As students return to classes throughout the region, commentator Brooks Rainwater says it’s important to consider in what kind of buildings those classes are being held.

Rainwater is the Director of Local Relations for The American Institute of Architects.

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Today the Center for National Policy hosts a discussion at the Newseum in downtown Washington, titled Before the Next Katrina: Urgent Recommendations for the President and Congress. This year, the hurricane anniversary comes in the wake of a new and still-unfolding crisis. And finds the Gulf Coas...

By Jonathan Wilson

In Virginia, Governor Bob McDonnell's push to allow state troopers to enforce certain federal immigration laws has renewed fears of racial prejudice in some parts of the local Hispanic community.

McDonnell says he won't tolerate racial profiling, but also can't tole...

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) Starting Sept. 1, feeding deer will be illegal in Virginia. The annual prohibition runs through the first Saturday in January. The state Department of Game and Inland Fisheries says the ban is intended to curb the negative consequences of feeding deer.

RICHMOND, Va. (AP)...

By Jessica Jordan

The US Assistant Surgeon General says this year, one vaccination will help protect you from the seasonal flu and the H1N1 virus.

Montgomery County plans to distribute the shot this fall.

This year's H1N1 strain will be added to the seasonal flu shot.

Mary...

By Michael Pope

Tom Murphy likes to come to Alexandria's waterfront for quiet contemplation. Murphy, who's an Episcopal priest, says the scenery is inspiring except for one thing, the constant traffic of airplanes flying overhead.

"As I was sitting there this morning, I realized there...

Virginia's Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli released two controversial opinions this week.

Meanwhile, Governor Bob McDonnell has weighed in on a few of the controversial opinions Cuccinelli has offered this year.

D.C.'s Board of Elections handed Mayor Adrian Fenty's campaign a bit of a...

I’m Elizabeth Wynne Johnson of Capitol News Connection. This Week in Congress...

...with lawmakers still scattered to their respective states and districts, the Capitol itself was pretty quiet.

But the consequences of several important primaries on Tuesday will reverberate in Washingt...

By David Schultz

This could be a difficult weekend for drivers trying to go east in the D.C. region.

Construction projects are shutting down lanes on I-66 eastbound in Northern Virginia, from Nutley Street to the Beltway, and on Route 50 eastbound in Maryland, from the Beltway to the...

By Matt Bush

In the District, residents should expect long lines tomorrow for Metro and shifting traffic patterns because of several rallies that will be held around the National Mall.

Fox Television personality Glenn Beck is holding a rally at the Lincoln Memorial with former Alaska...