District of Columbia Government News

Fort Jackson celebrates America's Independence Day with a military ceremony that recognizes each state and territory.

For the second time in a week, Gov. Timothy M. Kaine defended his national travels for the Democratic Party on live radio.

Arkansas' lottery commission has voted to join the multistate Powerball games. Commission director Ernie Passailaigue says the state could begin selling Powerball tickets before the end of the year.

The white supremacist who shot and killed a guard at the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington remains too injured to appear in court, officials said.

Cardinal Justin Rigali of Philadelphia, chairman of the Committee on Pro-Life Activities for the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, wrote to members of the House Appropriations Committee today urging them not to fund abortions in the District of Columbia.

Washington D.C., Jun 30, 2009 .- President Obama has issued a budget recommendation for the 2010 fiscal year that would ease the restrictions on taxpayer funds for abortions in Washington D.C., a change that has drawn criticism from pro-life organizations across the nation.

A coalition of advocacy groups is asking the District of Columbia and New York bar associations to disbar three government attorneys for approving and enabling the CIA's harsh interrogation program.The groups are asking the legal panels to revoke the district law licenses of acting CIA general counsel John Rizzo and former CIA Counterterrorism ...

Drivers caught sending text messages or e-mails on the road could soon face a fine.

Message to drivers who text or e-mail on the road: put the phone down or pay up.

District of Columbia hospitals, clinics and nursing homes are planning an emergency drill with the fire department and city agencies to test their preparedness to handle a major crisis.

The Washington Post reports that "More Washington- and Baltimore-area employers are shifting health-insurance costs to workers, offering high-deductible health plans and imposing restrictions on prescription-drug coverage to save money in the recession, according to a new survey by area human resources managers to be released today.

District of Columbia officials have lowered the number of fatalities in Monday's subway system accident to seven, instead of the nine reported earlier.

Past accidents on the Washington-area subway system raised concerns about the safety commuter trains that were not addressed, said a federal official investigating the cause of a deadly rush-hour crash that killed nine people Monday.

At least two people were killed Monday in a rush-hour collision between two Metro transit trains in northeast Washington.

Seven opponents of a District of Columbia measure that would recognize same sex marriages performed elsewhere have filed a lawsuit against the city.A The suit filed Wednesday in D.C. Superior Court challenges the district's elections board, which this week rejected an effort to hold a referendum on the bill.

The unemployment rates in eight states hit record-highs last month and only two a ' Nebraska and Vermont a ' did not report increases.

An upstate New York Bankruptcy Court judge has dismissed an attorney's claims that an adversary -- a lawyer for a former congressional staffer who described her sexual activities in a notorious blog -- improperly used "metadata" to trace the authorship of an electronic filing.

A federal judge ruled Tuesday that John W. Hinckley, Jr., the man convicted of trying to assassinate President Ronald Reagan in 1981, is allowed to get a D.C. driver's license and visit his mother's home more often and for longer periods of time.

Rick Rose came so close to getting a job. Bobbie and Juan Wilson are still struggling to meet their household expenses.

To kick of the Jazz festival, the Marshall Keys Quintet performed a set in from of a standing-room only crowd at Bohemian Caverns.