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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 Low-interest loans to be made available to Virginia residents impacted by July flooding 08/08/2019 02:13pm • The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) will make low-interest federal loans available to residents and businesses of Fairfax and Arlington counties, and the cities of Falls Church and Alexandria, where rebuilding efforts are happening after destructive flooding in early July. Virginia Gov. Arlington native gifts $1.5 million for Va. Square affordable housing development 08/05/2019 10:15am • This article was written by WTOP���s news partner ARLnow.com and republished with permission. An Arlington, Virginia, couple has gifted $1.5 million to an affordable housing project��county officials hope will help veterans. Ron and Frances Terwilliger donated to the Arlington Partnership for 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��� � Northern Virginia could qualify for federal aid after July flash flooding 08/01/2019 04:00pm • The devastating flash flooding in July that left people stranded on the roofs of their cars, washed out roads and flooded homes caused at least $14 million in damage in Fairfax County, Virginia, alone, but the county is optimistic a federal disaster declaration will be approved soon. A disaster d Fed cuts key rate in its first reduction in more than decade 07/31/2019 02:01pm • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� The Federal Reserve cut its key interest rate Wednesday for the first time in a decade to try to counter threats ranging from uncertainties caused by President Donald Trump's trade wars to chronically low inflation and a dim global outlook. The Fed also repeated a pledge to "a Nice Bridge widening wins key approval; could lose pedestrian path 07/24/2019 03:22pm • Maryland will move forward with rebuilding and widening the Harry W. Nice Memorial/Sen. Thomas ���Mac��� Middleton Bridge after getting a key approval Wednesday from the region's Transportation Planning Board. The approval on an unusually contentious 17-7 vote allows Maryland to move forward with 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 Elizabeth Warren warns another financial crisis is coming ��� but she has a plan 07/22/2019 08:11am • Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren said there are warning signs for another financial crisis that would devastate the United States ��� "a single shock could bring it all down" ��� and the 2020 presidential candidate proposed a plan she said could help prevent it. "I warned about an economic cra Over 1,000 residents submit flood damage reports; crews haul 60 tons of debris 07/15/2019 01:40pm • This article was written by WTOP���s news partner ARLnow.com and republished with permission. Over 1,000 residents have reported damage to their homes, and several tons of debris was collected after last week's torrential rainstorm that caused widespread flooding in Arlington, Virginia. The de 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 Mark Ein saved Citi Open ��� can he make it a destination? 07/10/2019 01:05am • Summer in the Washington sports landscape has a rhythm. Once the Wizards and Caps are done, we settle into the daily beat of baseball, punctuated by weekends of soccer, peppered in with Mystics games. But two major events brought golf and tennis to the area: the Quicken Loans National and Citi Israeli tactical radar maker plans US HQ in Germantown 07/05/2019 08:27am • RADA Technologies, the U.S. subsidiary of Israel-based RADA Electronics Industries, will open a new U.S. headquarters in Germantown, Maryland. The company, which opened a U.S. base in Silver Spring a year ago, designs and produces tactical radars and navigation systems for both airborne and land- The best new-car deals for the Fourth of July 07/03/2019 03:51pm • Summer is in full swing, and just weeks after their compilation of the best car deals for Memorial Day, U.S. News & World Report has put together their best purchase and leasing deals for the Fourth of July. Jamie Page Deaton, executive editor of U.S. News��� best car rankings, told WTOP that