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Opinions tangled on plastic bag tax pitch in Virginia Beach 09/03/2022 12:10pm • VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. ��� A proposal to charge the city���s grocery shoppers 5 cents per plastic is tangling opinions in Virginia Beach. The Virginian-Pilot reports that local officials are torn between wanting to protect the environment while not unduly burdening residents with another tax. The County executives in competitive races report latest fundraising totals 09/01/2022 01:31pm • This content was republished with permission from WTOP���s news partners at Maryland Matters. Sign up for Maryland Matters��� free email subscription today. With 68 days left until the Nov. 8 general election, the heat is on in competitive races for county executive in Anne Arundel, Frederick and DC sues billionaire Michael Saylor over $25 million in taxes 08/31/2022 02:29pm • D.C. Attorney General Karl Racine has announced a tax fraud lawsuit against Michael Saylor, founder and chairman of Tysons-based technology company MicroStrategy. MicroStrategy has also been named in the suit, and is accused of conspiring to assist Saylor in evading income taxes in the District. DC tourists are back, just not many foreign ones 08/31/2022 10:19am • Destination DC, the tourism marketing arm of the District, released its final report on tourism visits and spending in 2021, and, while the numbers are a big improvement over 2020, D.C. tourism still has a way to go to return to pre-pandemic levels. A total of 19.1 million visitors traveled to D. Federal prosecutors: Former Hyattsville mayor defrauded KIPP DC of $2.2 million 08/30/2022 05:46pm • The former mayor of Hyattsville, Maryland, who died in January, was under investigation for allegations he defrauded the D.C. public charter school he worked for of $2.2 million, according to a lawsuit filed by federal prosecutors. Kevin Ward had been the senior director of technology for KIPP DC 15 resources to help DMV entrepreneurs navigate business launch and beyond 08/30/2022 03:20pm • Here���s the thing: You might have a boffo idea for a product or service that no one is providing in the metropolitan Washington, D.C., region. But do you know what���s needed to take your idea from concept to full-blown business and then to keep growing it? (Psst: If you do, you can jump to another Contrary to reports, student loan forgiveness in Va. won't cause tax hikes 08/30/2022 01:00pm • Contrary to national news reports, Virginia is not among the states that will treat forgiven student debt as income, according to the Virginia Department of Taxation. Department spokeswoman Heather Cooper said in a statement to WTOP that student loans that are forgiven "would not be taxable on th Small business environment in the DMV: A look forward 08/29/2022 01:55pm • 2020, 2021 and now 2022. The pandemic continues to affect the economic landscape, as do other economic challenges with 2023 on the horizon. Our small business community, so vital to the region���s local economies, has been particularly hard hit. How can small and medium-size businesses across met 'This will change everything for me': Americans react to Biden's plan to forgive up to $20k in student loan debt 08/27/2022 04:04am • Americans across the country are sharing their mixed reactions to President Joe Biden's decision to forgive up to $20,000 in student loan debt for millions of borrowers. Biden announced Wednesday that borrowers who hold loans with the Department of Education and make less than $125,000 annually a 13 current Prince George���s Co. officers and 1 retired officer accused of double-dipping 08/26/2022 06:32pm • Thirteen Prince George���s County, Maryland, police officers and a recently retired officer were indicted Thursday on charges of theft and misconduct in office. The Prince George���s County Police Department said in a statement Thursday that the officers have been accused of working for a private The pill that could be an option to treat pattern baldness 08/25/2022 03:47pm • People trying to counter pattern baldness might find success by popping a pill instead of applying medicine to their scalps twice a day for the rest of their lives. ���Low-dose minoxidil can be used safely and effectively to treat pattern hair loss, the most common form of hair loss in both men a Lawmakers, activists seek remedies to make clean drinking water more accessible and affordable 08/25/2022 03:10pm • This content was republished with permission from WTOP���s news partners at Maryland Matters. Sign up for Maryland Matters��� free email subscription today. For almost seven years, the Barnes Memorial Church in Northeast Baltimore came perilously close to bankruptcy ��� all because the church owe Md. US attorney outlines plan to use ���Al Capone model,��� little-known statute to prosecute violent criminals 08/24/2022 06:15pm • This content was republished with permission from WTOP���s news partners at Maryland Matters. Sign up for Maryland Matters��� free email subscription today. Maryland���s U.S. Attorney Erek Barron announced Wednesday what he called a series of ���exceptional actions��� that his office will underta Deadline looms to apply for Maryland student loan debt relief tax credit 08/23/2022 09:25pm • Marylanders paying off their student loans still have time to apply for debt relief to help lessen the amount they still owe. The deadline for the state's Student Loan Debt Relief Tax Credit Program for Tax Year 2022 is Sept. 15. "Going to college may seem out of reach for many Marylanders giv Manassas schools to remain in current space 08/23/2022 09:59am • 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. Manassas City Public Schools is abandoning a tentative plan to renovate and move its central office staff into the current Manassas polic