District Links: New council bills include efforts to curtail vaping; DC draws flak over developer tax breaks via Opportunity Zones; and more

By Cuneyt Dil On Sep 18, 2019 Last updated Oct 3, 2019

Happy Wednesday. DC Council members signaled they support drastic cutbacks on vaping, introducing bills with widespread support yesterday to ban the distribution of flavored electric cigarette products and restrict where products can be sold.

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