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2022 DC election: Voters say yes (again) to DC tipping proposal 11/08/2022 11:55pm • D.C. voters have spoken and it's a resounding yes to Initiative 82, also known as the Increase Minimum Wage for Tipped Employees Measure. The proposal passed with nearly 75% of the vote, according to The Associated Press. Initiative 82 sought to phase out tip credit, which lets employers count Fairfax Co. announces new agreement aimed at improving trash removal 11/08/2022 02:25pm • Residents in Fairfax County, Virginia, have been complaining that their trash isn't being picked up on a regular basis. Now, relief may be coming. More Fairfax County News More Virginia News The county has announced an agreement with one private trash hauler, American D Frontier adds more flights at BWI Marshall 11/08/2022 09:45am • Frontier Airlines is staking a bigger claim at BWI Marshall Airport with new or resumed flights on its upcoming schedule. Frontier Airlines will start new service from BWI Marshall to Dallas Fort Forth with four weekly flights starting on May 21, 2023. Frontier also resumed its flights from B DC area tops list for best cities for veteran entrepreneurs 11/07/2022 09:41am • For the second year in a row, the PenFed Foundation ranks the D.C. metro area No. 1 on its list of the Top 20 Cities for Veteran Entrepreneurs. The rankings are based on livability, economic growth, ability to start a business and support for veterans, among other things. More Loca Before shopping for the holidays this year, consider making a budget 11/06/2022 03:39pm • The holidays are upon us, and while it brings with it cheer and togetherness with friends and family, it also can bring something not so special: Gift buying debt. To prevent having to make a New Year’s resolution to pay off the holiday debt, instead try getting yourself on budget now. “Yo Netflix's revamped 'Unsolved Mysteries' drops new batch of true-crime puzzles 11/04/2022 11:55am • True-crime junkies get their fix this week, as "Unsolved Mysteries" drops the remaining batch of its nine-episode season delivered in three chunks. It's the third season of the revamped series on Netflix and overall the 16th season of the long-running series that became a staple of true-crim Hogan gets hero’s send-off at business group lunch — but national ratings aren’t so favorable 11/04/2022 11:13am • This content was republished with permission from WTOP’s news partners at Maryland Matters. Sign up for Maryland Matters’ free email subscription today. Year after year, Gov. Larry Hogan’s annual speech to the fundraising lunch of the Maryland Free Enterprise Institute brings Hogan (R) some Wagshal's opening downtown DC location 11/03/2022 09:10am • Wagshal's, the nearly 100-year-old market and delicatessen in Washington, D.C., is opening a downtown location. Wagshal's has signed a lease at Tishman Speyer's 1747 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, about one block from the White House, for a 5,000 square foot space that will house Wagshal's Grand Bodeg Montgomery College's new center adds more learning opportunities to 'East County' 11/03/2022 02:17am • A Maryland student's dream of working as a nurse became one step closer to reality following an event that announced the opening date of Montgomery College's East County Education Center. During Wednesday's presentation in Silver Spring — where school officials detailed plans to offer for-credi Teen arrested in shooting of Commanders' RB Robinson 11/02/2022 04:50pm • D.C. police announced Wednesday they've arrested a 17-year-old in connection with the August shooting of Washington Commanders running back Brian Robinson Jr. Police Chief Robert Contee said the teen was arrested in Northeast D.C. earlier Wednesday. More Local News More Sports News Trone, Parrott on the issues in Maryland's 6th District 11/02/2022 09:25am • The campaign for the U.S. House in Maryland’s 6th Congressional District is expected to be the site of the closest congressional race in the state come Nov. 8. Democratic Rep. David Trone, who’s running for a third term, handily beat Republican Del. Neil Parrott two years ago. But redistricti Blaze Pizza, whose backers include LeBron James, to open more Maryland locations 11/01/2022 08:57am • Los Angeles-based brick oven pizza chain Blaze Pizza, whose early investors included LeBron James, has a new franchise agreement to open three locations in Prince George's County, Maryland. It did not identify the new locations. The restaurants are franchised to Kevyn Scott of Gome Restaurant Scammers using skimmers to get your debit and credit card info 10/27/2022 05:10pm • Skimmers are getting harder and harder to spot. (Courtesy Prince George's County Police Department) Police in Prince George's County, Maryland, say they're investigating the theft of hundreds of thousands of dollars taken through card skimmers that are turning up not just on ATMs or at gas stati Virginia man found guilty in high-speed crash on GW Parkway that injured motorcyclist 10/26/2022 06:31pm • A federal grand jury has found an Alexandria, Virginia, man guilty of causing a crash while speeding on the George Washington Parkway that resulted in a motorcyclist losing a leg back in April. Menyelek M. Maynard, 26, was found guilty of assault resulting in serious bodily injury, reckless drivi DC crime dropped in recent months; top cop knows it doesn’t seem like it 10/26/2022 03:14pm • At the start of the year, crime spiked in the District. Through May 31, violent crime was up 17% compared with 2021. Murders were up 8%. Robberies were up 41%. D.C. leaders were bracing for things to get even worse at the start of the summer. 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