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Va. legislators will take up state budget and sports arena funding in 2024 session 01/08/2024 09:50am • The Virginia General Assembly will return to session Wednesday with key issues already on the docket for the newly Democrat-controlled legislature, including a two-year budget for the Commonwealth and a fight over a new sports facility in Alexandria. The possible future home of the Washington Wiz Analysis: Maryland climate plan is comprehensive but lacks short-term legislative strategy 01/06/2024 11:31pm • By most accounts, the Maryland Department of the Environment's plan outlining the policy actions required to dramatically reduce the state's greenhouse gas emissions is innovative and ambitious. But the 98-page document, released during the quiet days between Christmas and New Year's, lacks a coh Will there be gridlock? Va. lawmakers set to reconvene with divided government 01/05/2024 12:44pm • Virginia lawmakers head back to work in Richmond on Wednesday, and they will be faced with a divided government as Democrats now control the General Assembly with Glenn Youngkin, a Republican, as governor. There could be political gridlock on numerous issues. "The things that will get done Is it better to rent or buy a house? 01/05/2024 09:31am • As we close out 2023, the decision to rent a home or buy a home has become more intricate than ever due to evolving factors such as fluctuating mortgage rates, remote work and shifting lifestyles. If you're on the fence about whether to rent a home or buy one, here are some key points to consider: Increased traffic, taxes and crime among concerns voiced during rally opposing new Alexandria sports arena 01/04/2024 07:59pm • Standing in front of the Potomac Yard Metro station, opponents to the proposed sports and entertainment complex that would house the Washington Wizards and Capitals ticked off a laundry list of their concerns: increased traffic on Route 1, higher taxes and the potential for an increase in crime, amo DC Council introduces new fund to support the future maintenance of Nationals Park 01/03/2024 02:04pm • Even a ballpark needs a piggy bank for extra funds for a rainy day. The D.C. Council could be creating a Ballpark Maintenance Fund to do just that for Nationals Park. On Tuesday, Council Chairman Phil Mendelson introduced a new amendment that would create the maintenance fund. Any leftover fundin Alexandria mayor says funding plan for Wizards, Capitals arena at Potomac Yard 'minimizes the risk' for taxpayers 01/02/2024 05:16pm • Neither Alexandria nor Virginia state taxpayers will be paying for a possible new Wizards and Capitals arena in the Potomac Yard neighborhood, Mayor Justin Wilson said in a recent newsletter. However, Wilson said in a community newsletter Monday that 5% of the total project — about $100 million New Maryland, Virginia laws going into effect on Jan. 1, 2024 12/30/2023 04:49am • There are a few new laws around the D.C. area that will go into effect on New Year's Day. There are no new laws in the District itself that will affect residents directly, but there are quite a few in neighboring states. Laws that will go into effect on the first day of 2024 in Maryland and Vi Prince George's Co. to ditch plastic bags in 2024 12/29/2023 09:28am • New Year's Day will mean no plastic bags for shoppers in and around Prince George's County, Maryland, as a new law takes effect. Beginning Jan. 1, 2024, Prince George's County's ban on plastic bags will replace plastic bag use in retailers with paper and reusable bags in an effort to "protect loc What happened in local business in 2023? A look at the woes, wins, mergers and more 12/27/2023 01:45am • From restaurants shutting their doors and others opening for the first time, to mergers and acquisitions that made the news, WTOP has a roundup of the biggest D.C.-area business stories of the year. Restaurant woes The Restaurant Association of Metropolitan Washington released a survey of D.C.-are Report: Alexandria's Potomac Yard entertainment district would create 30,000 jobs 12/24/2023 04:03pm • A newly released economic study is providing more insight into what the arena plan in Alexandria's Potomac Yard might look like if the Washington Capitals and Wizards move. The Alexandria Economic Development Partnership in Virginia hired the economists to conduct an impact analysis to assess the What Washingtonians read most at DC's public libraries in 2023 12/21/2023 09:30pm • This year, the D.C. Public Library saw the highest number of items circulated with more than seven million items borrowed, streamed or downloaded. "The ways in which people are reading are changing pretty dramatically," said Richard Reyes-Gavilan, D.C. Public Library executive director. "So adult Where in Maryland are customers buying the most cannabis? 12/21/2023 08:54am • Marylanders have been buying cannabis since it became legal on July 1, 2023, with a sales tax rate of 9%. Following a new report from Comptroller Brooke Lierman, WTOP knows where people are buying it the most. Central Maryland has the largest number of dispensaries and that's where the most money Things to do in the DC area: New Year's Eve parties, holiday concerts … and more! 12/21/2023 04:19am • There’s so much to do in the D.C. area in the coming days, and WTOP has you covered with our weekly roundup of area events worth anticipating. Check back every Thursday for a roundup of Things to do in the D.C. area. If you're in search of New Year's Eve parties, take a chance on the Howard How proposed budget would eliminate 'most hated tax in Virginia' 12/20/2023 10:50pm • Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin is trying to eliminate the state's car tax as part of his proposed budget shared with some state lawmakers Wednesday. Calling it the "single most-hated tax in Virginia," Youngkin said "eliminating it permanently is complicated. Yet it is a very worthy aspiration."