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March 03, 2008 - Power Breakfast, our daily look at what's happening on Capitol Hill and at the White House...
March 03, 2008 - (Mar 12) STUDENT 10-MINUTE PLAY Today on Art Beat, a heads-up: the deadline to enter Arena Stage's annual "Student 10-Minute Play" competition is next Wednesday. The Student Playwright Competition brings out the best writing and creativity of local 5th through 12th graders. The top ten plays are read by the pros on stage, the writers attend master classes and they're mentored by professional playwrights.
(Mar 31) AND MORE AUDITIONS... And more auditions... these for the 2008 Fort Hunt Concert Series. The National Park Service is accepting audition materials - CDs, videotapes or DVDs - for the fort's Summer Concert Series. Performances will be held Sunday evenings during June, July, and (possibly) August - the deadline to put your best foot, voice or instrument forward is March 31st.
(Mar 4) INTERNATIONAL 4-MINUTE DATING Zen Bistro & Wine Bar in Arlington, Virginia, will be all about making connections tomorrow night - love connections, that is! At 7 p.m., hosts of International Four-Minute Dating will bring jet-setters, ex-pats, globetrotters and world citizens together to meet their match for a 4-minute getting-to-know you, as participants circle around to the next single in the room. No need to be an internationalist to attend; having the desire to meet single international professionals is the only requirement. An intimate, fun and lighthearted way to meet new people in the D.C. area.
(Mar 4) SHAMU ON LIFE, LOVE AND MARRIAGE But don't take it from me. Listen to Shamu. Amy Sutherland did, inspiring her to write "What Shamu Taught Me about Life, Love, and Marriage: Lessons for People from Animals and Their Trainers." Sutherland reads from the book tomorrow night at 7 at Olsson's bookstore, the Penn Quarter location.
March 03, 2008 - Some lawmakers in Maryland are supporting tougher legislation to protect children from products that contain lead. The measure would require new state inspections of toys and other items to ensure that they do not contain dangerous levels of lead. It would authorize the state Department of Health and Mental Hygiene to conduct inspections in locations including factories and warehouses. The state Senate is now considering the measure. It passed the House of Delegates on Friday on a vote of 132 to four. Senator Catherine Pugh is a lead sponsor of the bill. She says several items that children use are included in the proposal. The legislation would also set limits on how much lead can be contained in a product that is made in Maryland or brought into the state. The federal government has limits for lead in products, but Pugh says federal officials are not doing enough to keep dangerous items out of children's hands.
Gene Kuleta reports...
March 03, 2008 - Officials in Montgomery County say the looming budget crisis will force them to fire county government workers.
Officials say the lay-offs will be necessary as the county works to close an estimated $300-million budget deficit.
The last time the county faced such a large shortfall, officials were able to make up the difference by raising taxes, cutting spending, and freezing government salaries.
But this time around, county budget director Joe Beach says that won’t be enough. Beach says personnel costs account for about 80 percent of budget.
County Executive Ike Legget will submit next year’s budget to the county council later this month.
Patrick Madden reports...
March 03, 2008 - Policies cracking down on illegal immigrants go into effect today in Prince William County, Virginia.
Under the new policies, county police are required to check the immigration status of anyone arrested, if they suspect the person might be in the U.S. illegally. They also deny some county services to undocumented immigrants.
The new measures are now expected to cost almost $6.5-million in the first year, more than twice the previous estimate. The police chief's recommendation to install cameras in all police cars to guard against allegations of racial profiling, is a big reason for the cost increase.
The five-year price tag for the new policies is now estimated at about $26-million.
Erin Stamper reports...
March 03, 2008 - A bi-partisian group of legislators in Virginia is working with Governor Tim Kaine to rebuild part of the state's transportation funding laws, after they were ruled unconstitutional.
Kaine met with leaders of the House and Senate yesterday for about 30 minutes, to assess what was left of the General Assembly's 2007 transportation funding act. They say they will try to work out the provisions within a week.
Friday's ruling by the state Supreme Court struck down the Northern Virginia Transportation Authority and another similar authority in Hampton Roads. The regional authorities were empowered to levy taxes to raise money for road and transit projects within those areas.
Erin Stamper reports...
March 03, 2008 - Montgomery County now has its own version of the popular television show "America's Most Wanted" as police seek help catching local criminals. The bimonthly program, "Be On the Lookout," started airing last month on the county's cable-access station. The 30-minute show includes interviews with detectives about criminal investigations and ride-alongs that give viewers a passenger-seat view of police work. Plans for the program started taking shape in December, after the cable station and police department began sharing ideas about a crime show unique to the county.
Meymo Lyons has more...
March 03, 2008 - The presidential campaigns have captured the attention of many young voters but quite a few are also working to elect state and local candidates.
Sonia Azad spoke to some of them...
March 03, 2008 - Governor Martin O'Malley is urging lawmakers in Maryland to approve stricter limits on shoreline development.
Gene Kuleta reports from the headquarters of the Chesapeake Bay Foundation in Annapolis...
March 03, 2008 - District officials are setting their sights East as they plan future development.
Standing on a rooftop at the corner of Martin Luther King Junior Ave and Good Hope Road in Southeast, District Planning Director, Harriet Tregoning, said it was time for the city to develop outside the central downtown area.
The District's solution is the Center City Action Agenda - a plan to create new jobs, affordable housing, retail and office space and high-quality parks and open space in neighborhoods such as the Southwest Waterfront and the Capitol Riverfront.
The project is expected to be completed within ten years.
Jessica Golloher reports...
March 03, 2008 - The new illegal immigration enforcement policy goes into effect today in Prince William County. It will now be much easier for police to check a suspect's immigration status. But the crackdown is having some unintended consequences.
Patrick Madden visited some business owners who say they're feeling targeted as well...
March 03, 2008 - The discovery of buried munitions in Northwest D.C. has prompted one local lawmaker to call for a study of the health risks posed by the material.
City Councilmember Mary Cheh wants the District to spend $750-thousand to study the Army Corps of Engineers project in Spring Valley.
American University Chemistry professor, James Girard, says the high levels of arsenic in the soil could be dangerous, but only if the contaminated soil is ingested.
The soil has been contaminated by buried and now leaking stockpiles of World War 1 era mustard gas.
Lagan Sebert reports...
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