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After a 36-year run, an ‘accidental politician’ prepares to leave Md. stage 04/19/2022 08:24am • This content was republished with permission from WTOP’s news partners at Maryland Matters. Sign up for Maryland Matters’ free email subscription today. Shane Pendergrass knows what it’s like to have her views dismissed out of hand. As a young mother serving on a school design committe This tax day, advocates call on Maryland lawmakers to support a billionaire tax 04/18/2022 06:36pm • This content was republished with permission from WTOP’s news partners at Maryland Matters. Sign up for Maryland Matters’ free email subscription today. A coalition of advocacy organizations is calling on Maryland’s congressional delegation to endorse a resolution to institute a federal bil Green savings: DC medical cannabis sales tax holiday underway 04/18/2022 01:41pm • D.C. is temporarily ditching its 6% sales tax on medical cannabis products sold at licensed dispensaries. The sales tax holiday, which does not cover paraphernalia, began Friday and runs through April 24. It's aimed in part at drumming up registrations for the District's medical marijuana program Is paying for Snyder’s Washington Commanders stadium worth it? 04/18/2022 10:13am • With a new name and new players, the Washington Commanders are looking for a new home. Owner Daniel Snyder is contemplating setting up shop in D.C., Maryland or Virginia after the lease on FedEx Field expires in 2027 — assuming he stays on as owner, given the mountain of scandals piling up on h Montgomery Co. volunteers provide free tax prep to community 04/18/2022 04:18am • This is part of WTOP’s continuing coverage of people making a difference from our community authored by Stephanie Gaines-Bryant. Read more of that coverage. It's National Volunteer Week — a time when we recognize how volunteers contribute to our communities. It's also the deadline for fi Maryland gas tax returns after 30-day holiday 04/18/2022 01:25am • Drivers heading to Maryland for lower gas prices may be surprised by a 36-cent bump per gallon at the pump. Just 30-days after Gov. Larry Hogan and the Maryland General Assembly agreed to suspend the gas tax, it has returned. More Maryland News The decision to suspend the tax Suing over climate change: Taking fossil fuel companies to court 04/17/2022 09:50am • If climate change were a disaster film, it would likely be accused of being too over-the-top: wildfires reducing entire towns to ashes, hurricanes swamping cities, droughts draining lakes and withering fields, and raging oceans redrawing the very maps of our coasts. And now, many cities and stat Tax Day laggards: Consider filing for extension if in a rush 04/17/2022 07:26am • WASHINGTON (AP) — Millions of Americans wait until the last minute to file their taxes and this year is no exception. Monday is Tax Day — the federal deadline for individual tax filing and payments — and the IRS will receive tens of millions of last-minute filings electronically and through Students make video to prove their high school needs repairs 04/16/2022 04:25pm • WOODSTOCK, Ga. (AP) — The short documentary video opens with a high school student explaining how human waste flows up from the ground and floods an area where he and his friends eat lunch. In the eight-minute video with background music and captions of key quotes, students at Druid Hil Maryland's gas tax holiday ends Sunday 04/15/2022 04:00pm • Maryland drivers may have gotten used to not having to pay the state's 36 cent gas tax. But it comes to an end on Sunday, April 17. Lawmakers in the Maryland General Assembly and Gov. Larry Hogan agreed to suspend the gas tax last month to help residents who were hit with a jump in gasoline price Howard University plans to build hospital as part of expansion 04/15/2022 11:02am • D.C.'s Howard University is planning to build a new hospital as part of its massive campus expansion. Howard said the new hospital will use money from a $100 million federal government budget appropriation as well as a $225 million, 20-year tax abatement on commercial development sites owned by H Emancipation Day 2022: What's open, what's closed in DC 04/15/2022 09:28am • The District celebrates Emancipation Day every year on April 16, which commemorates the 1862 act that abolished slavery in D.C. and freed 3,000 slaves. The holiday falls on a Saturday this year, but you should still expect modifications to some city services in recognition of it. More FHA loans explained: What they are and when to use them 04/14/2022 03:18pm • This content is sponsored by PenFed Credit Union, federally insured by NCUA. Looking to buy a new home? There are many different mortgage options available to you – among them are FHA loans. Federal Housing Administration (FHA) loans are backed by the U.S government so lenders can offer bett Commanders cast long shadow at Hogan-Alsobrooks funding celebration 04/14/2022 12:35pm • This content was republished with permission from WTOP’s news partners at Maryland Matters. Sign up for Maryland Matters’ free email subscription today. Gov. Lawrence J. Hogan Jr. and Prince George’s County Executive Angela D. Alsobrooks went before a bank of cameras at the Largo Town Cente Winners and losers from the 2022 General Assembly session 04/13/2022 12:59pm • This content was republished with permission from WTOP’s news partners at Maryland Matters. Sign up for Maryland Matters’ free email subscription today. In a year of such abundance, in a year when everyone is trying to look good with the next election just around the corner, it’s hard to sc