State government may be awash in red ink, but Rhode Island taxpayers are still paying the rent on an empty office in Washington, D.C., that was once occupied by Governor Carcieri’s Capitol Hill lobbyist, a position that has been vacant for more than three years.
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- President Bush and Congress have settled their differences on terrorist surveillance and Iraq war money. Now attention turns to a potential housing rescue, probably the last major initiative with any chance of passing before lawmakers scatter to campaign for re-election.
WASHINGTON - The giant federal farm bill passed by Congress this week will help Iowa corn growers. It will help Kansas wheat barons. It also will help James Allen, who dreams of bringing pigweed to the back yards of Washington, D.C.
As an employee of the District of Columbia, interim D.C. Attorney General Peter Nickles took an oath "to faithfully execute the laws of the United States of America and of the District of Columbia." Nickles's recent decision to fire eight city lawyers [Metro, June 17] in the union that I represent violates this oath and demonstrates a blatant disregard for the law, due process and basic fairness.
Plano West junior Charlotte Hockens was one of two students to represent Texas in the 2008 Congressional Academy for American History and Civics to take place June 29-July 11 in Washington, D.C.
Unabomber cabin newest D.C. sight The tiny Montana cabin where Unabomber Ted Kaczynski hid now stands a few blocks from the Washington headquarters of the FBI, which spent 17 years searching for him. The 10-by-12-foot cabin is on public display for the first
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- The tiny Montana cabin where Unabomber Ted Kaczynski hid now stands a few blocks from the Washington headquarters of the FBI, which spent 17 years searching for him.
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