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Say no to Kaine’s con on taxes
- Following in the ill-advised footprints of his predecessor Mark Warner, Virginia Gov. Tim Kaine wants state legislators to join him in making residents pay higher taxes. If Kaine succeeds, he and the legislators once again will be enabled to avoid making the tough choices required by responsible budgeting.
Washington's Freedom ready to ring again
- No one at the Washington Freedom is quite ready to believe the Women’s Pro Soccer league will actually exist until the players are lined up in uniform on the field hearing the national anthem before next April’s first match.
Right-hander Bergmann returns to Nats rotation
- It has been a busy May for Nationals right-handed pitcher Jason Bergmann.
RealMatch offers another Web job search option
- RealMatch.com is the second D.C.-area competitor in a month to emerge in the job search market.
D.C. begins redeveloping Hill East waterfront
- D.C. officials on Wednesday started the redevelopment of 50 acres along the Anacostia waterfront, a massive project that promises to transform the western banks of the long-suffering river immediately south of RFK Stadium.
- D.C. officials on Wednesday started the redevelopment of 50 acres along the Anacostia waterfront, a massive project that promises to transform the western banks of the long-suffering river immediately south of RFK Stadium.
D.C. to pay feds $600,000 over mercury cleanup
- The District has agreed to pay the federal government $600,000 after the U.S. Justice Department threatened to sue the city for failing to pay for the cleanup of mercury at two D.C. high schools.
Park Service defends actions after finding arsenic at Fort Reno
- The National Park Service was fending off uncomfortable questions Wednesday after it waited 14 hours to tell the public that one of Northwest’s most popular parks was potentially tainted with poison.
- The National Park Service was fending off uncomfortable questions Wednesday after it waited 14 hours to tell the public that one of Northwest’s most popular parks was potentially tainted with poison.
Bill could give federal oversight to private clinics for children and would require FDA inspections
- In a move that could have implications for D.C.’s troubled special education system, a panel of lawmakers Wednesday passed sweeping legislation that gives federal authorities the right to inspect private children’s clinics and schools.
CareFirst leaves Healthy D.C.; city to move forward with plan
- The city will move toward universal health care without the aid of insurer CareFirst, whose apparent withdrawal from the evolving Healthy D.C. initiative has angered city leaders and could spur legislation targeting its revenues.
Washington's Metro but America's resource
- As Americans pay their income taxes this week, we often take time to think about what the government does with our money and how our leaders determine which expenses are worthwhile.
$3.6M announced for runway repairs at Olympia WA Aiport
- Rep. Brian Baird, D-Wash., has announced $3.6 million in federal Department of Transportation funding for runway repairs at the Olympia Airport.
Tom Fitton: Supreme Court takes a dive on Dollar Bill
- Congressional crooks received a gift recently when the U.S. Supreme Court refused to hear a case involving an FBI search of Louisiana Democratic Rep. William "Dollar Bill" Jefferson's congressional office.
Event targets problems of female teens in the District
- One of D.C.'s largest child-centered nonprofits is hosting a citywide forum today geared specifically toward teen girls - a group that is increasingly struggling with violence, poverty and pregnancy.