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Fairfax Co. lowers property tax rate, ups school funding to get past pandemic funk 05/05/2021 07:37am • Fairfax County's newly adopted budget aims to help residents in the Virginia county weather the yearlong economic dark clouds that arrived with the coronavirus pandemic. The Fairfax County Board of Supervisors on Tuesday passed a $4.5 billion spending plan for fiscal year 2022 that lowers the res Bookies battle back in Virginia: Bettors beaten by sportsbooks in March 05/02/2021 08:20pm • RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Sportsbooks in Virginia have finally recorded a victory over bettors in the state’s emerging sports gambling market. Numbers released Friday by the Virginia Lottery show that online sportsbooks in Virginia recorded a collective profit of $13.8 million in March. That trans Ocean City readies for less-restricted summer 04/29/2021 12:14pm • Moving around the boardwalk — and dining and drinking outdoors — will all be more like they were pre-pandemic in Ocean City, Maryland, this summer. For starters, with a statewide mask mandate being lifted, signs on the boardwalk referencing mandatory mask use were set to come down Thursday, O Benefits of expanding DC area's trail network outweigh costs, report says 04/29/2021 04:16am • A local coalition working to expand the D.C. region's network of walking, running and biking trails is out with a report touting the plan's benefits. The Capital Trails Coalition is calling for the addition of 402 miles of trails to the 479 miles that already exist throughout the District, Alexan Prince George's Co. officer retires after tax evasion charges 04/28/2021 07:22am • A Prince George's County, Maryland, police lieutenant has retired from his job less than a week after being charged with tax evasion for allegedly underreporting more than $1 million he made from a side business. Edward Scott Finn was no longer with the Prince George's County Police Department as Prince William supervisors approve budget with lower tax rate 04/28/2021 05:07am • 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. The seemingly long journey has ended, for now. The Board of Supervisors, in a series of votes Tuesday, adopted the $1.35 billion budg Fairfax Co. OKs 1-cent cut in tax rate, but rising assessments will drive up tax bills 04/27/2021 11:28pm • The Fairfax County Board of Supervisors voted 9-1 on a budget plan that includes a 1-cent decrease in the real estate tax rate, but rising property values will result in bigger tax bills later this year in the Virginia county.. Fairfax County Board Chairman Jeff McKay said the 2022 budget plan st Once part of the opposition, suburban lawmakers embrace DC statehood 04/26/2021 01:21pm • House Majority Leader Steny H. Hoyer (D-Md.), the man responsible for bringing H.R. 51, the Washington, D.C. Admission Act, to the floor for a vote last week, was among those whose views on the matter have changed. (AP/J. Scott Applewhite) This content was republished with permission from WTOP†Virginia GOP gubernatorial candidates have first debate 04/25/2021 11:54pm • Four out of the seven Republicans running for governor in Virginia met Sunday in their first debate, covering topics ranging from education to law enforcement to the economy, with each promising to turn back liberal Democratic policies and end a GOP losing streak. he event, sponsored by the V Biden's first address to Congress is invite-only 04/24/2021 07:00am • ▶ Watch Video: Biden could reveal "American Families Plan" next week, would raise capital gains tax on wealthy Only invited members of Congress will be allowed to attend President Biden's address to a Joint Session of Congress on Wednesday, and the event "will be invitation-only for a Prince George's Co. police lieutenant charged with federal tax evasion over security side business 04/23/2021 05:24pm • A veteran Prince George's County, Maryland, police lieutenant has been arrested and charged with federal tax evasion charges after authorities say he underreported more than $1 million in income from a security business he ran on the side. Edward Scott Finn, 46, of Dunkirk, Maryland, was charged State debate: Why has DC never become a state? 04/23/2021 03:52pm • Supporters of a bill to make D.C. the nation's 51st state, which the House passed this week, often cite "taxation without representation" as a rallying cry. The phrase appears on D.C. license plates and has been uttered too many times to count by D.C. Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton during her decades $1.4B Arlington Co. budget keeps property taxes steady, increases stormwater tax 04/22/2021 05:40am • Arlington County, Virginia, unanimously adopted a new budget Tuesday that includes more money for schools and mental health responders, as well as more funding for the county's COVID-19 response. The real estate tax rate will stay the same at $1.013 per $100 of assessed property value, as asse Surpassing vaccine distribution goals, Biden next faces bipartisan legislation challenges 04/21/2021 09:17am • President Biden has surpassed his original goals for vaccinating Americans against the coronavirus and his administration has been touting congressional passage of his $1.9 trillion covid relief package, which came well ahead of his first 100 days in office. Now the president is entering a new ph Maryland General Assembly 2021: Winners and losers 04/19/2021 07:42am • This content was republished with permission from WTOP’s news partners at Maryland Matters. Sign up for Maryland Matters’ free email subscription today. During the 90 days the General Assembly was in session, we ran out of ways to say what an unusual, challenging and hard session it was. We