the District goes out of business, as happened briefly last year.