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They qualified for free medical care, but were billed anyway. How is Maryland working to provide refunds? 12/19/2023 06:00pm • For years, Maryland hospitals billed patients who qualified for free medical care. Now, the hospitals, state agencies and the Health Services Cost Review Commission are working on plans to provide refunds to those patients. According to a report in the Baltimore Banner, the refunds will be issue Georgetown restaurant owners sentenced in tax evasion, theft of COVID relief funds case 12/19/2023 06:50am • The owners of the Georgetown restaurant Ristorante Piccolo have been sentenced for tax offenses of over $1 million and theft of thousands of COVID-19 relief funds spent on personal investments. Gholam “Tony” Kowkabi, 63, was sentenced to 57 months in prison and his wife, Karen Kowkabi, 64, wa Montgomery, Prince George's Co. schools detail system operating budget proposals 12/18/2023 08:15pm • Maryland's largest public school systems — Montgomery County and Prince George's County Public Schools — have proposed multi-billion dollar budgets to keep their systems running. Here's a look at the current budget proposals and how officials plan to use the funds for their students, staff an Driver rescued after being swept away by floodwaters, clinging to tree in Montgomery Co. 12/18/2023 02:53pm • Heavy rains roared into the D.C. region, leaving behind slippery roads and flooding — including in Montgomery County, Maryland, where one driver was swept away by floodwater and rescued clinging to a tree. In the Maryland suburb, emergency crews performed two water rescues, including one on Bea Here's why you should let your doctor know if you use cannabis products 12/17/2023 04:33pm • Are you having surgery in the new year? While marijuana may help with pain management afterward, it could be a problem before the procedure. “In the surgical world, there's some concerns with increases in marijuana use and their impact on anesthesia," said Dr. Kaitlin Mirkin, a bariatric surgeo Moore issues executive order to 'broaden' state efforts to combat drug overdoses 12/15/2023 11:12am • Gov. Wes Moore announced an executive order to "broaden" the state's efforts to combat the the drug overdose crisis through reorganizing and expanding a state entity previously known as the Opioid Operational Command Center. Moore (D) said the order will “help broaden state and government’s a Md. state's attorneys introduce legislative priorities before upcoming General Assembly session 12/15/2023 08:59am • Aisha Braveboy and Ivan Bates, Democratic prosecutors who represent two of Maryland’s largest jurisdictions, held a joint press conference Thursday in Annapolis to unveil legislative priorities for the upcoming General Assembly session. Braveboy, state’s attorney for Prince George’s County, Apartment fire displaces 17, injures dog in Northwest DC 12/14/2023 08:34am • An apartment building fire Wednesday night displaced 17 people in the Petworth neighborhood of Northwest D.C., according to officials. A spokesman for D.C. Fire and EMS told WTOP that firefighters were called to the 4000 block of Kansas Avenue NW just after 6:30 p.m., where they found the second How would Wizards, Caps arena in Northern Va. impact area traffic? WTOP's Dave Dildine weighs in 12/13/2023 06:14pm • A range of reactions are pouring in after the owners of the Washington Wizards and Capitals announced a preliminary plan to move the teams to a new arena in the Potomac Yard neighborhood of Alexandria, Virginia. Among the many questions about the monumental announcement, one big question surface Prince George's Co. parent-led school groups demand safer roads after 2 kids killed in crosswalk 12/08/2023 10:40pm • In November, two young students at Riverdale Elementary School — 10-year-old Shalom Mbah and 5-year-old Sky Sosa — were in the crosswalk on Riverdale and Taylor Road when they were struck and killed by a driver making a left turn. The crosswalk had no crossing guard. Weeks after the tragedy, Maryland issues advisory on eating certain fish from local waterways 12/08/2023 06:19pm • The Maryland Department of the Environment has issued an advisory about eating certain types of fish from local waterways over concerns about "forever chemicals." The new advisory covers largemouth and smallmouth bass, sunfish, bluegill and white perch, according to the department. Officials s Loudoun Co. updates absence policy over post-pandemic attendance 12/08/2023 04:03pm • The number of students missing 18 or more school days a year is declining in Loudoun County Public Schools, but Superintendent Aaron Spence said the Virginia school system has updated its absence policy in response to absenteeism in a WTOP exclusive interview. Spence, in his first year leading th Street closures for Sunday's Jingle All the Way race in DC 12/08/2023 05:00am • The Jingle All the Way 5K/15K race happens in the District Sunday. That means there will be road closures, per D.C. police and U.S. Park Police. These streets will be closed to vehicle traffic by D.C. police from around 6 a.m. to noon: 1200 block of Maine Avenue SW Maine Avenue from In DC to open 'real-time' crime center with 9 regional police agencies 12/07/2023 05:45pm • Mayor Muriel Bowser announced what she says is a new tool in the fight against crime in the D.C. area: a center where regional and federal police and transportation agencies will monitor crime in real time. Bowser made the announcement of the Real-Time Crime Center (RTCC) on Thursday at the Mario Judge still undecided if DC should be held in contempt over lack of beds for detained youth 12/06/2023 09:20pm • A judge remains undecided as to whether D.C. should be held in contempt after the city was accused of failing to provide enough beds at its youth shelter for detained teens. It is part of a lawsuit filed against the city by a teenager who was turned away by the Department of Youth Rehabilitation Ser