Welcome to June, Washington. Also welcome to the end, at last, of your short post-holiday work week. We do hope it wasn’t too painful. Even if it was, the good news is that it’s going to be relatively pleasant, if a touch on the hot and humid side, most of the weekend. So spend some time sitting on your front stoop sipping iced tea. Just remember to slather on the sunblock, and of course, invite…

>> If you’re in the market for a Crown Victoria, Maryland Governor Martin O’Malley has a few to sell. [WTOP] >>It looks like Paul Wolfowitz might finally soon be gone from the World Bank. But President Bush isn’t about to let his departure spoil an otherwise solid 12-year run during which the bank’s president has had the word “wolf” somewhere in their name. Obvious replacements are Wolf Blitzer, Rep. Frank Wolf (R-Va.), Wolfgang Puck…

Though Virginia Governor Tim Kaine gave the proposal to tunnel Metro under Tysons a toe tag two months ago, a coalition of Northern Virginia businesses and residents remain determined to revive it. Even after a panel of experts endorsed the widely-favored tunnel, Kaine was forced to instruct transportation officials to move ahead with plans for overhead tracks, rather than risk almost $900 million, or a quarter of the project’s total budget, in federal support. The…

Hell, 77 comments and counting on our last post on the commuter tax, and along comes more news to fuel the debate. Today the D.C. Appleseed Center for Law and Justice, one of the primary litigants on the commuter tax issue, announced it would appeal a recent decision of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia that upheld the longstanding ban on the imposition of the tax to the U.S. Supreme Court….

It may not have been scenic, but it was intended to make a point. As Jerry Kilgore, Virginia’s Republican gubernatorial candidate, stood above I-66, he sold a plan he hopes will sway enough Northern Virginia voters to pull in his favor come the November 8 election — the addition of two lanes to I-66 from the Beltway into the District. With Democratic candidate Tim Kaine leading Kilgore in both Northern Virginia and the state at…

Amnesty International is utilizing star power to draw attention to a new exhibit on Sudan. The event, titled “Stop the Fires. Darfur.” will feature “A collection of dramatic photographs and compelling testimony documenting the current human rights crisis in Darfur, Sudan,” actress and Oscar Winner Mira Sorvino (IMDB) and “light refreshments.” DCist had heard the event would also feature an appearance by D.C. native Dave Chappelle, but Amnesty International tells us he cancelled due to…