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Washington Post: Virginia seals deal for $3.7 billion rail plan, including new Potomac River bridge

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Originally Published By The Washington Post Virginia seals deal for $3.7 billion rail plan, including new Potomac River bridge Virginia finalized agreements Tuesday with CSX, Amtrak and Virginia Railway Express as part of the state’s $3.7 billion passenger rail expansion program that seeks to relieve a rail bottleneck and get more commuters onto trains.   The signing of…

Patch: Metro Service Cuts Averted With Passage Of COVID Relief Bill

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Originally Published At Patch Metro Service Cuts Averted With Passage Of COVID Relief Bill The American Recovery Plan will provide $1.4 billion for transit agencies across the metro D.C. region. WASHINGTON, DC — Just a week ago, the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority warned its customers that it would be forced to close up to 22 stations, cut bus routes, layoff…

Washington Post: Congress to consider bill requiring police to report their misconduct settlements

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Originally published by the Washington Post Congress to consider bill requiring police to report their misconduct settlements Cities and counties pay millions to victims of police abuse; collecting data may promote reform, sponsors say By  Tom Jackman March 5, 2021 at 7:23 p.m. EST Last year, officials in Prince George’s County paid $20 million to the family of a…

Beyer Hails Administration Guidance To Protect Federal Workers

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Rep. Don Beyer (D-VA), who represents the largest number of federal workers of any U.S. Representative, issued the following statement today on new guidance from the Office of Management and Budget establishing workplace safety standards to protect employees at federal agencies during the COVID-19 pandemic: “From the earliest moments of this pandemic I have heard from federal workers…

ICYMI – Claudia Sahm, In NYT: Put the Money Printer on Autopilot

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Yesterday the New York Times published a piece by economist Claudia Sahm, formerly of the Federal Reserve, supporting measures to tie enhanced federal unemployment assistance to economic conditions [below]. Sahm’s OpEd came as Treasury Secretary-designate Janet Yellen and National Economic Council Director Brian Deese reiterated their support, and the support of the Biden Administration,…

Letter to CDC and FAA seeking International Flight Response

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Dear Director Redfield and Administrator Dickson: Thank you for mandating that all flyers from the United Kingdom test negative before flying into the United States. However, this needs to be the case, at minimum, for all flights within and into the United States. While I understand that this decision was made to counter a new and more transmissible SARS-COV-2 variant that originated in…

Vox: A new bill would make all police misconduct allegations and settlements public

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A new bill would make all police misconduct allegations and settlements public By Sean Collins  Dec 15, 2020, 5:10pm EST First published at Vox State, local, and federal governments have spent billions of dollars over the past decade settling police misconduct cases, which include everything from deadly shootings to neglect. For example, the…

The 2021 Presidential Inauguration

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Presidential inauguration ceremonies are planned by the Joint Congressional Committee on Inaugural Ceremonies. In past inaugural ceremonies, the JCCIC has issued hundreds of thousands of tickets through Congressional offices for attendance of the presidential inauguration. I have just been informed, however, that the JCCIC has determined, after consulting with medical experts, to limit…

ARLNow: DoD to Track Local Helicopter Noise Complaints in Defense Bill Poised for Senate Passage

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Originally Posted At ARLNow Complaints over helicopter noise in Arlington are likely to soon be better tracked by the federal government. On Tuesday, the U.S. House of Representatives passed a veto-proof version of the $740 billion National Defense Authorization Act, and it includes a provision directing the Secretary of Defense to “develop a process to receive,…

DCIst: Arlington Memorial Bridge Reopens All Six Lanes To Traffic, After Two Years Of Construction

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Originally Posted At dcist It’s official: After two years of construction, all six lanes of traffic reopened Friday on Arlington Memorial Bridge. Half of them were closed for construction starting in October 2018. U.S. Interior Secretary David L. Bernhardt hosted a ceremony to mark the completion of the work on Friday. The project was a $227 million collaboration between the National…