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Holiday puts low-cost buses into overtime
New York City :: NY :: USA | 2 days ago
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The holiday travel season is at full throttle a day before Thanksgiving, and in strained economic times, the bus companies that sell low-fare tickets to New York are taking on much of the load...But with recession-struck travelers searching for bargains,...
Tags: New York, George Washington University, Washingtonians, AAA, New York City, Thanksgiving, No frills, Washington D.C., Megabus, Bus
More D.C. area residents on the move for Turkey Day in '09
West Palm Beach :: FL :: USA | 6 days ago
Credibility If neither the sour economy nor gas prices creeping higher will deter you from getting away for Thanksgiving, you can expect to share the road to grandmother's house -- or wherever -- with 823,999 of your neighbors. The annual Thanksgiving travel survey...
Tags: Washingtonians, AAA Mid-Atlantic, Lon Anderson, Rick Seaney, air travel, washington area, holiday weekend, West Palm Beach
Unpaid Wash. medical bills near $1B per year
Washington :: UT :: USA | 7 days ago
Credibility Wash. — Washington's insurance commissioner says unpaid medical bills in the state will cost about $1 billion a year by 2011. And many of those costs get passed along to people who do have insurance. Insurance Commissioner Mike Kreidler says the average...
Tags: Washingtonians, medical bills, PM Unpaid Wash., insurance commissioner, Washington, Mike Kreidler, Insurance, Social Issues, Politics, Health Medical Pharma
Gregoire vetoes local-only public art requirement
Seattle :: WA :: USA | 6 months ago
Credibility Gov. Chris Gregoire didn't like the section of the state construction budget which would have limited the state's public art spending to Washington artists. (I wrote about the controversial provision here .) She vetoed the local-only provision when signing...
Tags: Chris Gregoire, Washingtonians, illegal immigrant, Christine Gregoire, Brian Sonntag, washington artists
Spectacular Transcends Cultures
Shanghai :: China | 9 months ago
Credibility Carlos Pedamonte a postman and his wife Iris, from Peru, described the ‘Spectacular’ as ‘wonderful’ after viewing the show at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C. Feb. 15. “Every dance transmits some kind of message according to the ancient culture.
Tags: performance arts, divine performance, China, Kennedy Center Opera House, stand ovations, Washingtonians, DPA, curtain calls
Gregoire names Newhouse ag director
Olympia :: WA :: USA | 9 months ago
Credibility Gov. Chris Gregoire has appointed a Republican state lawmaker from Eastern Washington as director of the state Department of Agriculture. Rep. Dan Newhouse operates a 600-acre farm in the Sunnyside area, where he grows hops, tree fruit, grapes and alfalfa.
Tags: Chris Gregoire, Eastern Washington, Washingtonians, Senate Appropriations Committee, Dan Newhouse
Obama declares Ark., Ky. disaster zones
Washington :: DC :: USA | 10 months ago
Credibility President Obama late Wednesday evening declared Arkansas and Kentucky as federal disaster zones following severe storms, the first time he has issued such a declaration. The White House announced after 11 p.m. that Mr. Obama spoke with Gov. Mike Beebe...
Tags: Barack Obama, Mr. Obama, Chicago Public Schools, Washingtonians, Steve Beshear, president barack, disaster declaration, federal emergency, Kentucky, winter storms
Gregoire says Wash. needs $600M economic stimulus
Washington :: DC :: USA | 12 months ago
Credibility Gov. Chris Gregoire says Washington state needs at least $600 million in federal money for short-term road and bridge projects to help kickstart the state's struggling economy. The state has at least that much in projects ready to go as soon as Congress...
Tags: Chris Gregoire, Washingtonians, Barack Obama, economic stimulus, Cheryl Stephani
State hiring freeze cuts payrolls
Olympia :: WA :: USA | about 1 year ago
Credibility Outdoor-oriented agencies with summer employment show the biggest changes: The Parks and Recreation Commission’s payroll is down 375 people, and the Department of Natural Resources is down 402. But other agencies also are reducing staffing. The Department...
Tags: Washingtonians, Chris Gregoire
Rossi expected to concede this morning
Olympia :: WA :: USA | about 1 year ago
Credibility Wash. (AP) _ A source close to Republican Dino Rossi's campaign said Wednesday he will concede his hotly contested rematch against Democratic Gov. Chris Gregoire. The source spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity...Her spokesman, Aaron...
Tags: Christine Gregoire, Chris Gregoire, Dino Rossi, Washingtonians, The Associated Press, democrat gov
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