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Smokey Bear failing national parks in downtown Washington
Let’s say you are a tourist from Paris or London visiting Washington, D.C., for the first time. Perhaps you simply drove in from Bethesda or Herndon to have lunch in the nation’s capital and take in a matinee at the Shakespeare Theatre.
State flags arrayed on Mall don't include DC
The flags of all 50 states are surrounding the Washington Monument on Friday, and at least one local leader is annoyed that D.C.'s flag was not included.
D.C. GOP still dissing democracy
Patrick Mara stopped by the D.C. Republican Committee offices at 13th and K streets last Wednesday to see if anyone had signed his petitions for an at-large seat on the city council. A campaign volunteer had dropped them off a week before.
Top court’s gun ban rejection is opportunity for D.C.
In light of Thursday’s landmark Supreme Court decision to overturn D.C.’s long-standing ban on handguns, allow me to begin the second-guessing.
DC landmark saved but underused
The distinctive Old Post Office was twice saved from demolition, once by a lack of funds during the Great Depression and once by activists eager to preserve the 1899 Romanesque revival structure with its 315-foot clock tower.
Delegate wants review of Capitol Police dismissals
D.C. Delegate Eleanor Holmes Norton wants a review of the decision by the U.S. Capitol Police to dismiss 15 recent recruits who were hired after they failed background checks. |
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