Recreation economy booms, outpacing farming, mining
BY KELLIE LUNNEY - 09/20/2019
Outdoor recreation, led by boating and fishing, made up 2.2% of the country's gross domestic product in 2017 and outpaced the overall economy's growth, according to a new government report.
The outdoor recreation economy in 2017 accounted for $427.2 billion in GDP, generated $778 billion in gross… Read more »
Family of Bijan Ghaisar, killed by Park Police officers in 2017, refiles suit against U.S.
BY TOM JACKMAN - 09/20/2019
The family of Bijan Ghaisar, who was fatally shot by two U.S. Park Police officers in November 2017, has refiled its lawsuit against the federal government after it was dismissed from the case on technical grounds earlier this year.
The civil action, filed… Read more »
Pelosi: Whistleblower could lead to 'whole new stage of investigation'
BY JAMIE DUPREE - 09/22/2019
Democrats on Sunday denounced President Donald Trump, the Justice Department, and the acting Director of National Intelligence, accusing the Trump Administration of violating federal law by withholding information from a whistleblower inside the U.S. Intelligence Community, as the… Read more »
Democrats start symbolic bid to make ranked-choice voting the national standard
BY BILL THEOBALD - 09/23/2019
Advocates for ranked-choice voting announced Monday the freshest step in their effort to build a national movement around the form of voting that allows people to support more than one candidate.
Democratic Rep. Jamie Raskin, who represents Maryland suburbs north of… Read more »
Democrats propose bill to revoke Trump endangered species rollback
BY REBECCA BEITSCH - 09/17/2019
Democrats are fighting back against a Trump administration rule that scraps numerous protections for endangered species.
Legislation filed in the House on Tuesday would rescind a rule announced by the Department of the Interior in August that rolls back the Endangered Species… Read more »
After 660 Days, Bijan Ghaisar’s Family Still Waiting For Answers On Death By Park Police
BY BARBARA SPRUNT - 09/17/2019
A group of demonstrators, including the family of Bijan Ghaisar, stood outside the Department of the Interior Monday morning to protest the promotion of Robert MacLean.
Monday was MacLean’s first day at his new job as director of the Interior Department’s Office… Read more »
Nearly 2 years and no answers: Family of Bijan Ghaisar holds protest at US Interior Dept.
BY NICK IANNELLI - 09/16/2019
The family of Bijan Ghaisar, who was killed by U.S. Park Police officers in November 2017, gathered in front of the U.S. Department of the Interior in Northwest D.C. Monday morning to continue their calls for justice and to express outrage that the… Read more »
Fight for her future: A car accident, a traumatic brain injury, and an immigration battle
BY HEATHER GRAF - 09/13/2019
On November 12, 2018, Kitti Tong was walking home from work in Rockville. At the intersection of Beall Avenue and Gibbs Street, the 27-year-old was hit by a car. And in that moment, Tong says life as she knew it changed forever.
She suffered a traumatic brain… Read more »
Wilbur Ross At The Center Of Another Political Storm, This Time About The Weather
BY SCOTT HORSLEY - 09/10/2019
Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross is under the microscope again, amid fresh allegations of meddling with a government scientific agency.
The latest storm to engulf the secretary began Sept. 1, when weather forecasters in Birmingham, Ala., issued a tweet saying… Read more »
Democrats call for Ross to resign for reportedly threatening to fire officials
BY MIRANDA GREEN AND JUSTINE COLEMAN - 09/10/2019
Two Democratic lawmakers are calling for Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross's resignation following a report that he threatened top officials for contradicting President Trump's claims Hurricane Dorian might hit… Read more »
