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DC Council unanimously approves hundreds of millions in funding for Capital One Arena renovations 04/02/2024 07:02pm • The D.C. Council on Tuesday unanimously approved the allocation of more than $500 million for renovations to Capital One Arena as part of a plan to keep the Washington Wizards and Washington Capitals in the District until 2050. Under the legislation, $515 million in D.C.'s capital budget will go What went wrong with failed arena deal? Alexandria's mayor says all parties made mistakes 04/02/2024 10:39am • The D.C. council is expected to hold a final vote for upgrades at Capital One Arena on Tuesday. It comes after Alexandria’s mayor reacted to the failed proposal to bring the Washington Wizards and Capitals to the Virginia city. Alexandria Mayor Justin Wilson wrote in a monthly newsletter that t Budget compromise languishes as Md. House, Senate debate revenues 04/02/2024 10:01am • House and Senate leaders ended a second round of budget talks Monday with terse exchanges and no resolution on a $1.2 billion revenue package and no agreement on when they will meet next. Senate Budget and Taxation Chair Guy Guzzone (D-Howard) signaled a willingness to compromise on several iss Reston firm warns robocall tax scams are getting more sophisticated 04/01/2024 12:50pm • It is tax season, and the robocall tax scams are in full swing. Reston, Virginia-based Transaction Network Services, which regularly analyzes more than 1.5 billion daily call events across hundreds of carrier networks to identify robocall trends, said residents in the D.C. metro have already rece Powerball jackpot jumps to $975 million after another drawing without a big winner 03/31/2024 12:16am • DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — The Powerball jackpot climbed to an estimated $975 million after no one matched the six numbers drawn Saturday night, continuing a nearly three-month stretch without a big winner. The winning numbers drawn were: 12, 13, 33, 50, 52 and the red Powerball 23. No one has Key environmental ally to Gov. Moore drops opposition to amended data center bill 03/30/2024 09:19pm • Lawmakers, Moore administration officials and environmentalists have reached a compromise on a data center bill that is enabling a leading green group in the state to drop its opposition to the measure. Gov. Wes Moore (D) has made legislation to help attract the data center industry to Maryland a Port of Baltimore bills moving through Md. legislature as session clock winds down 03/29/2024 05:55pm • House and Senate leaders Friday introduced bills that authorize the governor to ease the financial impact to workers at the Port of Baltimore and related businesses following the collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge. House Bill 1526 and the companion SB 1188 authorize Gov. Wes Moore (D) to us Monumental CEO Ted Leonsis says he was political 'collateral damage' in failed Alexandria arena deal 03/29/2024 03:52pm • Putting the blame on politics, Capitals and Wizards owner Ted Leonsis said he had become political "collateral damage" as Virginia lawmakers considered his plan to move the teams out of D.C. and build a new arena for them in Alexandria. "I'm glad I'm not a politician," Leonsis said Friday in Blumhouse partners with AMC Theatres for inaugural Halfway to Halloween Film Festival 03/29/2024 02:39pm • You've heard of Christmas in July, but how about Halloween in March and April? Blumhouse is partnering with AMC Theatres for the first-ever Halfway to Halloween Film Festival, a five-day multiplex event that launches this weekend in over 40 cities across the U.S. "We're very excited about ‘This deal is a win-win-win’: Mayor Bowser praises new deal to keep Caps, Wizards in downtown DC 03/28/2024 10:26am • The Washington Capitals and the Washington Wizards are staying in D.C. until at least 2050 after city leaders and the teams’ owner Ted Leonsis agreed to a $515 million deal on Wednesday. The agreement was announced after the City of Alexandria said negotiations to bring the two teams to Norther Skill game backers ask Youngkin to deliver on vow to support their industry 03/27/2024 09:09am • Gov. Glenn Youngkin is still reviewing a bill that would legalize and tax the slot machine lookalikes known as skill games, but supporters of the gambling machines are asking the governor to stick to what he said he’d do when he was running for office. In a radio appearance posted to Youngkin Maryland senate president still opposed to broad-based taxes but leaves room for negotiation 03/23/2024 09:03pm • Senate President Bill Ferguson (D-Baltimore City) is not budging from opposition to broad-based tax increases or iGaming in the waning days of the 2024 session. House and Senate leaders are expected to head to a conference committee next week to work out differences in the $63 billion fiscal 202 DNA, jail calls, financial records: Maryland prosecutors make case in 2010 murder of AU professor 03/22/2024 05:59pm • When Jorge Rueda Landeros goes on trial for killing American University professor Sue Ann Marcum, it will be almost 15 years after Montgomery County prosecutors say he beat and asphyxiated her at her home in Bethesda, Maryland. Rueda Landeros is charged with first-degree murder in Marcum's Octobe DC approves financial literacy standards to help prep kids for life after high school 03/22/2024 12:20pm • D.C.'s school board this week approved financial literacy standards, paving the way for some students to learn about taxes, credit and investing to help prepare them for life after high school. The D.C. State Board of Education approved the standards unanimously. The final standards were put toge How a Rockville store is fostering the growth of diverse women-owned businesses 03/21/2024 06:51am • As part of Women’s History Month, WTOP explores how two sisters are taking a homegrown business to the next level with the help of a local incubator program that includes business mentoring and classes for the next generation of female entrepreneurs. Turning a hobby into a successful busine