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Where the pandemic is exacerbated by a housing crisis — and vice versa 06/25/2020 08:41am • In front of CASA's Langley Park headquarters, children from the neighborhood express their views on housing issues. (Courtesy CASA) This content was republished with permission from WTOP’s news partners at Maryland Matters. Sign up for Maryland Matters’ free email subscription today. Th Why being laid to rest is so expensive 06/15/2020 09:03am • Cost is almost as big of an influence on a person’s choice of burial as are personal beliefs, according to a survey. (Getty Images/iStockphoto/davidford) It's not a pleasant conversation, but have you thought about what you want done with your body when you die? Funerals themselves are expe Free Loudoun County drive-thru COVID-19 test site reaches capacity hours before closing 05/20/2020 09:31pm • A volunteer helps line up cars at Loudoun County's drive-thru COVID-19 testing site at Bolen Memorial Park. (WTOP/Neal Augenstein) There were dozens of cars in line an hour before Loudoun County, Virginia, began free drive-thru coronavirus testing Wednesday morning at Philip A. Bolen Memorial Pa Latest Jeep Wrangler tips over in crash tests 05/08/2020 06:18pm • Jeep's latest Wrangler tipped onto its side twice during crash tests conducted by the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety. The performance garnered the Wrangler a Marginal rating -- the second worst of four possible ratings in that type of test. The 2019 model year fo Gambling, transportation, discrimination and budget changes in Virginia 04/14/2020 05:30am • From casinos and transportation to voting and anti-discrimination measures, Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam has signed hundreds of bills and suggested amendments to dozens of others ahead of next week’s reconvened session of the General Assembly. Northam’s deadline to act over the weekend also re Coronavirus in black America: Living in the eye of a 'perfect storm' 04/11/2020 03:58am • Dr. Monica Peek was shopping for groceries on Chicago's South Side when she noticed half the 15 or so store clerks weren't donning masks. An internist who helps screen coronavirus patients at the University of Chicago Medical Center's emergency room, Peek knows what's at DC Council passes COVID-19 relief bill with rent freeze, consumer protections 04/07/2020 01:27pm • D.C. Council Chairman Phil Mendelson ran the council's first-ever remote meeting. (Courtesy D.C. Council) Meeting remotely for the first time in its 45-year history, the D.C. Council on Tuesday unanimously passed its second emergency COVID-19 relief bill, a measure that establishes a rent freeze DC-area cab drivers experience dramatic decrease in demand during coronavirus crisis 03/17/2020 07:15pm • Difficult times for cab drivers as demand drops dramatically. This United Ventures Consortium cab driver's name is Addis Abate. He's been driving for more than six years, and he said he has never experienced anything like this. He has lost almost 75% of his daily income. (Courtesy Degfae Setegn) Deals made on bills in Va. legislature, but too late for lawmakers to finish on time 03/08/2020 10:10am • Virginia lawmakers voted on dozens of significant bills on what was supposed to be the final day of the annual Virginia General Assembly session, but budget conferees and negotiators failed to reach agreements on other bills in time to end the 60-day session on schedule. A budget deal was finally Don't just check your clocks: How to find out if your car is recalled 03/08/2020 04:51am • With the spring forward this weekend, you might be starting your Sunday checking that all the clocks in your house are changed and your smoke detectors are in working order. But according to federal highway officials, it's also a good opportunity to check in on one more thing you might depend on: Virginia gas tax hike deal reached as state lawmakers come down to the wire 03/05/2020 10:09pm • A driver fills her tank at a gas station in Richmond, Virginia, Wednesday, Nov. 14, 2007. (AP Photo/Steve Helber) Virginia lawmakers are set to approve a 10 cent gas tax increase over the next two years and transportation funding changes that would restore Northern Virginia money cut a few years Opponents to Md. tax proposal voice concerns in Annapolis 03/02/2020 03:09pm • A pending bill in Annapolis aims to tax a variety of services to fund Maryland education. And on Monday, several voiced their opposition. Realtors wearing white ball caps and carrying placards gathered outside the House of Delegates Office Building in Annapolis to protest a Maryland bill that wou Rent my car? Virginia heads toward peer-to-peer auto rental law 02/24/2020 12:28pm • Think of it as Airbnb for cars. Virginia lawmakers are considering a bill that would establish rules for peer-to-peer car rentals, in which a car owner could rent a vehicle to a stranger, for a fee. Unlike traditional car rental companies that monopolize airport rentals, and established ride-s Case of missing children tied to doomsday beliefs, 3 deaths 02/21/2020 10:23pm •  HONOLULU (AP) — Family members used to describe Lori Vallow as an attentive mother who had her kids’ best interests at heart. But that was before she reportedly declared herself a god sent to prepare the world for an imminent apocalypse. Before three untimely deat Virginia passes bills that protect LGBTQ, ban handheld phones while driving 02/06/2020 04:45am • Virginia lawmakers advanced anti-discrimination bills, driving changes and worker protections Wednesday during the General Assembly in Richmond. In a powerful speech on the House floor, the first openly transgender delegate in Virginia said a bill passed by the House 59-39, banning discrimination