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Virginia to cut 1.5% in sales tax for groceries, hygiene items starting New Year’s 12/29/2022 04:02pm • For Virginians, bills at the grocery store will soon be a little less expensive. That's because the state has repealed its 1.5% sales tax on groceries and certain essential personal hygiene items, effective Jan. 1, 2023. Among personal hygiene items, bed sheets, diapers and feminine hygiene produ Newest Md. Congress member makes case for Prince George's County as site of new FBI HQ 12/29/2022 03:45pm • Glenn Ivey, Maryland's newest member of Congress, will have to quickly jump in the fray on Capitol Hill, especially with the FBI and the General Services Administration expected to select a new headquarters this spring. Ivey has called bringing the new facility to Prince George’s County his top Peter Franchot: Honored to serve as Md. comptroller, but a ‘little burnt out’ 12/29/2022 12:56pm • This content was republished with permission from WTOP’s news partners at Maryland Matters. Sign up for Maryland Matters’ free email subscription today. Maryland Comptroller Peter Franchot has been in the limelight for nearly four decades. Some voters said the charismatic Democrat wouldâ Inflation, federal funding reductions eat away at efforts to help the hungry 12/28/2022 04:40pm • Hunger is on the rise in America due to a combination of inflation and cuts to federal aid programs, and Maryland is no exception, the nonprofit Hunger Free America said. Joel Berg, the CEO of Hunger Free America, told WTOP that their analysis of federal data over a one-week period this year foun 'I took actions while Trump did nothing' -- Hogan reflects on Jan. 6, the 2024 election and more 12/28/2022 05:09am • This content was republished with permission from WTOP’s news partners at Maryland Matters. Sign up for Maryland Matters’ free email subscription today. During a wide-ranging interview with Maryland Matters last week, Gov. Larry Hogan discussed many of the biggest issues he faced during his t Child poverty rates highest in states that haven’t raised minimum wage 12/24/2022 12:31pm • This content was republished with permission from WTOP’s news partners at Maryland Matters. Sign up for Maryland Matters’ free email subscription today. Of the 20 states that have failed to raise the minimum wage above the federal $7.25 an hour standard, 17 have more than 12% of their childre How a Prince William Co. school uses Visible Learning to help close achievement gap 12/23/2022 04:16pm • During a recent lesson about the Revolutionary War at Kerrydale Elementary in Woodbridge, Virginia, students learned about taxation without representation. To help them understand exactly what it means when something is taxed, the fourth graders were given a handful of M&Ms. Each time they wa Plug-In hybrids offer an easier way to switch to electric driving and year-end tax credits 12/23/2022 01:19pm • This content is sponsored by Fair Oaks. Electric vehicles are the future but if you want to take a smaller step, the plug-in hybrid is your ticket. While you might think of a plug-in hybrid as a small odd-looking car built for efficiency, times have changed. The plug-in hybrid has gone more mains Families consider class action lawsuit against embattled Md. college savings plan 12/21/2022 09:20am • This content was republished with permission from WTOP’s news partners at Maryland Matters. Sign up for Maryland Matters’ free email subscription today. Parents who participate in Maryland’s college savings plan, frustrated by a year-long accounting problem that has left many unable to pa Maryland's next comptroller on her goals and why tracking dollars matters to taxpayers 12/20/2022 11:02pm • When state Del. Brooke Lierman was running for the job of Maryland comptroller, she visited every county and Baltimore City; the first thing she had to do was explain to voters what a comptroller does. "In a nutshell, it sees every dollar in and every dollar out," Lierman said. The comptroller is 'Largest public sector election in Virginia history:' Prince William County school workers to vote on union representation in January 12/20/2022 12:46pm • This article was written by WTOP’s news partner InsideNoVa.com and republished with permission. Sign up for InsideNoVa.com’s free email subscription today. Elections will be held for over 11,000 Prince William County Schools classified and certified employees to determine whether the Prince W If you need a last-minute gift idea, this one’s kind of wild 12/20/2022 12:45pm • This is the time of year when you might be looking for that last-minute holiday gift idea, or tax-deductible charitable donation — or even both. And while some animal organizations might ask you to think long and hard before you give an animal as a Christmas present, the Christian humanitar Low turnout so far as voters replace Fairfax Co. delegate who resigned 12/20/2022 11:35am • Turnout has been low during the early voting period in Fairfax County, Virginia, as voters choose a candidate to replace Mark Keam, the longtime Democratic state delegate who resigned in September. Keam represented the 35th District of the House of Delegates, including the areas of Tysons, Vienna DC restaurant taxes top pre-pandemic levels, hotels still lag 12/20/2022 09:27am • One way to measure restaurant sales is by the sales taxes they pay, and in D.C., the restaurant business has recovered to pre-pandemic levels by that measure. The D.C. Office of the Chief Financial Officer's economic and revenue trends report shows D.C. restaurants paid $32.3 million in sales tax Manchin says 'I have no intentions' of changing parties as of now 12/18/2022 01:53pm • Sen. Joe Manchin, a Democrat from West Virginia, reiterated Sunday that he has "no intentions" of changing his party affiliation at this time and highlighted his record of working with members of both parties based on policy ideas, rather than the political party they are affiliated with. In