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WASHINGTON – A national highway bill signed this week by President Clinton secures $98 million for improvements on Maryland roads

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WASHINGTON – A national highway bill signed this week by President Clinton secures $98 million for improvements on Maryland roads

Editors’ Note: Those wishing to call YouthBuild for photos could arrange them by calling Sharon Gautier at 202-889-6344.

WASHINGTON – In a small classroom in an old Anacostia school house, six students work on vocabulary-building exercises, their eyes alight with excitement

Editors: This is a retransmission of a story that moved late Tuesday, because of CNS computer problems. Time references in the lede and 6th graf have been updated, and Hoyer’s comments were moved up to the 6th graf.

WASHINGTON – Representatives from Mothers Against Drunk Driving, the American Lung Association and several other nonprofit organizations said this week their effectiveness would be hurt by a proposal that would inhibit their lobbying activities

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WASHINGTON – Consumer groups Wednesday criticized a Department of Transportation proposal that they claim could free railroads from legal liability for accidents at railroad-highway crossings – and make them less likely to maintain safe intersections

Nonprofits Rail Against Anti-Lobbying Measure

WASHINGTON – Representatives from Mothers Against Drunk Driving, the American Lung Association and several other nonprofit organizations said Tuesday their effectiveness would be hurt by a proposal that would inhibit their lobbying activities

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WASHINGTON – Some transit systems in the Maryland-D

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WASHINGTON – Washington National Airport had some of the most punctual airplane departures in August, according to a Transportation Department report issued earlier this month