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Amazon files application to build data center in Warrenton 06/07/2022 10:32pm • 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. In April, Walsh Colucci Lubeley & Walsh, a law firm based in Arlington, submitted a land-development application for a special-use pe 10 costs to include in your retirement budget 06/07/2022 07:10am • Retirement bills Some costs can be reduced or eliminated in retirement, while other expenses might remain the same or even increase as you age. You won't have to pay commuting costs or buy expensive clothes for work in retirement. But you might face new costs as you use more health care services Md. Democrats spar over education funding and ethics in first TV debate 06/07/2022 05:07am • This content was republished with permission from WTOP���s news partners at Maryland Matters. Sign up for Maryland Matters��� free email subscription today. Several of the Democrats running for governor used the first televised debate of the campaign to introduce new attacks on various rivals, cl Trade group pushes back on DC plan to up some vehicle registration fees 06/06/2022 02:00pm • A new $500 registration fee for heavier Class 4 vehicles is expected to begin in October 2023, once D.C.'s 2023 fiscal year budget is signed. It's a significant increase from the current $155. More D.C. News In a letter to Council Chairman Phil Mendelson, the Alliance for Manassas woman sentenced for role in fraud ring, ordered to pay over $4 million 06/04/2022 04:30pm • A woman from Manassas, Virginia, was sentenced to over four years in federal prison for her role in a fraud ring that involved impersonating U.S. Navy contractors to defraud companies. The U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of Maryland said that Janet Sturmer, 66, will spend 54 months behind MCPS to consider financial literacy as a graduation requirement 06/03/2022 11:33pm • Seven Maryland school districts already require students to take a course in financial literacy. Prince George's County will be added to that group in the school year that starts in 2023, and Montgomery County's school board will discuss the issue in its meeting on Tuesday. More Educat School Zone: Safety in the aftermath of Uvalde shooting 06/03/2022 06:07am • Welcome to the School Zone, WTOP's weekly feature about the latest topics and trends in education across the D.C. region. School systems detail safety measures after Texas shooting What it is: It���s been more than a week since a gunman entered an elementary school in Uvalde, Texas, killing 19 chi Virginia's General Assembly approves compromised state budget 06/01/2022 08:55pm • RICHMOND, Va. (AP) - Virginia's divided General Assembly has passed a compromise state budget that would offer nearly $4 billion in tax relief, increase pay for teachers and other public employees, boost K-12 education spending and fund a wide range of projects from roadwork to school construction. Va. lawmakers to vote on budget 06/01/2022 01:09am • RICHMOND, Va. (AP) ��� Virginia lawmakers are set to reconvene in Richmond to vote on a compromise state budget. The spending plan up for a vote Wednesday would offer billions in tax relief, increase pay for teachers and other public employees, and fund a wide range of projects from roadwork to s Woodbridge Commanders? Stadium plan presents opportunity, obstacles 05/31/2022 09:30am • 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. State and county officials are sharing concerns over the Washington Commanders��� possible plans for a new stadium complex in Woodbri Pet trusts prepare care for animals after owner���s passing 05/31/2022 04:39am • People's concern for their pets can extend beyond the grave, as some owners are setting up pet trusts for their animals. ���A pet trust basically takes care of all the needs that your pet would potentially encounter during its life expectancy,��� said tax and estate attorney Jeffrey Katz, with JD It���s not that easy being a green bank in Maryland ��� but it���s getting easier 05/27/2022 10:55am • This content was republished with permission from WTOP���s news partners at Maryland Matters. Sign up for Maryland Matters��� free email subscription today. For the past dozen years, Maryland Sen. Chris Van Hollen (D) has been introducing legislation in Congress to create a national green bank �� Virginia man pleads guilty to failing to pay $1.3M in taxes 05/27/2022 07:52am • RICHMOND, Va. (AP) ��� A Virginia man has pleaded guilty to charges that he failed to pay $1.3 million in taxes to the IRS by withholding payroll taxes from three different companies owned by his family. U.S. Attorney Jessica Aber said in a news release Thursday that David Corey Warren of Chester Special session unlikely as top officials continue squabbling over automatic gas tax increase 05/25/2022 08:56pm • Gov. Larry Hogan (left), Senate President Bill Ferguson and House Speaker Adrienne A. Jones at a State House bill signing earlier this year. Jones and Ferguson said Monday they would not call a special session to address the state���s automatic gas tax increase. (Andrucyk/Executive Office of the Go Taxpayers can now track past 2 years' refunds with updated IRS feature 05/25/2022 05:39pm • How much did you get back from the Internal Revenue Service for your 2019, 2020 and 2021 returns? There's now no need to wonder, thanks to an updated feature on the IRS' "Where's My Refund?" tool. You can track the status of a refund for the current tax year as well as for the two previous yea