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School changes, teacher pay among proposals from Virginia lawmakers 01/07/2020 03:55pm • School funding, teacher pay, free tuition for some community college students and changes to school discipline rules are among the education-related proposals in Virginia's General Assembly this year. Parents could even be guaranteed four hours of annual leave, which may be unpaid, to attend pare Don't abbreviate 2020 on checks and forms — it's for your own good 01/04/2020 05:20am • 2020 is finally here, and it's coming with its own set of challenges. Not only do we have to break the habit of writing 2019, when we really mean 2020, but the dawn of a new decade also creates a unique opportunity for scammers, says Ira Rheingold, executive director for the National Association Charity paying off thousands in Prince William Co. school lunch debt 12/30/2019 10:22am • A local charity is working to let kids go back to school after the winter break free of lunch debt. Lunch debt — debt owed to schools from kids whose parents can’t pay for their lunches — is high in Prince William County, Virginia. Adelle Settle told WTOP, “Right now in Prince William Cou Woman's $10K donation goes toward Fauquier County school lunch debt 12/23/2019 03:25pm • A woman's donation will go toward paying off the school lunch debt of Fauquier County, Virginia, public school students in need. Ann Anderson's $10,000 donation will affect families who have qualified for reduced lunch or have shown that they are unable to pay, the school system said in a news re California church to pay off $5.3M in family medical bills 12/22/2019 01:33pm • LOS ANGELES (AP) — A Los Angeles church is paying off $5.3 million worth of medical debt for nearly 6,000 households in Southern California, according to one of the church's pastors. Christian Assembly purchased the debt for $53,000 and is working with a nonprofit organization to pay the outstand New developments on the Silver Line timeline: What to know 12/18/2019 05:20pm • It's a few steps forward — and maybe a step or two back — toward opening the Silver Line extension to Dulles International Airport and Loudoun County, Virginia. The stations and most of the rail yard appear to be ready to go and only await some finishing touches. New train testing started Wed Holiday cheer: Car dealership erases $25K Prince George's Co. school lunch debt 12/17/2019 02:09pm • Prince George's County Public Schools students are getting quite a gift this holiday season. DARCARS Toyota announced Tuesday that it's paying off the school lunch debt for every student in the PGCPS system. Chief Operating Officer Jamie Darvish presented a $25,000 check to the nonprofit Excel Another DC bicycle shop, The Bike Rack, is closing 12/06/2019 07:05pm • One week after District Hardware and Bike shuttered for good, another independent D.C. bike shop is closing down. The Bike Rack, on Q Street Northwest in the Logan Circle neighborhood, announced Friday that it’s going out of business. “It’s very bittersweet,” said owner Chuck Harney, w Attorney says someone else admitted killing Aldie mother, son 12/02/2019 12:13pm • The attorney for Brian Welsh — indicted in October for the 2018 deaths of an Aldie, Virginia, woman and her adult son — says prosecutors are in possession of letters from a woman who says she and two other people committed the murders of Mala and Rishi Manwani. Welsh is due in Loudoun County What your refinanced mortgage will cost you 12/02/2019 10:03am • Refinancing your mortgage could save you money, and it might not cost you much out of pocket. (Thinkstock) About two-thirds of current mortgage applications are to refinance an existing mortgage and the Mortgage Bankers Association says that's up more than 300% from a year ago. A year ago, 30 How a Maine lobsterman got over Trump's China trade war 12/01/2019 08:01am • A worker of Maine Coast company carry lobsters before packing in Portland, Maine, the United States, March 29, 2017. In 2016, China bought 40.9 million dollars' worth of lobsters from Maine, where most of America's lobsters are caught. Two years ago, Maine Coast Company was shipping about 2 mill More millennials say they plan to rent forever, survey finds 11/25/2019 05:07pm • "They just cannot afford to buy a home in many markets," CBS News Business Analyst Jill Schlesinger told WTOP. (Getty Images/iStockphoto) A new survey finds many renters in their 20s and 30s have essentially put homebuying on hold and are planning to be "forever renters." The survey from Apar Why most Americans will hold the line on holiday spending 11/25/2019 10:18am • Holiday shopping will be up overall, but most people are going spend the same or less as last year. (AP Photo/Richard Drew) The National Retail Federation forecasts holiday spending will grow up to 4.2% this year, but the majority of Americans actually plan to spend no more than they did last ye Sprint may soon be a dead brand, one way or another 11/23/2019 08:16am • Sprint is a storied American brand, but it's one that could cease to exist if its $26 billion merger with T-Mobile is approved. If the long-awaited merger goes through, it would mean not only the end of Sprint's long corporate history, it would also mark the end of several bruising decades of fai Owner of DC's Park 7 Apts. to refund residents $450K for improper water bills 11/22/2019 06:00am • Here is a street view of  the Park 7 Apartments. (Courtesy Google Street View) A Maryland-based company that owns an apartment building in Northeast D.C. will need to pay $450,000 to people who lived there because residents were improperly billed for water. According to the District's Attorn