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The 'Apple Capital Of The World' Is A Vibrant Washington City Laden With Orchards, Wineries, And Wildflowers
Check out the Apple Capital of the World for its abundance of fresh apples, as well as beautiful sights, wineries, and ...
‘There’s nothing else like this’: Take a look at the Capitol Campus gardens in full bloom
There’s a lot of activity going on in here — bees, birds, people, animals — and it’s really quiet in here at dusk,” one ...
Musk came to Washington wielding a chain saw. He leaves behind upheaval and unmet expectations
Elon Musk arrived in the nation’s capital with the chain saw-wielding swagger of a tech titan who had never met a problem he ...
Washington Approves Capital Gains Tax Increase for 2025: Who Pays?
The new transportation budget pushes the state gas tax up by 6 cents per gallon for regular fuel and 12 cents for diesel starting July 1. That will raise the gas tax from 49.4 to 55.4 cents per gallon ...
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Draining the Swamp: How Washington, D.C. Grew from Backwater to Major City
When it came to building Washington, D.C., "drain the swamp" was a very literal phrase. How did this capital city rise from ...
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Death knell for capital punishment? Washington becomes 20th state to ban executions
After all, as the 20th state to ban or suspend capital punishment, Washington remains in the minority. And the state’s highest court did not rule the death penalty illegal in and of itself ...
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Are Democrats looking to raise Washington state's capital gains tax?
Flying somewhat under the radar: rumblings that Washington lawmakers are considering raising the state’s capital gains tax to bring in more revenue. Washington, which faces a projected operating ...
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Capital Region lawmakers rue late New York State budget as talks continue
It has been more than a week since New York state lawmakers missed an April 1st deadline to reach an agreement on this year’s budget. Capital Region ... Director Blake Washington spoke with ...
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Washington, D.C., cherry blossoms map 2025: When and where to see peak bloom in the nation’s capital
Cherry blossoms are planted across various public lands in the nation’s capital. A great way to find them is to use the interactive map created by the Washington, D.C., nonprofit called ...
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DeSantis unveils George Washington statue at Florida Capitol
FLORIDA, USA — Prior to catching a flight to the nation's capital Friday, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis alongside Florida Secretary of State Cord Byrd, unveiled a statue of the nation's first ...
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Jimmy Carter eulogized by Kamala Harris and others as 39th president returns to Washington
Nearly 44 years after Jimmy Carter left the nation's capital in humbling defeat, the 39th president returned to Washington on Tuesday for state funeral rites that featured the kind of bipartisan ...
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How one village became the Christmas capital of Washington state
Welcome to Leavenworth, the Christmas capital of the Pacific Northwest ... desperate business owners made a serious gamble. Without any state or federal help, they began taking out loans and ...