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529 Plan Guide: What college expenses are qualified and other need-to-know facts 08/09/2019 03:00pm • As parents and children prepare for the fall semester of college, one of the most frequently asked questions we get is about college 529 funds — specifically, what that money can be spent on. Because 529 accounts are tax-favorable, they have strict rules on what the money can be used for, when Frank DeFilippo commentary: What would Schaefer say about Trump’s anti-Baltimore rants? 08/05/2019 08:07am • This content was republished with permission from WTOP’s news partners at Maryland Matters. Sign up for Maryland Matters’ free email subscription today. In the greedy, gaudy early 1980s, known as the era of “wretched excess,” President Trump – then derisively known as “The Donald” � Senate passes Trump-backed budget deal, averting threat of financial crisis, shutdown, automatic spending cuts 08/01/2019 12:13pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — A bipartisan budget and debt deal has passed the Senate and is heading to the White House for President Donald Trump's signature. Thursday's vote addresses a worrisome set of Washington deadlines as Trump's allies and adversaries set aside ideology in exchange for relative fis Georgetown Dean & Deluca is closing Aug. 1 07/24/2019 11:15am • Dean & Deluca will close its long-standing Georgetown store Aug. 1. The D.C. store, at 3276 M St., N.W., opened in an historic brick building in 1993. It was Dean & Deluca's first store outside of its hometown New York City. "The landlord is preparing the overall building for a major r Critical vote coming on widening of Nice Bridge in Southern Maryland 07/23/2019 06:59am • This May 2014 photo shows the Harry Nice Bridge, which carries U.S. 301 over the Potomac River between Virginia and Maryland. (Courtesy Maryland Transportation Authority) There is a sharp divide ahead of a critical vote Wednesday on a major regional bridge project — a divide that could determi Labor groups rally at Johns Hopkins Hospital against medical debt lawsuits 07/21/2019 06:31pm • BALTIMORE (AP) — Labor groups have held a rally at Johns Hopkins Hospital to urge hospital officials not to sue low-income patients for medical debt and to let nurses unionize. Labor leaders spoke from a stage on a hot July afternoon Saturday in Baltimore near the hospital. AFL-CIO President DC, Virginia and Maryland students ranked for student debt 07/14/2019 10:58pm • Students in D.C., Virginia and Maryland rank better than students elsewhere in a list of states with the most post-graduation student debt, according to the financial website WalletHub. D.C. students ranked sixth for the least amount of debt, Virginia is ranked 13th and Maryland 17th. The analysi Study: Virginia has less student debt than most states 07/12/2019 08:49am • This article was written by WTOP’s news partner, InsideNoVa.com, and republished with permission. Sign up for InsideNoVa.com’s free email subscription today. Students in Virginia are struggling less with post-graduation debt than in most other states, according to a study conducted by the fin College graduate regrets? Debt and degree 07/01/2019 10:44am • A recent survey of college degree holders across several generations found that nearly two-thirds of those with at least a bachelor's degree regret something about their education. The most common regret was student loan debt, but the second most common regret was area of study. Those who spen New Huntington entrance, shutdown work drive Metro capital spending over budget 06/25/2019 04:55am • Metro is building a new entrance at the Huntington Metro station that will eventually mean riders at the Fairfax County, Virginia, rail station will no longer have to walk through an essentially condemned garage. The new entrance is one piece of a significant increase in capital spending that Met 10 years later, America's booming economy still bears scars of the Great Recession 06/24/2019 08:13am • As the United States nears its longest economic expansion on record, it's tempting to proclaim that all the problems brought about by the Great Recession have been fixed. That would be wrong. Despite the currently healthy economic figures, from unemployment to foreclo Free or not? Washingtonians have say on fate of '80s kingpin 06/22/2019 12:48am • WASHINGTON (AP) — Long before it became a tranquil middle-class neighborhood scattered with pride flags, the area around 7th Street and Orleans Place near Gallaudet University in northeast Washington was a 24/7 open-air drug market that police generally avoided. And Rayful Edmond was the undispute City of Secrets: Big tech, big talk frame the future of spying in Washington 06/21/2019 04:19am • In WTOP’s three-part series “City of Secrets,” WTOP National Security Correspondent J.J. Green talks to some of the best in the espionage game to find how spies have infiltrated Washington, D.C., and what can be done to catch them. The friendly voice on the phone introduced himself as "Jerr Spending a lot on your wedding? Don't make friends do it too 06/17/2019 08:58am • Many brides and grooms are willing to spend big on their special day, but they shouldn't expect their friends to spend as well, especially those most likely to feel pressure — the bridesmaids and groomsmen. A destination wedding, expensive gowns or tuxedos and a lavish gift registry list can st Trump planning 4th of July event despite owing millions from inauguration 06/14/2019 05:49pm • The Trump administration is planning a costly Independence Day speech at the Lincoln Memorial, despite its failure to pay off $7 million in debt from the 2017 inauguration, The Washington Post reported on Friday. To cover the lack of funds from the federal government, the District of Columbia wil