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'No tax increase' included in Va. budget deal, avoiding state government shutdown 05/09/2024 05:39pm • Budget negotiators in the Virginia General Assembly have reached a bipartisan deal, ending a lengthy standoff over the spending plan and avoiding a highly unusual state government shutdown. Lawmakers will be back in Richmond on Monday to vote on the deal during a special legislative session. " Metro's future of bus service could bring new routes and end some familiar stops 05/09/2024 03:59pm • The future of Metrobus service could include 30 new bus lines, overnight rides to the airport and buses getting you to your destination faster, but the change would come at a cost — the ending of 600 bus stops. The possible changes come as Metro leaders presented their 2025 Better Bus Network p Q&A: Maryland Republican Senate candidate Larry Hogan 05/09/2024 05:13am • Former Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan is running for the Republican nomination for Senate. He sat down with WTOP's Nick Iannelli to talk about what will be different if he's elected, his take on being called a "RINO" and the students protests regarding the war in Gaza. Read the full story h Safety concerns generate community discussion at Montgomery County's Kennedy High School 05/08/2024 06:00pm • Concerns about safety and reports of drug use on campus at Kennedy High School in Montgomery County caused the Parent Teacher Student Association to call for a community meeting to discuss ways the school system and county officials can do more to keep the Maryland school safe. Last month, Kenned Meet the Democratic Senate candidates not named Trone or Alsobrooks 05/08/2024 02:06pm • Tired of the skirmishing between the leading Democratic contenders for U.S. Senate, U.S. Rep. David Trone and Prince George’s County Executive Angela Alsobrooks? Looking for alternatives in the May 14 primary? Democratic voters do have other choices — eight to be exact. While their messages DC police clear out GWU pro-Palestinian encampment, 33 protesters arrested 05/08/2024 11:30am • Listen live for the latest updates on The George Washington University protests.  D.C. police took down a pro-Palestinian encampment at The George Washington University early Wednesday morning and arrested 33 protesters, D.C. police Chief Pamela Smith announced during a news conference Wednesday Trone and Alsobrooks speak to WTOP about issues facing Maryland and the Senate 05/08/2024 08:06am • There's less than a week to go before primary day in Maryland — and the top two candidates in a crowded Senate race to succeed retiring Sen. Ben Cardin could be locked in a closer race than many public polls indicate. And while early voting is already underway, both leading candidates — Princ Q&A: Maryland Democratic Senate candidate David Trone 05/08/2024 04:21am • Rep. David Trone is serving his third term in the U.S. House representing the 6th District. He's running for the Democratic nomination for Senate. Read the full story: Trone and Alsobrooks on issues facing Maryland and the Senate  Listen to the full interview above. The transcript below New Md. schools superintendent speaks on performance rankings, pays raises for teachers and more 05/07/2024 10:52pm • Dr. Carey Wright has only been the fulltime State Superintendent of Maryland Schools for two weeks but she's ready to make some changes. Maryland's public schools have often been ranked by various groups as some of the best in the nation. Previous state school leaders have touted the performance During Southeast prayer walk, DC's police chief calls for healing, end to gun violence 05/07/2024 10:18pm • As religious leaders prayed in front of D.C. Police’s Seventh District station along Alabama Avenue in Southeast on Tuesday night, Chief Pamela Smith watched closely. She closed her eyes, lowered her head and at times clapped as community members prayed for safety in their neighborhood, for 'I'm hoping to learn from what they're doing': Firefighters from around the world collaborate in DC to keep you safer 05/07/2024 05:45pm • They have come from as far as Fiji and Croatia and as close as D.C. and Fairfax County, Virginia. Firefighters packed a conference room at the Hyatt Regency in Downtown D.C. on Tuesday for the inaugural World Fire Congress to collaborate and share information to better keep citizens across the world Rockville man charged with manslaughter following 2023 pedestrian crash 05/07/2024 05:13pm • A driver has been arrested and charged with manslaughter after police say he struck and killed a 70-year-old woman while she was crossing the street in Rockville, Maryland, last December. Jose Isaac Zelaya, 24, of Rockville was arrested on May 3 for allegedly striking and killing Teresa Moreno De Billy Porter, Keke Palmer headline DC's Capital Pride Concert 05/07/2024 03:09pm • "Totally Radical." That's the theme of this year's Capital Pride Parade and could also describe the lineup for the concert that accompanies the annual event. The Capital Pride Alliance (CPA) announced Monday that Ava Max, Billy Porter, Keke Palmer, Exposé and Sapphira Cristál will be performing Prince William official says county 'erroneously' granted developer dumping permit at Belmont Bay 05/07/2024 12:44pm • Prince William County has rescinded permits granted to a developer to dump construction debris on what used to be the Belmont Bay subdivision’s golf course as work continues on an expansion to the waterfront community. A county land-use official declared the permits allowing for grading of the What you'll learn about DC when you walk every street in every ward 05/06/2024 06:35pm • What do you learn about D.C. when you walk down every street and every alley in all eight wards? Ask the man who did it, Austin Graff. "Yeah, that’s exactly what I did," he told WTOP. Graff said it took him two years to cover all 131 neighborhoods, and then write a guide on what to eat, drin