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How long should you save financial information after tax season? 03/28/2022 01:39pm • It's that time of the year when you're forced to gather up all your loose financial materials and file your taxes. That time also coincides with springtime, when many of us are focused on clearing out unneeded clutter. (Getty Images) But how long should we hold onto our financial data after t At Lincoln Memorial, Ukrainians echo Zelenskyy's plea to 'close the sky' 03/27/2022 10:51pm • One month after the start of a devastating war, the message Ukrainians delivered outside the Lincoln Memorial on Sunday was simple: "Close the skies over Ukraine." With the bloodshed mounting by the hour and Russian weapons reducing once-bustling cities to rubble, Ukrainian Americans in the D.C. Va. couple, DC man and NASA employee investigated for COVID-19 fraud schemes 03/26/2022 04:39am • A Virginia couple and a brother, as well as a D.C. man and a NASA employee are among those the IRS investigated for tax and money laundering related to COVID-19 fraud. Southwest Virginia couple Gregory Tackett and Leelyn Chytka were sentenced to nine years in prison for defrauding the government Final budget negotiations ahead after Md. House passes $58.5 billion spending plan with tweaks to Senate proposal 03/25/2022 09:58am • This content was republished with permission from WTOP���s news partners at Maryland Matters. Sign up for Maryland Matters��� free email subscription today. The House of Delegates approved a $58.5 billion budget for the next fiscal year on Thursday, and negotiators are likely to start meeting soo Benny's Pizza plans move into Old Town Manassas 03/25/2022 09:43am • 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. A Virginia-based pizza chain is making its next home a 1950s storefront in Old Town Manassas. Benny���s Pizza, which opened its first Victim services in Maryland could see $35M in supplemental budget 03/24/2022 11:22pm • When Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan announced his supplemental budget request to deal with crime on Thursday, he included $35 million for victim services providers. That money is intended to close a gap in federal funding under the Victim of Crime Act, or VOCA. More Local News More Maryl Maryland governor says extending gas tax suspension 'may be necessary' 03/23/2022 04:29pm • Maryland's suspension of the nearly 37-cent state gas tax is set to expire April 16. But Gov. Larry Hogan told WBAL Radio that it "may be necessary" to extend it beyond the original 30-day period approved by lawmakers. The move to suspend the state's gas tax came after Comptroller Peter Franchot Record $3 million payout at MGM National Harbor 03/22/2022 09:40am • A poker player at MGM National Harbor is $3 million richer, before taxes, after winning the casino���s largest-ever jackpot. Identified as John C., the payout ��� specifically $3,040,756.80 ��� was for a winning hand in Face Up Pai-Gow Poker. It was a progressive jackpot that has been building si On ���Crossover Day,��� Md. lawmakers address pandemic challenges ��� and more 03/22/2022 06:11am • This content was republished with permission from WTOP���s news partners at Maryland Matters. Sign up for��Maryland Matters��� free email subscription��today. ���Crossover Day��� in the General Assembly ��� the day bills have to get through one chamber of the legislature to guarantee consideratio Desperate to get road and bridge funding restored, locals shift focus to Senate 03/21/2022 01:11pm • This content was republished with permission from WTOP���s news partners at Maryland Matters. Sign up for Maryland Matters��� free email subscription today. When the Great Recession hit and revenues tanked, state leaders raided every pot of money they could find, including the fund that divides � Md. graduate and cannabis activist uses SXSW to push for release of incarcerated marijuana offenders 03/21/2022 12:17pm • For an industry that brings both pleasure and therapeutic sustenance to so many people, the burgeoning cannabis industry is beset with hurdles. Everything from federal regulation (or lack thereof), issues with vaping, equal access to banking, veterans' causes, tax policies, public perception and Md. legislator says corporate funding of 'Astroturf' ad campaigns must be disclosed 03/21/2022 08:07am • This content was republished with permission from WTOP���s news partners at Maryland Matters. Sign up for��Maryland Matters��� free email subscription��today. An influential legislator is taking aim at what he considers ���astroturf��� lobbying by large government contractors. Under a��measure Ex-energy company worker from Va. gets prison in fraud, tax plea 03/19/2022 11:42am • ROANOKE, Va. (AP) ��� A former Ohio-based energy company employee has been sentenced to prison for depositing hundreds of checks intended for his employer and using the money for himself. U.S. Attorney Christopher Kavanaugh says Gregory Thomas Holland of Roanoke, Virginia, was sentenced Friday to Maryland Senate passes $58.5 billion budget plan; House to vote next week 03/18/2022 09:28pm • This content was republished with permission from WTOP���s news partners at Maryland Matters. Sign up for Maryland Matters��� free email subscription today. The Maryland Senate approved a $58.5 billion budget plan on Friday morning that would increase temporary cash assistance payments, fund the Maryland enacts 30-day gas tax suspension 03/18/2022 05:02pm • Maryland became the first state in the nation Friday to enact a temporary suspension of its gas tax, in an effort to curb rising prices at the pump. Gov. Larry Hogan signed emergency legislation declaring a 30-day gas tax holiday following its unanimous approval by the Maryland House and Senate.