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Ethanol powers cleaner emissions, boosts U.S. agriculture and fuels innovation 12/04/2024 08:12pm • This content is sponsored by National Corn Growers Association. Millions of Americans fill up their gas tanks every day and may be unaware they are utilizing a renewable fuel that has greatly increased in use in recent decades ��� ethanol. Today, nearly every gallon of gasoline in the U.S. This Virginia lawmaker wants major changes to help homebuyers. But are they realistic? 12/03/2024 03:49am • In an effort to tackle the challenges of a competitive housing market, a Virginia state senator announced several proposals aimed at making homeownership more accessible. While the ambitious plans from Republican Sen. Glen Sturtevant (District 12) are getting attention on social media, there are Virginia lawmakers to consider proposal to support regional airports 12/02/2024 10:54am • Virginia lawmakers will soon consider a��bill��that could help to bring larger airlines to smaller airports and support the growth of regional airports in the commonwealth. Last session, Gov. Glenn Youngkin and lawmakers settled on a biennium budget that included several transportation��investmen Who is Russ Vought? Incoming White House budget chief, GWU grad and Project 2025 author 11/29/2024 08:37pm • WASHINGTON ��� Incoming White House budget director Russ Vought has spent much of his career learning the detailed, often convoluted mechanisms that make up the Office of Management and Budget. The agency, little known outside Washington, D.C., is relatively small compared to the rest of the fede Majority Hispanic Maryland towns face uncertain future under second Trump term 11/28/2024 01:23pm • Rocio Terminio-Lopez said that when she hears people talking about migration, particularly politicians, she feels like ���they don���t know what they���re talking about.��� Terminio-Lopez knows. An immigrant from El Salvador, she struggled to get citizenship for herself while watching her brot DC Council passes $515 million Capital One Arena bill on 1st reading 11/27/2024 03:21pm • It looks like the D.C. Council definitely want to keep the Washington Capitals and the Washington Wizards downtown. On Tuesday, after the first reading of the Downtown Arena Revitalization Act of 2024, council members unanimously voted to approve the bill ��� minus Vincent Gray, who recently anno How to save more on Cyber Monday 11/26/2024 10:00am • Get ready for an influx of online sales that will be available on Dec. 2, 2024. Better known as Cyber Monday, the National Retail Federation started the event in 2005 after recognizing that this thing called e-commerce wasn't going away. The idea quickly caught on, and now every Monday after Than Virginia's likely Republican nominee for governor reflects on her priorities, reentry into politics 11/26/2024 05:00am • Virginia Lt. Gov. Winsome Earle-Sears is the��first Republican to officially enter the race��for the party���s nomination in 2025. "I never really thought of being lieutenant governor in the first place," Earle-Sears told WTOP, as she reflected on her decision to run for governor. She was endo Why Prince George���s Co. voted against data centers ��� for now 11/22/2024 07:45pm • Amid a flurry of bills considered by the Prince George���s County Council on Tuesday ��� the final day of this year���s legislative session ��� was one dealing with data centers. It was introduced earlier this year by the county executive���s office in an effort for the cash-strapped county to qu Trump confirms plan to declare national emergency, use military for mass deportations 11/18/2024 04:25pm • James Devaney/GC Images(WASHINGTON) -- President-elect Donald Trump on Monday confirmed he would declare a national emergency to carry out his campaign promise of mass deportations of migrants living in the U.S. without legal permission.Overnight, Trump responded to a social media post from Judicial Arlington passes plan to ease transformation of empty office buildings into multi-use spaces 11/18/2024 11:09am • In the midst of record-high office vacancy rates and a changing work economy, Arlington County, Virginia, has passed a plan to cut red tape, so that empty office buildings can be transformed into multi-use spaces. Arlington faces significant challenges in its commercial office market, with more t Trump Impact: Should federal workers worry about Elon Musk eliminating their jobs? 11/18/2024 04:36am • President-elect Donald Trump's new Department of Government Efficiency pledges to "send shockwaves" through the U.S. government and eliminate massive waste as well as the jobs of federal workers. The department ��� which is not actually part of the government ��� is being led by Elon Musk and ���Just pure uncertainty.��� Small businesses are hopeful and fearful ahead of Trump���s second term 11/15/2024 12:55pm • (CNN) ��� Family-run furniture and barware maker Barrel-Art has now been through three US presidential elections. While business before the 2024 race felt similar to 2016 and 2020, this year has also brought more unpredictability. Sales petered out in the months ahead of Election Day as businesse What Trump���s second term could mean for the future of reproductive rights in the DC area 11/15/2024 04:39am • Across the country, clinics and organizations that offer reproductive and health care services are preparing for a second Donald Trump presidency, emboldened by a Republican sweep of both chambers of Congress. The next steps of President-elect Trump's administration steps have yet to be seen or d Five-year Md. state budget projection foresees ���enormous gap��� not seen in two decades 11/14/2024 06:06pm • State lawmakers will return to Annapolis in January facing a widening structural budget gap that analysts said is on track to become one of the worst fiscal situations in two decades. One-time fixes including tapping available cash in the Rainy Day Fund could ease the pain, lawmakers were told Tu