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Morning all. Ethical clouds aren't clearing quickly for D.C. Council Chairman Vincent C. Gray . WaTimes reports that DCRA is demanding that Gray apply for permits for minor renovations done over the summer---done by a subsidiary of politically connected megadeveloper William C. Smith & Co.---as well as a fence and garage door installed some time ago.
Washington, D.C. (AHN) – The D.C. Council voted to allow same-sex marriages in the nation’s capital late Tuesday, giving LGBT advocates a victory a month after they lost their fight in Maine. The Council still needs to hold another vote before Christmas and Congress can choose to intervene, but the path to making the gay [...]
Greetings all. LL apologizes: Yesterday, the LLD e-mail went out late because LL forgot to press the 'send' button; today, LLD's late because he was pulled away to cover a morning press conference announcing the new head of the Department of Parks and Recreation . Jesús Aguirre , operations director for the D.C. Public Schools, follows Ximena Hartsock over from DCPS. He's been appointed on an ...
WASHINGTON — The D.C. City Council on Tuesday took the first of two votes it needs to pass a bill that will allow same-sex marriage in the city, voting to accept the bill 11 to 2.
The Catholic Archdiocese of Washington, D.C. is currently at odds with many city council members in the District of Columbia regarding a proposed same-sex marriage bill that will be decided on in early December. The Catholic Church said it would cut its social service contracts with the city if the bill is passed. If the [...]
The District government will have a new lottery administrator after the D.C. Council on Tuesday ratified a contract with an international gaming firm despite charges that the deal was steered and the bids mishandled.
The D.C. Council on Tuesday took the penultimate step to legalized gay marriage in the nation's capital, a proposal deemed by some to be a milestone in the near 30-year march to equality in Washington, and by others as a crushing blow to a traditional institution.
A new poll of Connecticut AARP members released today finds strong support across party and ideological lines for elements of health care reform included in the Affordable Health Care for America Act, which recently passed the House of Representatives.
Business news in brief for Wednesday, Nov. 25, 2009.
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) - The governors of Virginia and Maryland, both Catholics, said yesterday that it would be wrong for the church to suspend or reduce social services in the nation's capital if the District of Columbia approves gay marriage.
Same-sex marriage advances in one region, then retreats in another, making the United States a two-nation nation on this issue – now and for years to come.
