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Hyatt and Chase Launch World of Hyatt Business Credit Card 10/08/2021 12:00am • Small business owners whose travel spending includes stays at Hyatt hotels have a new credit card option with the World of Hyatt Business Credit Card. The card, offered by Chase Card Services and Hyatt Hotels Corp., is the first business credit card from Hyatt, and it comes with points earning tail Kennedy Center stagehands authorize possible strike 10/07/2021 04:38pm • The Kennedy Center in D.C. may have to close its curtains again, not because of the pandemic, but because of a possible strike by its stagehands. On Thursday, the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees (IATSE) announced that members of its Local 22 chapter voted to authorize a strik Should You Move to the Suburbs Now? 10/07/2021 12:00am • It's not a clich�� -- your urge to buy a home in the suburbs to start a family or at least put down more permanent roots is one plenty of people feel. Especially now, after many homebuyers moved to the suburbs in 2020 after the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, it makes sense to seek more space, priv 10 Best Cheap Dividend Stocks to Buy Under $10 10/07/2021 12:00am • Cheap dividend stocks can offer big income.With the stock market seemingly stuck in a rut over the past month and inflation threatening to eat at returns, many investors are looking to go "risk off" with dividend stocks. That's because a company that can support a regular payout to shareholders natu Prince George's County mask mandate expands to younger children 10/06/2021 03:01pm • Children ages 2 to 5 will have to wear masks indoors in Prince George���s County, Maryland, County Executive Angela Alsobrooks announced Wednesday. The county���s mask mandate previously covered people down to age 5. ���As a parent, I know it is not easy to mask younger children,��� Alsobrooks Chase Sapphire Preferred Card's Best Sign-Up Offer Ever to End 10/06/2021 12:00am • The Chase Sapphire Preferred Card's 100,000-point new cardholder offer -- its best offer ever -- is ending soon. Ashley Dodd, spokesperson for Chase, confirmed the change. The sign-up offer has rewarded cardholders who spent $4,000 in the three months after their accounts opened with a hefty 100,00 Montgomery Co.'s COVID test-positivity rate dips below 2% 10/04/2021 04:40pm • Montgomery County, Maryland, officials say the county's COVID-19 test-positivity rate has dropped below 2%. During a weekly briefing, officials also said the county has the lowest number of new daily cases across state health metrics. But in other metrics, they remain concerned about racial di Sheetz to open new store at BWI Marshall Airport 10/04/2021 10:30am • The popular convenience store chain Sheetz will open a new location by the rail station at BWI Marshall Airport in Maryland. The Altoona, Pennsylvania-based chain was chosen to develop a four-acre site at the intersection of Aviation Boulevard and Amtrak Way at BWI. The Maryland Board of Public W Fair housing advocates rally to demand Hogan reinstate eviction protections 10/02/2021 05:08am • CASA led a rally calling for eviction protections to be reinstated in Annapolis Friday evening. (Courtesy Maryland Matters/Bennett Leckrone) This content was republished with permission from WTOP���s news partners at Maryland Matters. Sign up for��Maryland Matters��� free email subscription��tod Father and son indicted in kidnapping plot that resulted in death in Maryland 10/01/2021 10:00pm • Two men, who are father and son, have been indicted in a kidnapping plot that resulted in a death. The pair then allegedly stole and sold marijuana from the victim. According to the United States Attorney's Office for the District of Maryland, a grand jury returned an indictment against Scott Ant $32 million in rent assistance issued in August, but most funding still unspent in Md. 10/01/2021 03:24pm • This content was republished with permission from WTOP���s news partners at Maryland Matters. Sign up for Maryland Matters��� free email subscription today. State and local governments in Maryland distributed $32.3 million in federal emergency rental assistance (ERA1) funding in August, according Dozens of new Maryland laws to take effect on Friday 09/30/2021 04:14am • Dozens of new laws passed in the 2021 Maryland legislative session will take effect on Friday. The bills cover a variety of topics ranging from police reform ��� which was at center stage this year ��� to racial equity and gun sales. Overall, 771 bills were passed this year in the Maryland Genera Montgomery Co. based nonprofit helps DC area jobseekers 09/27/2021 05:27am • A Wider Circle's professional development center provides professional clothing for jobseekers. (Courtesy of A Wider Circle) COVID-19 has caused many local nonprofit organizations to redirect their missions to address the community's growing needs. A Wider Circle is one of those organizations. DC officers charged with murder, obstruction in scooter driver���s death 09/24/2021 05:54pm • Two D.C. police officers have been indicted in the death of Karon Hylton-Brown in Northwest last fall. Terence Sutton, 37, a 10-year police veteran, has been charged with second-degree murder, conspiracy and obstruction of justice; Andrew Zabavsky, Sutton���s lieutenant in charge of the Fourth Di Loudoun Co. schools change rules for public participation in board meetings 09/23/2021 11:54pm • In response to a rising national trend of disruptive, sometimes violent, local school board meetings, the school board in Loudoun County, Virginia, has changed their guidelines on who is allowed to participate. The school system said in a news release that starting at the next board meeting on Se