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Amid criticism from council over delays, DC's mayor announces timeline for turning over 2 important budgets 05/05/2025 07:27pm • D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser said she will provide the D.C. Council with her supplemental budget for the 2025 budget year, which accounts for the $400 million budget hole created by Congress earlier this year. While it's not clear exactly where the cuts will go, Bowser said the supplemental bill will Maryland Gov. Wes Moore, a rising Democratic star, leans into a sense of national pride as the party searches for new vision 05/05/2025 11:30am • (CNN) ��� Maryland Gov. Wes Moore appears to be everywhere at the moment ��� popping up on ���The View,��� delivering a commencement address at a historically Black university in battleground Pennsylvania and, later this month, delivering an address to South Carolina Democrats, who could be pivotal Banker, Baltimore Blast indoor soccer team owner preparing a 2026 challenge to Wes Moore 05/05/2025 11:24am • As far as Ed Hale is concerned, it���s all over but the paperwork. Hale, the current owner of the Baltimore Blast indoor soccer team and a longtime city banker and business owner, said he is committed to mounting a Democratic primary challenge in 2026 to Gov. Wes Moore (D), at the urging of frien What the restart of defaulted student loan collection means for borrowers 05/04/2025 12:00pm • (CNN) ��� The Department of Education restarts collections of loans in default on Monday, putting millions of borrowers at risk of having their benefits and wages garnished. The move arrives as the Trump administration works to dismantle the Education Department and aggressively roll back former DC mayor, health officials speak out against potential cuts to Medicaid 05/02/2025 04:58pm • Standing outside Children���s National Hospital, D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser said if Congress moves ahead with cuts to the Medicaid formula that covers 40% of D.C. residents, the result would be devastating. Currently, the Federal Medical Assistance Percentage, or FMAP, for the District is 70% ��� a Prince George���s Co. just lost Six Flags, and the Commanders could be next. How big is the impact? 05/02/2025 04:27pm • Prince George���s County, Maryland, has been the home of both Six Flags and the Washington Commanders for decades, but within a one-week span both entities announced their intention to leave. The moves are a blow to the county���s economy and reputation, but county leaders are saying the real Energy Innovation 2025: Will Congress, EPA ���hit the accelerator��� on clean energy? 05/02/2025 01:22pm • This content is sponsored by Clean Fuels Alliance America. The United States is the world���s largest producer of biofuels, and supporters of clean fuels in Congress want them to continue to play a key role in the country���s energy growth. Production of biodiesel and renewable diesel has DC Getaway: Punta Cana's Lopesan Costa B��varo is paradise for couples 05/02/2025 10:19am • In the ���DC Getaway,��� WTOP contributor Briana Thomas shares tips for trips a hop and a skip away from D.C. The story below is based on a press trip sponsored by Lopesan Costa B��varo, and reflects Briana���s independent editorial research. The sponsor has no editorial involvement, and did not spo Employers added a surprising 177,000 jobs as job market shows resilience. Unemployment stays at 4.2% 05/02/2025 09:56am • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� American employers added a better-than-expected 177,000 jobs in April as the job market showed resilience in the face of President Donald Trump's trade wars. Hiring was down slightly from a revised 185,000 in March and came in above economists��� expectations for a modest 135, Manassas real estate taxes may spike even more than previously estimated 04/30/2025 03:48pm • Manassas residents could face a higher real estate tax rate than initially proposed, as the City Council weighs raising the rate to help fund next year���s budget. The city had��initially proposed a real estate tax rate��of $1.26 per $100 of assessed value, which would have raised the average hom Prince George���s Co. leaders hold out hope DC stadium deal will fall through 04/30/2025 01:53pm • D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser's administration and the Washington Commanders have agreed to a deal to bring the team back to the RFK Stadium site with a new, nearly $4 billion development. But it's not final until the D.C. Council approves it, and some leaders in Prince George's County, Maryland, aren Lawmakers pump brakes on annual national car fee 04/30/2025 01:30pm • A GOP proposal to create an annual $20 fee for all U.S. vehicles ��� which has been criticized by members of both parties as a national car tax ��� was pulled Wednesday from budget reconciliation legislation. The chair of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, Rep. Sam Graves, a R Southeast DC residents skeptical of new stadium plans in Ward 7 04/30/2025 11:18am • A day after D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser, the Washington Commanders and the NFL announced a $3.7 billion public-private deal to bring the Commanders back to the RFK Stadium site, Southeast D.C. residents appear skeptical of the project. Hundreds packed a meeting organized by a group opposed to the pl 'Doing nothing is not an option': Montgomery Co. Council overrides veto on office-housing conversions 04/30/2025 05:28am • A plan designed to increase housing in Montgomery County by offering incentives to developers was revived by council members who voted 9-2 to override County Executive Marc Elrich's veto. Expedited Bill 2-25, the "Payment in Lieu of Taxes-Affordable Housing" bill, would make 100% of the real prop How a Virginia school is empowering the next generation of financially literate adults 04/30/2025 04:16am • On a rainy day at Hayfield Secondary School in Virginia, a group of students took turns standing up and sitting down. Some would stand if they preferred Skittles over Jolly Ranchers or sit if they liked Reese���s Peanut Butter Cups over Snickers. But what did these all have to do with each other,