Divided council gives initial OK to stadium bill
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A deeply divided DC City Council today voted initial approval of a bill to publicly finance a new baseball stadium - but without a majority of the council&#39;s support.
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Proposals for two major league sports stadiums that would face each other across the Anacostia River evolved independently, D.C. officials said Friday.
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The Washington, D.C., City Council  will debate stadium funding again on Tuesday after a bill  passed last week was rejected by Major League Baseball and put  baseball's return to the U.S. capital at risk.
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The Washington, DC, City Council will debate stadium funding again on Tuesday after a bill passed last week was rejected by Major League Baseball and put baseball&#39;s return to the US capital at risk.
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England's Football Association gave the go-ahead Thursday for a national football centre to be built following a board meeting.
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The baseball deal approved by the DC Council yesterday significantly limits the penalties the District will face if construction of a stadium takes longer than expected.
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The District of Columbia Council approved an amended financing plan for a ballpark for the Expos, adding provisions that major league baseball is likely to reject and could jeopardize the proposed move of the franchise.
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Mayor Anthony A. Williams predicted Monday he has enough votes in the District of Columbia Council to approve financing for a ballpark for the Expos in the location agreed to in the team's contract to relocate to the capital.
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Washington, D.C.'s City Council on  Tuesday approved a debt and tax-backed financing plan to build  a new stadium for Major League Baseball, moving a step closer  to bringing baseball back to the U.S. capital.
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The Washington, D.C., City Council  on Tuesday removed a deal-breaking provision of a stadium  financing package and passed the $1 billion project, clearing  the way for baseball's return to the U.S. capital.
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D.C. Council Chairman Linda W. Cropp said that city and baseball officials are close to an agreement that would ensure her support in Tuesday's stadium vote.
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The City Council gave tentative approval Friday to an overhaul of an anti-illegal-immigration law considered to be one of the nation's toughest, hoping to put the measure on sounder legal footing.
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Washington, DC, Mayor Anthony Williams on Wednesday signed a nearly $1 billion stadium funding package, clearing the way for the city to begin work on a ballpark for a Major League Baseball team.
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By ERICA CORDOVA Journal Staff Writer  After months of negotiations and bickering, the city and county came to a unanimous agreement Thursday over how to pay for operational costs for   one of the largest public works projects in the region's history.
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With the deal to bring the Montreal Expos to Washington on the brink of collapse, the head of the District of Columbia Council put the stadium financing legislation on the agenda for Tuesday&#39;s meeting.
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District of Columbia Mayor Anthony A. Williams and Council Chairman Linda W. Cropp reached agreement last night on a stadium-financing package that they said will satisfy
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Washington, D.C., Mayor Anthony  Williams will try to get financing for a Major League Baseball  stadium back on the city council agenda next week after the  council added a deal-breaking provision to the original bill,  the mayor's spokesman said on Thursday.