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Casino giant MGM Resorts selling land to New York-based firm 08/05/2021 04:08pm • LAS VEGAS (AP) — A New York-based real estate investment firm will emerge as the largest landholder on the Las Vegas Strip under a $17.2 billion property deal between landholding affiliates of casino giants Caesars Entertainment and MGM Resorts International. Combined, VICI Properties Inc. will Trinity Washington University uses American Rescue Plan funds to pay down student debt 08/04/2021 04:16pm • Elizabeth Silva, left, and Annissa Young, right, who both had their Trinity student balances cleared. (Courtesy Trinity Washington University) Trinity Washington University announced that it has paid off $2.3 million in balances from over 500 undergraduate students of the university, in part usi We asked, you answered: The best financial advice you ever got 07/26/2021 10:03am • Maybe you have a natural affinity for making and managing money. Or maybe you're just trying not to make a hash of it. Either way, someone at some point in your life likely dropped a pearl of wisdom in your lap that has made your financial life better than it would have been otherwise. We aske DC’s public health emergency status expires 07/25/2021 12:01am • The public health emergency declared nearly 18 months ago in the nation’s capital expired at 12:01 a.m. Sunday, according to an executive order issued Saturday by D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser, but a public emergency will remain in effect until Oct. 8. Bowser cited increased vaccination rates and im As airlines flirt with profitability, analysts say it's time for investors to climb aboard 07/14/2021 05:21pm • The US airlines reported yet another round of quarterly losses. It could very well be their last, as vaccine rates climb and planes fill with leisure travelers eager to go on vacation once again. But airline stocks are all still down, and many analysts say this is a buying opportunity for investo DC Council approves measures to protect debtors, renters 07/13/2021 06:36pm • The D.C. Council on Tuesday voted to temporarily keep in place protections against debt collection, evictions and utility shutoffs that were instituted during the COVID-19 pandemic. The protections would have expired soon after the end of the District's public health emergency that is set to end Volunteer Maryland seeking young people who want to serve their communities 07/13/2021 05:58pm • A program that struggled through the pandemic is recruiting young Marylanders who are looking to give back to their communities. Applications for Volunteer Maryland are now open. "Volunteer Maryland is an AmeriCorps program housed in the Governor's Office of Community Initiatives. And we partner Advocates, elected officials oppose Capital Beltway toll rate plan at hearing 07/13/2021 04:35am • This content was republished with permission from WTOP’s news partners at Maryland Matters. Sign up for Maryland Matters’ free email subscription today. About a dozen advocates and elected officials spoke Monday against toll rates proposed as part of a plan to widen portions of Interstate 270 DC makes moves to combat 'aggressive debt collection' after COVID protections expire 07/12/2021 11:29am • D.C. Council Chairman Phil Mendelson and Attorney General Karl Racine are putting forward legislation to protect District consumers against "unfair and abusive debt collection practices." Mendelson introduced the bill Monday, which was written in collaboration with the Office of the Attorney Gene Legislators accuse MDOT of withholding highway-financing study 06/29/2021 09:46pm • Gov. Lawrence J. Hogan Jr. (R) announcing plans to widen Interstates 270 and 495 on Sept. 21, 2017. Behind him is then-MDOT Secretary Pete K Rahn. (Courtesy Steve Kwak/Maryland Governor's Office) This content was republished with permission from WTOP’s news partners at Maryland Matters. Sign u DC AG orders child care program to change business practices 06/29/2021 04:48pm • KCE Champions, a before and after school child care program in D.C., will have to change its business practices —­or face a $250,000 bill. An investigation into the program found that the company deceived parents about late fees, auto-disenrolled children from its programs, and engaged in unfa More changes coming to the Maryland Senate: Peters won’t seek reelection 06/26/2021 07:23am • Sen. Douglas J.J. Peters (D-Prince George’s). (Photo by Maryland Matters/Danielle E. Gaines) This content was republished with permission from WTOP’s news partners at Maryland Matters. Sign up for Maryland Matters’ free email subscription today. State Sen. Douglas J.J. Peters (D CASA launches the care for all coalition to address the health insurance gap in Prince George’s County 06/24/2021 01:34pm • This content was republished with permission from WTOP’s news partners at Maryland Matters. Sign up for Maryland Matters’ free email subscription today. Saira Cortez has had a rough six months: She was diagnosed with a hemorrhage and anemia that required her to see specialists and receive blo 2 life sentences in 2018 murder of Loudoun Co. woman, adult son 06/18/2021 07:27am • A Loudoun County judge sentenced Brian Kuang-Ming Welsh to spend the rest of his life in prison for the 2018 murders of Mala Manwani, 65, and her 32-year-old son Rishi in their Aldie, Virginia, home. Circuit Court Judge James Fisher went along with a jury's recommendation on Monday and sentenced As end of eviction protections loom in Maryland, housing advocates urge changes to court procedures 06/17/2021 05:41pm • State and federal eviction protections will soon expire in Maryland, and fair housing advocates say many tenants could lose their homes as courts work through lengthy eviction backlogs. Gov. Lawrence J. Hogan Jr. (R) announced Tuesday that Maryland’s state of emergency will end July 1st — and