by Bill Myers
A computer glitch in the troubled D.C. property tax office gave free passes to hundreds of city residents for several months, but they are now getting whopping catch-up bills in the mail.
by William C. Flook
Fort Belvoir’s commander will retire in less than two months, prompting worries that the southern Fairfax County base is losing a key asset in planning for a crush of new workers as a major deadline swiftly approaches.
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The D.C. Council should summon every single person involved from the beginning in the decision to subject local mentally ill and disabled children to literally shocking treatment at the Judge Rotenberg Center in Massachusetts. This summons should go to everybody from the D.C. Public Schools employee who “lost” special-ed students’ records and missed administrative hearing deadlines, all the way to the private lawyers who pocketed fat legal fees. Then, having summoned them, the council should demand a full public accounting — under oath — of the millions of tax dollars paid to this tax-supported hellhole over the last decade. Every person in District governance who had a role in this disgrace must be identified and held to public account. To date, no one has been.
by Craig Stouffer
It’s the team nobody wants to play, unbeaten in its last five games, boasting arguably Major League Soccer’s most passionate fans and its toughest home venue, where visiting opponents have scored only once this season.
by Susan Ferrechio
Vice president, Supreme Court justice and governor are among the career choices awaiting Hillary Clinton when she bows out of the presidential race, political analysts say, but most agree she will probably return to the Senate where she would be poised to become a major power player.
by Susan Ferrechio
The Senate was united in grief Tuesday upon hearing the news that its second most senior member, Democrat Ted Kennedy of Massachusetts, was suffering from a malignant brain tumor.
by Melissa Frederick
Those interested in finding out whether their great-great-great grandfather was a German farmer or an Austrian shoe cobbler may have an easier time doing so, thanks to a new partnership between Ancestry.com and the National Archives.
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