(Updated at 1:40 p.m.) The National Park Service has approved more than $200 million in funding to repair and rehabilitate Arlington Memorial Bridge.
NPS announced today (Friday) it will spend $227 million on the repair contract. U.S. Sens. Mark Warner and Tim Kaine (D-Va.) helped secure the funding, alongside U.S. Reps. Don Beyer (D-8) and Gerry Connolly (D-11) and Delegate Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-D.C.).
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The return of the turkey pardon, more local media grimness, a pizza identity thief, and other news of the day over in the District.
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A huge crowd turned up for the Puerto Rico Unity March, a local paper turns 50, and other news of the day over in the District.
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