After one last blast of cold weather this week, it appears that old man winter has taken his last bow for the season, according to our friends at the Capital Weather Gang.
Also bowing out: the Republican effort to pass a replacement for the Affordable Care Act. A number of local lawmakers and Democratic political candidates have issued statements on the bill’s failure this afternoon, including Sen. Tim Kaine (D-Va.).
Sen. Tim Kaine (D-Va.) statement on the GOP healthcare bill being pulled pic.twitter.com/DqdX0AhQuY
— Arlington News (@ARLnowDOTcom) March 24, 2017
Also this afternoon, a grinning Rep. Nancy Pelosi, the House Minority Leader, was spotted taking a flight out of Reagan National Airport in Arlington.
SPOTTED – @NancyPelosi catching a flight out of DCA Washington Reagan Airport this afternoon #DMV pic.twitter.com/K0qi9wXuVi
— Marky Mark (@DCCelebrity) March 24, 2017
While the healthcare bill has received much of the national media attention this week, it was also a busy local news week. Here are some of the week’s most-read articles.
Feel free to discuss the return of spring-like weather, the healthcare brouhaha on Capitol Hill or any other topic of local interest in the comments.