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Hogan-backed PAC blames Montgomery leaders for impasse over toll lanes 07/03/2021 02:18pm • This content was republished with permission from WTOP���s news partners at Maryland Matters. Sign up for��Maryland Matters��� free email subscription��today. A political action committee affiliated with Gov. Lawrence J. Hogan Jr. (R) has launched a series of Facebook ads aimed at three Montgomer Judge to issue decision Saturday morning in cases challenging end of expanded unemployment programs 07/02/2021 05:42pm • This content was republished with permission from WTOP���s news partners at Maryland Matters. Sign up for Maryland Matters��� free email subscription today. A Baltimore City Circuit Court judge is expected to rule Saturday morning whether to issue a temporary restraining order requiring Maryland Sports betting in Virginia surpasses $1 billion, report finds 07/02/2021 06:07am • Virginians have placed more than $1 billion combined on sports bets so far this year, according to a report released by the state���s lottery. Thursday's report outlined sports betting activities from May 2021 and showed that state operators raked in more than $23 million from bettors during that Gaylord National Resort reopens for guests after yearlong closure 06/30/2021 05:37pm • Closed for a year due to the pandemic, the Gaylord National Resort and Convention Center at National Harbor in Prince George's County, Maryland, is reopening its doors. Jennifer Cerasani, director of marketing and public relations for the resort, said that while the facility was closed to the pub Legislators accuse MDOT of withholding highway-financing study 06/29/2021 09:46pm • Gov. Lawrence J. Hogan Jr. (R) announcing plans to widen Interstates 270 and 495 on Sept. 21, 2017. Behind him is then-MDOT Secretary Pete K Rahn. (Courtesy Steve Kwak/Maryland Governor's Office) This content was republished with permission from WTOP���s news partners at Maryland Matters. Sign u Lock Hogan, Elrich in a room until they reach Md. toll lanes compromise, Leggett says 06/28/2021 01:01pm • This content was republished with permission from WTOP���s news partners at Maryland Matters. Sign up for Maryland Matters��� free email subscription today. Former Montgomery County Executive Isiah Leggett (D) says it���s time for the leading combatants in the debate over the proposed widening of Hogan announces plan to revitalize Md. storefronts emptied by pandemic 06/28/2021 12:30pm • Gov. Larry Hogan announced Monday that the state has seen 13 months of consecutive job growth, but stressed more has to be done. Monday marked the launch of Project Restore, a $25 million initiative aimed at revitalizing vacant storefronts in downtown areas and along main streets across the state The reshuffling of Maryland and Delaware beach homebuyers 06/28/2021 08:41am • The pandemic fueled a surge in vacation homes sales nationwide, and Maryland and Delaware's Eastern Shore beach communities have been among those spots. But there has been a change in who the typical buyer is. Long & Foster Real Estate Inc., whose Maryland and Delaware Group sold 749 properti Biden's frantic weekend saves infrastructure deal but leaves him on thin ice 06/28/2021 12:00am • That Joe Biden's cherished bipartisan infrastructure plan was nearly destroyed by a few of his own ill-chosen words highlights both the fragility of the deal and his own hopes for a productive domestic presidency. Biden's extraordinary weekend effort to walk back his own remark on Thursday, inter Montgomery Co. plan would achieve net zero emissions 10 years earlier than state goals 06/25/2021 09:30pm • This content was republished with permission from WTOP���s news partners at Maryland Matters. Sign up for Maryland Matters��� free email subscription today. In 2017, the Montgomery County Council declared a climate emergency and committed ���to use all available powers and resources��� to reach the WTOP App Rewards Sweepstakes - Official Rules 06/24/2021 05:19pm • WTOP App Rewards Sweepstakes Official Rules NO PURCHASE OR PAYMENT NECESSARY. A PURCHASE WILL NOT IMPROVE YOUR CHANCES OF WINNING. VOID WHERE PROHIBITED BY LAW. BY ENTERING THE SWEEPSTAKES, EACH ENTRANT AGREES TO THESE OFFICIAL RULES.   Eligibility: The WTOP App Rewards Sweepstake Fairfax officials, housing advocates worry about evictions once moratorium ends 06/24/2021 01:37pm • 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. Mozell Ingram is a month behind on her rent and although she is receiving emergency rental assistance through Fairfax County, the mother Senate holds rare hearing on DC statehood 06/22/2021 04:13pm • Supporters of legislation to make D.C. the nation���s 51st state testified on Tuesday at a rare U.S. Senate committee hearing on the issue. The sponsor of the legislation, D.C. Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton, pointed out that the hearing of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Commit What to watch for as New York City goes to the polls 06/22/2021 06:18am • The beginning of the end of New York City's long primary season is here, as voters go to the polls on Tuesday to decide who will steer the city through its post-pandemic recovery and confront a rise in violent crime. Up and down the ballot, in races for mayor, comptroller, five borough presidenci DC tourists and conventions are returning, but international visitors are holding off 06/21/2021 08:43am • The District of Columbia thrives on tourism, conventions and business travel -- a local industry that has been devastated by the coronavirus pandemic. Tourism is recovering, and Destination DC, the city���s tourism arm, says D.C. is seeing demand for meetings and convention bookings for future ye