A House subcommittee will take up the District’s marijuana decriminalization bill. [DCist, Post]

Budget autonomy fight heads to court. [LL]

Local treasure Russ Ptacek camps out in front of Muriel Bowser‘s office. [Twitter]

Jail guard arrested after allegedly agreeing to smuggle in contraband. [Post]

How D.C. beat out Prince George’s County for CBS Radio. [WBJ]

Police pursue trail assaulters. [Post]

LGBT groups unhappy about missing out on city grants. [Blade]

What caused the shooting at the National Zoo? [Post]

Use an app to figure out your school boundary status. [WAMU]

Courtland Milloy thought experiment: What if the panda got shot? [Post]

Post ed board: “Metro…is effectively on probation.” [Post]

Photo by Ken Lund, used under a Creative Commons license.