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Reevesland Plan Advances -- "The nearly quarter-century effort to find an appropriate use for the Reevesland farmhouse in the Boulevard Manor community seems to be over. Historical Affairs and Landmark Review Board (HALRB) members on July 17 approved a certificate of appropriateness allowing Habitat for Humanity to renovate the circa-1900 main building and add two

Some of the poorest performing public schools in America can befound in the nation's capital. Despite per-pupil expenditures ofmore than $11,000, 94 percent of 4th grade students in Washington,D.C., are not proficient in math, and 90 percent lack proficiencyin reading, according to the National Assessment of EducationalProgress (NAEP). Given the failure of other reforms to improve thecity's poor academic achievement and the growing recognition thatadditional funding alone will not impr...

A somewhat complicated plan to build a 549 megawatt electrical generating plant near Moundsville, WV (for $615 million) that will... Continue reading