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D.C. Council votes to end municipal bond tax, spend Internet sales tax
Alan Blinder and Eric P. Newcomer
Published: Wed, May 22, 2013
The D.C. Council, setting aside its members' annual frustrations about a public budget fashioned in private, voted unanimously on Wednesday to support a $10 billion plan that would increase Circulator bus fares, end the city's tax on certain bonds and earmark a potential spigot of Internet sales...
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Congress takes aim at Eisenhower Memorial
Eric P. Newcomer
Yesterday
As the House weighs legislation that would halt the controversial Frank Gehry plan for the Eisenhower Memorial, the chairman of the subcommittee with oversight over the project has requested documents showing how $63 million Congress already committed to the project has been spent. Rep. Rob...
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Number of holiday travelers down, but roads will remain clogged for Memorial Day weekend
Eric P. Newcomer
Published: Tue, May 21, 2013
Memorial Day weekend in the D.C. area traditionally means cars full of coolers, kids, grandparents and stressed-out parents stuck in traffic and inching their way to the beach. And it's not changing this year, even though fewer people are expected to travel.
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Military Bowl leaves D.C. for Annapolis
Eric P. Newcomer
Published: Mon, May 20, 2013
Five years after coming to the District, bringing with it tens of millions of dollars for the local economy, the District's only NCAA football bowl game is headed to Annapolis.
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Eisenhower family opposes Frank Gehry's design
Eric P. Newcomer
Published: Sun, May 19, 2013
When it comes to planning a national memorial, the descendants of past presidents often have a role to play both in guiding the vision for the memorial and in helping to raise private funds for the monument. In the case of the Dwight D. Eisenhower Memorial, family members have turned against...
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Councilman Tommy Wells returns focus to D.C. fire department
Eric P. Newcomer
Updated: Fri, May 17, 2013
A day before Ward 6 Councilman Tommy Wells officially announced he was running for mayor, he undertook what has become a reoccurring role: holding D.C. Fire Chief Kenneth Ellerbe's feet to the fire. As Ellerbe has faced repeated trouble and a few calls for his resignation, Wells returned to...
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D.C. to start counting calories on drink vending machines in municipal buildings
Eric P. Newcomer
Updated: Thu, May 16, 2013
By placing labels with calorie counts on District government vending machines, Mayor Vincent Gray hopes city workers will pick healthier drinks. "There are a lot of calories in a lot of these beverages, and they're not necessarily the most healthful calories, either," Gray said Thursday on...
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D.C. considering gun liability insurance requirement
Eric P. Newcomer
Published: Thu, May 16, 2013
A D.C. Councilwoman has introduced legislation that could make the District the nation's first jurisdiction to require gun owners to buy liability insurance. Ward 3 Councilwoman Mary Cheh held a hearing Thursday on her legislation, which she believes would make gun owners more cautious about...
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D.C. taxpayers, Pepco customers citywide would pay price for $1 billion plan
Eric P. Newcomer
Published: Wed, May 15, 2013
A panel has endorsed burying power lines in several areas of the District, a process that could frustrate drivers, clog neighborhoods, and cost taxpayers and Pepco customers citywide upward of $1 billion. With Pepco President Joseph Rigby on one side and the District's people's counsel on the...
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The 3-Minute Interview: James Piper Bond, head of Living Classrooms
Eric P. Newcomer
Published: Wed, May 15, 2013
Bond is the head of Living Classrooms, a nonprofit that helps educate children and adults in D.C. and Baltimore. How did Living Classrooms get started? This is our 28th year of operation providing hands-on education and job training programs with a special emphasis on disadvantaged youth. We...
