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Metro launches a track reconstruction project Saturday that will shutter part of the Blue Line, initiate round-the-clock single-tracking on the Orange and Silver lines, and close two busy downtown stations on two weekends.
And that’s in addition to the six-week shutdown on the Red Line — which, well, is only halfway finished.
So, the pamphlets distributed by Metro to commuters in recent weeks sum up the impending situation quite nicely: “Only take Metro if you have no other option.” [Read More]
More recess on the way to Northern Virginia elementary schools (The Washington Post)
Gov. Ralph Northam popped up at Washington Redskins training camp this week to give a plug for more elementary school recess, something coming to several Northern Virginia school systems this fall under a new state law.
Local school boards may devote up to 15 percent of state-mandated instructional time to recess under a law that took effect July 1. It is up to local school boards to decide if they want to provide more recess, but if they do, the state Department of Education must count those hours toward instructional time. [Read More]
Republican Troy Balderson clings to narrow lead in Ohio special election (Washington Examiner)
Republican Troy Balderson leads in the highly scrutinized Ohio 12th Congressional District’s special election over Democrat Danny O’Connor Tuesday night, as President Trump, the Republican National Committee, and the National Republican Congressional Committee all declared victory.
With Balderson ahead 50.2 percent to 49.3 percent with all precincts counted, Republicans were close to a win that would give both the congressional party and the Trump White House some breathing room ahead of the November midterm elections. But O’Connor didn’t concede on Tuesday, clinging to hopes Balderson’s 1,754-vote lead could be erased.
Balderson, a state senator who grew up in this Muskingum County city, fought back against the Democratic insurgent O’Connor, who made this race closer than a safe Republican House seat should look on election night. [Read More]
Incensed liberals rage against citizenship question for 2020 Census (The Washington Times)
Liberal groups have come out in force against a proposed citizenship question on the 2020 Census, as the period for public comment on the controversial addition draws to a close Tuesday night.
The National Urban League called the citizenship question “untested, unjust, and unconstitutional” while the American Civil Liberties Union called it “a deliberate attempt by President Trump to once again attack immigrants.”
Groups predicted immigrants and minorities would be discouraged from participating in the decennial survey, leading to undercounts on data that’s used to parcel out seats in Congress, and hundreds of billions of dollars federal assistance. [Read More]
High School Student Kicked Out Of Class for Wearing NRA T-Shirt (The Daily Wire)
A California high school student was reportedly kicked out of his history class by a teacher who did not like his T-shirt emblazoned with the logo of the National Rifle Association.The student, along with another girl, was called out by the teacher at Lodi High School, according to CBS Sacramento.
The T-shirts reportedly featured an NRA logo on the front and on the back, a red, white and blue flag made up of shell casings, along with the words “National Rifle Association.” [Read More]
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