Search Tags:  hank silverberg

Region-wide food banks are 'stretched to the limit'

For many people, 2012 has been a tough year. A stagnant economy and an unemployment rate that hasn't gone down much has made it hard for some people to find something to eat.

Tags: Capital area food bank

3

Region attempts to answer tough transportation questions

When it comes to paying for much-needed transportation improvements in the Washington region, one question stands out: How?

Tags: transportation,

2

Son of Va. Congressman pleads guilty to assault charge

Patrick Moran, the son of a Virginia congressman, is having a bad year. First he was caught on tape discussing how to commit voter fraud. Now he has pleaded guilty to assaulting his girlfriend.

Tags: crime, courts, D.C. Superior Court, Patrick Moran, Jim Moran,

41

Best place to work as a fed: NASA

Federal workers responding to a Partnership for Public Service survey ranked NASA the best place to work among large government agencies.

Tags: nasa, best places to work,

5

New siren to warn of dam failure along Occoquan

A new siren will warn the town of a catastrophic dam failure at the Occoquan Reservoir, which holds 8.3 billion gallons of drinking water.

Tags: Occoquan, Occoquan River, Fairfax Water

9

Fairfax supervisors want workers to kick the habit

Fairfax County is debating policies that would encourage county employees to stop smoking in an effort to improve workers' health and reduce health care costs.

Tags: Gerry Hyland, Sharon Bulova, smoking, health care, Affordable Care Act,

18

Bills proposed to make it easier to vote in Va., federal elections

Efforts are under way in Virginia and nationally to revamp election laws so voters aren't stuck in long lines at the polls.

Tags: Gerry Connolly, Mark Warner, absentee voting

2

WTOP Beltway Poll: Most think 'fiscal cliff' would hurt region's economy

A majority of people in the D.C. metro area think a failure to avert the "fiscal cliff" will negatively affect the local economy, but many don't believe it will hurt them personally, a new WTOP Beltway Poll finds.

Tags: WTOP Beltway Poll, fiscal cliff

11

All-electric taxi fleet proposed for Arlington

The country's first all-electric taxi fleet could be coming to Arlington, but concern about the technology may hold it up.

Tags: electric cars, taxicab, arlington transportation committee,

2

Metro revises inauguration plans to fix '09 headaches

Metro hopes to ease traffic and commuter headaches for the upcoming Jan. 21 presidential inauguration and has updated its ceremony day plans to address long waits and gridlock that plagued its train stations four years ago.

Tags: wmata, Inauguration Weekend, transit, getting around town, barack obama,

Comment