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Montgomery County Council approves plastic bag ban — with some exceptions 02/12/2025 04:49am • Maryland's Montgomery County joins Prince George's, Anne Arundel and Baltimore counties in adopting a bill that imposes a county-wide ban on nearly all plastic bags at retailers. The "Bring Your Own Bag" bill passed unanimously by the 11-member Montgomery County Council on Tuesday afternoon. C Parts of DC region top 5 inches of snow with flakes still rapidly falling 02/11/2025 06:47pm • Parts of the D.C. area reached around a half-foot of snow Tuesday night, with flakes still falling at a rapid rate, sticking to roadways and making for treacherous driving conditions during the evening commute and beyond. Parts of Northern Virginia, including Dumfries, topped 4 inches of accu VHSL changes transgender policy in accordance with President Trump's executive order 02/11/2025 05:10pm • The Virginia High School League announced Monday afternoon that it will comply with President Donald Trump's executive order to keep transgender women from playing on women’s high school sports teams. The league's executive committee voted Monday to change the policy. The VHSL is the princip Economics professor: 'It's been time to get rid of the penny for a long time' 02/11/2025 06:22am • President Donald Trump said due to the cost of producing pennies, he instructed the U.S. Treasury Department to stop minting the one-cent piece. In the 2024 fiscal year, the U.S. Mint reported losing $85.3 million on the nearly 3.2 billion pennies it produced. WTOP spoke to Garett Jones, a Beverly Byron, former Md. congresswoman, dies at 92 02/10/2025 05:24pm • Beverly Byron, part of a powerful and durable Western Maryland Democratic family and one of only 11 women elected to represent Maryland in Congress, died Sunday of heart failure at her home in Frederick, surrounded by several members of her family. She was 92. Byron came from a family steeped in Huge uncertainty as Prince George’s works to close $170M budget gap 02/10/2025 02:11pm • Chaos within the federal government figures to have a big impact in Maryland's Prince George’s County. About 10% of the jobs in the county are federal ones, never mind all the county residents who might work in government offices located in D.C. and Virginia. But, what that impact will be just DC professionals are satisfied with their jobs. 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These are the questions local real estate agents say D.C.-area families are weighing right now with new federal policies in place. "We obviously have a very high percentage of population compared to other parts of the country — their livelihood is related to th Mix of snow, sleet and freezing rain expected Saturday in the DC area 02/07/2025 06:37pm • Listen live to WTOP online and on 103.5 FM for traffic and weather updates on the 8s. Saturday could be another wintry day as cold weather brings the possibility of snow and ice this weekend. Overcast skies are expected to roll in starting around 9 a.m. Saturday, as snow showers start south of Hundreds attend virtual town hall to seek answers to government 'chaos and confusion' 02/07/2025 05:30pm • Hundreds of people attended Maryland Rep. Sarah Elfreth's Instagram live virtual meeting on Friday afternoon, seeking answers to questions about the government's deferred resignation offer and other changes to federal agencies. The meeting came a day after a federal judge temporarily paused Presi