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Maryland college savings program says glitch fixed, but 'confusion' remains 01/09/2023 04:34pm • Parents are still having a difficult time accessing money they have saved in a Maryland college savings program, despite a claim by program administrators that a glitch has been fixed. "I still don't have any access to that money," said Brian Savoie, a father impacted by the problem. "I've been t Electric vehicles at CES give a peek at the future of battery-driven transportation 01/09/2023 12:50pm • If one were to stroll through the West Hall of the Las Vegas Convention Center, the venue that housed the Consumer Electronics Show’s behemoth automotive exhibition over the past few days, you’d be excused for thinking that all vehicles presently in circulation are electric. After all, pretty Maryland credit union's mission for financial literacy 01/09/2023 12:27pm • A recent Standard & Poor’s study determined just 57% of U.S. adults are considered financially literate, as measured by their knowledge of basic banking and personal finance topics. Some Americans are more vulnerable to financial illiteracy than others, something Audra Pettus remembers expe Virginia lawmakers returning for short election-year session 01/09/2023 10:54am • RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — The part-time, politically divided Virginia General Assembly is set to convene this week in Richmond for its annual sprint of a legislative session. Members of the Republican-controlled House of Delegates and Democratic-held Senate will meet for at least 30 days to debate i More Fairfax Co. high schools apologize for not sending merit commendations 01/08/2023 09:37am • Parents at two Fairfax County, Virginia, high schools received an upsetting surprise in their inboxes over the weekend. Langley High School Principal Kim Greer sent out an email Friday night to congratulate students who were awarded commendations in the National Merit Scholarship Corporation, as Most people who ended up with long COVID started with a mild case, new study shows 01/08/2023 08:00am • ▶ Watch Video: Millions suffer from long COVID as scientists search for answers Sarah Wulf Hanson is the lead research scientist of Global Health Metrics at the University of Washington and Theo Vos is a professor of health metric sciences with the University of Washington. The Attorney general announces Thomas Jefferson high school investigations 01/04/2023 02:38pm • 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. Virginia Attorney General Jason Miyares announced two investigations into Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology Wednesd State and company suing over BWI concessions contract jointly ask court for a delay in the procurement process 01/04/2023 02:24pm • This content was republished with permission from WTOP’s news partners at Maryland Matters. Sign up for Maryland Matters’ free email subscription today. It appears as if it will be months before the state picks a new vendor to operate the highly lucrative concessions operations at BWI Thurgoo Mireku-North nominated to replace Luedtke in Md. House of Delegates 01/04/2023 08:58am • This content was republished with permission from WTOP’s news partners at Maryland Matters. Sign up for Maryland Matters’ free email subscription today. The Montgomery County Democratic Central Committee voted Tuesday evening to send a new delegate to Annapolis for the General Assembly sess Youngkin calls for investigation into Fairfax Co. school accused of delay in informing students of national recognition 01/04/2023 05:44am • Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin is urging Attorney General Jason Miyares to investigate a Fairfax County school some parents say delayed notifying students of a national recognition. In a letter Tuesday, Youngkin said he is "stunned" by the possibility that Thomas Jefferson High School for Science a Jury finds daughter of former Cabinet official guilty in fatal stabbing of Maryland man 01/04/2023 04:29am • A Maryland jury found the daughter of a former director of national intelligence guilty in the fatal stabbing of a Montgomery County man. Sophia Negroponte, 29, of D.C., was found guilty of second-degree murder nearly two years after the death of 24-year-old Yousuf Rasmussen, of Bethesda. Negropo Meet the Maryland family holding office at the local, state and federal levels 01/03/2023 02:28pm • Maryland's newest congressman is also the newest member of his family to hold elected office, though politics wasn't quite supposed to be the family business — it just turned out that way. Cheverly's Glenn Ivey is beginning his first term representing Maryland's 4th Congressional District. His Boy born at Maryland hospital may be 1st baby of 2023 in the DC area 01/03/2023 04:08am • Baby Lael is born at 12:03 a.m. on New Year's Day. (Courtesy Holy Cross Health) At 12:03 a.m. New Year's Day, Maryland couple Brenda and Reynauld Sabuni welcomed their third son, Lael. He may have been their third, but hospital officials believe he's the first baby of the new year. He was bor Pediatrician: New Year's resolutions can help kids form new, healthy habits 12/30/2022 09:27pm • A D.C.-area doctor says setting New Year's resolutions with your child could help them start to form new healthy habits. "The start of the New Year is a great time to help kids to make or form good habits, and New Year's resolutions can be a fun way to do this," said Dr. Anisha Abraham, the actin COVID testing requirements for students in DC, Montgomery Co., and Fairfax Co 12/30/2022 02:12pm • Winter break won't be over for D.C. public school students until they take a COVID-19 test. Meanwhile, kids in neighboring Montgomery County, Maryland, and Fairfax County, Virginia, are being strongly encouraged to do so. D.C. The test confirming D.C. children aren't sick needs to be taken on Mond