Oklahoma seen as likely to experience job growth (The Oklahoman)

Oklahoma is lucky No. 13 when it comes to job growth prospects.That’s the forecast, anyway, of The Daily Beast, an online news site that in a recent Web posting ranked the job growth prospects for all 50 states as well as the District of Columbia. Oklahoma placed 13th.For the analysis, The Daily Beast said it took into account 2006 to 2016 employment projections prepared by each state’s labor …

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Fitch Rates District of Columbia’s $127MM SIFMA Index Income Tax Revs ‘AA’ (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)

NEW YORK—-Fitch Ratings assigns an ‘AA’ rating to the following District of Columbia income tax secured revenue bonds:

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Report: Arkansas has 5th lowest percentage of construction job losses (KTHV Little Rock)

A report from Associated General Contractors of America shows the number of construction industry jobs fell from January 2009 to January 2010 in every state and the District of Columbia.

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Report: Every state sees construction job losses (AP via Yahoo! Finance)

A report from Associated General Contractors of America shows the number of construction industry jobs fell from January 2009 to January 2010 in every state and the District of Columbia.

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Dozen same-sex couple tie knot in DC (Boston Globe)

At least a dozen couples tied the knot in the District of Columbia on the first day same-sex ceremonies were legally allowed, and many more unions were on the way.

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Local firm Kinsale now selling commercial insurance (Richmond Times-Dispatch)

A local insurance holding company has raised $80 million in capital and is starting operations as a specialist in business coverage. Kinsale Capital Group’s new Kinsale Insurance Co. subsidiary is selling commercial insurance in 31 states and the District of Columbia, CEO and President Michael P. Kehoe said yesterday. The company will provide liability insurance to professionals, such as …

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Same-sex wedding bells toll around Washington, D.C. (Los Angeles Times)

Mayor Adrian M. Fenty attends the ceremonies for three of the first gay couples to legally marry in the district. As a cellist and soloist performed Billy Joel’s “Just the Way You Are,” Darlene Garner and Candy Holmes walked down the aisle Tuesday morning and became among the first gay couples to legally marry in the District of Columbia.

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Same-sex wedding bells toll around Washington, D.C. (Los Angeles Times)

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Gays have right to privacy, too (CNN)

Today is the first day same-sex weddings will be performed in the District of Columbia.

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First Same-Sex Couples Get Hitched in D.C. (DCist)

The Post reported earlier that the very first gay couples to get legally wed in the District of Columbia this morning were Jeremy Moon and Bryan Legaspi, a pair of White House staffers, and James Betz and Robert Hawthorne. The two couples appear to have held their marriage ceremonies nearly simultaneously, one inside the courthouse in judges chambers, and the other just outside the building …

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Same sex couple plans to wed in Washington, D.C. (WALB Albany)

The District of Columbia’s first same-sex weddings will be held Tuesday, marking a new day for gay and lesbian couples in the nation’s capitol.

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