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@mikelaris

Washington Post transportation reporter, easily distracted by good stories and good food

Washington, D.C.
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Joined January 2009
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    Jan 30

    NEW: mask order takes effect Monday at 11:59 p.m., and goes beyond the “masking for interstate travel” previously announced by the White House.

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  2. Jan 29

    Citing need for "preservation of human life,” Biden administration's transportation mask requirement takes effect Monday at 11:59 p.m. New details late Friday.

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    Jan 23

    I just had an incredible encounter. Our doorbell rang, so I opened the window to look below to the front stoop. When I saw a man delivering food, I called out to him, letting him know it must be for our neighbors downstairs. This, so far, is normal.

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    Jan 8

    Holy shit. ⁦⁩ writing about Robert Caro ...

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    Jan 7

    Elaine Chao worked diligently for four years whittling away at regulations on the transportation industry, a key part of the conservative agenda. On Thursday, she became the first cabinet member to quit over the insurrection at the capitol w/

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    Jan 2

    “It all has to stop,” pleaded one flight attendant. “In the future I would like to feel safe while doing my job,” said another. Via ⁦⁩

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  7. 24 Dec 2020

    Covid test required to fly from U.K. to U.S. starting Dec. 28

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  8. 22 Dec 2020

    Michael Stumo, who lost his daughter Samya on the Ethiopian Airlines flight, said he is heartened by the reforms’ passage: "This legislation was nearly dead several times this fall, and we family members, crash family members, kept it going." w/

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    21 Dec 2020

    NEW: Coronavirus "variant" may be in USA already, but unlikely to evade vaccines, experts tell us. w/

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  10. 18 Dec 2020

    Senate investigators say “systemic deficiencies” at the FAA pose an “unnecessary risk to the flying public” via and

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  11. 17 Dec 2020

    "No matter where we were he would take us outside. In New Mexico we would hike in Jemez during a rainstorm, or at other military bases we would visit the ocean.”

    SCOOP: has picked to be the first Native American interior secretary, a historic first for the indigenous people of this country. W/
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  12. 15 Dec 2020

    I do think Roads Scholar should be used often!

    Roads Scholar: Biden to tap for secretary of Transportation, elevating a former 2020 rival to the Cabinet -- w/
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    30 Nov 2020

    Shocking story: Metro proposes to cut weekend Metrorail service completely, eliminate 3,800 jobs and slash hundreds of bus routes to meet a $500M deficit next fiscal year - The Washington Post

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    24 Nov 2020

    Mayor Dinkins didn’t always like the questions he was asked as he presided over a polarized city plagued by violence. He would bristle and scowl. But he answered them all and without insulting anyone.

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    21 Sep 2020

    My cartoon in the fall issue of (no, really!)

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    9 Sep 2020

    Metro reassigns top rail official & opens investigation into allegations that she attempted to coach employees on what to say to auditors. Comes day after U.S. Rep. said such conduct should be cause for termination. Story w/

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    3 Sep 2020

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    3 Sep 2020

    The path to this small spot in the nationwide movement for racial justice started 36 years ago in kingdom of Lesotho, a small, mountainous country encircled by South Africa. Their months-long protest vigil is the latest chapter in a story about humanity.

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  19. 3 Sep 2020

    There’s a lot that’s grim out there. These two guys showed me something else. Bob is from Oklahoma, Leteane is from Lesotho. They knew Mandela, hunted for lost artifacts, shared painful operations, and still found a way to crack each other up.

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  20. 22 Jun 2020

    “As my mother told me today, ‘They are just trying to scare you.’ This will not break me. I will not give in nor will I back down" -- via

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