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Renowned impressionist pulls plug on Kennedy Center show after board shake-up 02/20/2025 06:51pm • Changes at the top at the Kennedy Center have led to some entertainers deciding to call off their planned shows. Among them is renowned impressionist and D.C. native Sylvia Traymore Morrison. ���I want to be on the right side of history,��� Morrison told WTOP about her decision to cancel her Mayor Bowser responds to Trump's support of federal takeover of DC 02/20/2025 05:01pm • In responding to President Donald Trump's latest call for a federal takeover of D.C., Mayor Muriel Bowser reiterated Thursday that she was eager to work with Trump on shared priorities, including public safety and homelessness. 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Wes Moore's bill on the Blueprint for Maryland's Future, Maryland State Superintendent Carey Wright was asked if the state is exploring the hiring of federal workers who've been let go or may be facing layoffs. Maryland State Sen. Cheryl Kagan noted that she'd asked W Hundreds gather at HHS to protest NIH, academic research cuts 02/19/2025 05:02pm • Hundreds of people gathered on the steps of the Department of Health and Human Services in D.C. on Wednesday afternoon, criticizing changes and cuts to federal agencies connected to public health. The event, called ���Fund Don���t Freeze,��� brought community members, federal workers, union l Md. proposes surcharge on beer, wine sales as part of expansion into grocery stores 02/19/2025 04:39pm • Consumers could pay more for the convenience of buying beer and wine in Maryland grocery stores. That was one of the amendments offered Monday by Del. Marlon Amprey (D-Baltimore City) to his bill to open�� beer and wine sales to grocers and other retailers, a measure that faced tough questioning Md. bill would allow for more renter protections ��� and implement 'good cause' evictions 02/19/2025 11:03am • Renter advocates are hopeful that this will be the year ���good cause��� evictions finally become law in Maryland ��� but first it has to get past the Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee, where it died last year after passing the House. ���We���re seeing progress ��� Now, all eyes are on the Se DC Preservation League launches effort to track buildings designed by African American architects 02/19/2025 06:03am • Throughout February, WTOP is celebrating��Black History Month. Join us on air and online as we bring you the stories, people and places that make up our diverse community. A plaque next to the red doors outside St. Luke���s Episcopal Church in Northwest D.C. states that the church���s buildin Maryland's Purple Line providing grants to businesses, communities near rail corridor 02/19/2025 04:56am • The 16-mile Purple Line that's still under construction in Montgomery and Prince George���s counties likely won���t be operational for another two-and-a-half years. But the company building the rail line, Purple Line Partners, and the Maryland Department of Transportation are trying to soften the bl Proposal made to look past prior cannabis use for Prince George's Co. police, fire recruits 02/18/2025 07:00pm • Public safety agencies around the country are having a hard time hiring police officers and firefighters. There are lots of reasons behind the struggle to hire, but the legalization of cannabis in some states ��� while it remains illegal at the federal level ��� has been sited as one of the impedime President Trump reshapes federal government with sweeping cuts and controversial appointments 02/18/2025 03:43pm • This content is sponsored by American Petroleum Institute. President Trump has signed a flurry of executive orders that have upended the federal government, implementing the most sweeping cuts in the federal workforce in decades. He made it clear before he was sworn in for a second time that h Prince George���s Co. executive candidates share ideas on safety and education at Presidents Day forum 02/18/2025 12:41pm • A handful of candidates for the open executive seat in Prince George���s County, Maryland, gathered Monday night to discuss issues from building permit delays to tax increases. But, a large focus for all candidates proved to be education and public safety in the county. ���I did this because I w 'This is different': DC nonprofit sees substantial drop in donations as federal workforce faces more layoffs 02/18/2025 05:45am • From housing and healthy meals offered five days a week to social services, Miriam's Kitchen in D.C. provides help to people experiencing food insecurity and homelessness. But there's concern, according to Miriam's Kitchen CEO Scott Schenkelberg, that a dip in private giving ��� evident in the fi Lawmakers concerned about DOGE dive into IRS, taxpayer information, aviation system 02/18/2025 04:46am • President Donald Trump has only been back in the White House for a month, but with billionaire Elon Musk leading the way, his administration has already fired more than 10,000 federal employees ��� and the number is only growing. The IRS is among the latest agencies targeted by Musk's Department