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Harry Jaffe, a longtime chronicler of the people and politics of Washington, D.C., writes a column for NBC Washington's First Read DMV blog. As 2016 came to a close, denizens of the District got great news: the nation’s capital gained another 10,00...

WORKING TOGETHER TO CUT RED TAPE Another week in Congress has yielded a new batch of much needed regulatory reforms, helping to alleviate our nation’s economy from politically motivated and unnecessary burdens unilaterally placed on it over the past...

WILKES-BARRE — The Coal Street extension project city officials are pushing to keep alive is more expansive than paving another 280 feet and will cost an estimated $12 million, according to city Operations Director Butch Frati. The cost and scope of...

A proposed action to reclaim Luzerne County’s share of an expired tax-break program will be presented to the county council in March, county Manager C. David Pedri said last week. Pedri told the council he recently met with representatives of Wilkes...

On August 8, 1925, more than 50,000 members of the Ku Klux Klan paraded through Washington, D.C. Some walked in lines as wide as 20 abreast, while others created formations of the letter K or a Christian cross. A few rode on horseback. Many held American...