District of Columbia Government News

Calling it "a day that historians will mark as a milestone for equal rights," Washington governor Christine Gregoire signed into law a state marriage equality bill introduced just weeks ago.

Sharon Block, of the District of Columbia, to be a Member of the National Labor Relations Board for the term of five years expiring December 16, 2014, vice Craig Becker, to which position she was appointed during last recess of the Senate.

Surrounded by applauding gay couples and with media from around the country looking on, Gov.

Nearly 3 out of every 10 workers in Hawaii , Alaska , and the District of Columbia work for federal, state, or local government, at a time when government employment is declining nationally at all levels.

Gracie Stanford, Arron Stanford Jr., Teara McPherson, and Arron Stanford play at Riverside Park in Victoria.

A town hall-style summit for District of Columbia residents has been praised for engaging the public but criticized for its $600,000 price tag and rigid structure.

In 1996 the Catholic Archdiocese for the Military Services sent a letter to its chaplains instructing them to urge their flocks to back the "Project Life Postcard Campaign" in support of the Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Act.

A message from the IRS: Before you file your 2011 federal income tax return in 2012, you should be aware of a few important tax changes that took effect in 2011.

With the deadline getting closer, millions of Americans are asking the pertinent question so they don't end up on the wrong side of the IRS: When is the tax deadline for 2012? The Internal Revenue Service announced in January of this year when the 2012 tax season began that taxpayers have until April 17 to file their tax returns this year.

Four men have been sentenced in the last week for their roles in a taxicab bribery scandal in the District of Columbia.

Rear Adm. David Woods [official profile] has testified [JURIST report] that the policy balances his responsibilities to facilitate attorney-client communication while also ensuring security, safety, guard protection and good order at the facility.

The D.C. Office of the Attorney General may seek a court order to authorize medical treatment to keep Albrecht Muth;s self-imposed, two-month long fast from further deteriorating his health or causing his death.

A The third and fourth graders in Mrs. Hadlock's class at John Lyman School started a project to collect postcards from all 50 states and the District of Columbia back when school started in September.

President Barack Obama will waive central provisions of the No Child Left Behind federal education law for 10 states, including Kentucky, that have embraced his educational agenda and promised to raise standards and to improve accountability and teacher effectiveness, the White House announced Thursday morning.

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Same-sex couples in Illinois could get married, under a bill which has been filed in the Illinois House.

Arizona had record-high January fuel prices, and that trend is continuing into February, according to the American Auto Association.

Amtrak operates trains in partnership with 15 states and four commuter rail agencies.

A man from the District of Columbia pleaded guilty Wednesday to conspiring to commit bank fraud as part of a plan to gain about $1.4 million from the Baltimore Housing Authority, prosecutors said.

As the tents were coming down at McPherson Square, the dead rats and mice being retrieved, the urine and feces and filthy bedding disposed of by District of Columbia employees dressed in hazardous-materials suits like their contemporaries at Fukushima, I thought of the left-wing press.