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Pandemic Migration Costs, Driverless Cars, and Renaming the Commanders

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Pandemic-era changes in where people live may be messing with DC’s budget, self-driving cars may soon be messing with DC’s roads, and lots of folks hope the new Washington Commanders owners will mess with the team’s name. 


Also, what do you think about D.C. building out more pedestrian zones? Would that revitalize downtown? Would it get people to move back to D.C.? Text or leave us a voicemail at 202-642-2654. to share your thoughts.


As always, our Friday roundup is powered by amazing local journalism: 

  • Cuneyt Dil’s piece about how D.C. lost $1.6B in taxable income because of pandemic migration
  • WBJ’s Tristan Navera told us all about how D.C.’s tax structure could change, in this episode about the city losing jobs and businesses to Virginia
  • Read this letter from local leaders begging the federal government to force workers back into the office
  • TechCrunch covered what Cruise’s D.C. expansion could look like
  • Check out Time’s piece about how former Tuskegee Airmen feel about renaming the Commanders the “Red Tails”


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