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From a stable job to a tent: A waiter's homeless struggle 09/12/2020 08:42am • FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — Jeff Lello has never been rich, but the 42-year-old could pocket $100 cash most weekend nights at the steakhouse chain where he waited tables. He always had enough money for groceries, his car and the modest Orlando apartment he rented with roommates. But when he re Maryland brewery stresses support for small businesses during pandemic 09/11/2020 07:50pm • FILE -- Denizens Brewing founders Jeff Ramirez and Julie Verratti are photographed during the annual Make It Funky Festival on Sept. 30, 2017, at the Denizens in Silver Spring. (Photo by Salwan Georges/The Washington Post via Getty Images) A Maryland business owner said the current economy is "o Ex-Baltimore mayoral aide gets prison in book sales scam 09/11/2020 05:40pm • A former legislative aide who helped ex-Baltimore Mayor Catherine Pugh fraudulently sell her self-published children’s books has been sentenced to federal prison. Gary Brown Jr., 38, of Baltimore, apologized Friday for his actions and expressed regret for bringing shame to his family and friend Alexandria extends car tax deadline until mid-December 09/10/2020 07:04am • Alexandria residents who own cars now don't have to pay their car taxes in the Virginia city until December. The deadline had been Oct. 5 for the personal property tax, but the Alexandria City Council extended the deadline because of the coronavirus pandemic. The new deadline for the car tax a Maryland comptroller: $585 million fund balance should go to small businesses 09/09/2020 05:17pm • This content was republished with permission from WTOP's news partners at Maryland Matters. Sign up for Maryland Matters' free email subscription today. Comptroller Peter V.R. Franchot (D) wants the state to direct a general fund surplus to small businesses coping with the COVID-19 pandemic. F Under Armour laying off 600 employees due to COVID-19 impact 09/09/2020 03:19pm • Under Armour Inc. said late Tuesday it will lay off 600 employees as part of an expansion of a cost-cutting plan related to the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic. The Baltimore-based sportswear maker's board approved a $75 million increase to a restructuring plan implemented earlier this year, brin USM prepares for $500M budget shortfall in 2021; plans may include layoffs 09/09/2020 02:46pm • The University System of Maryland detailed some of the ways they will be adjusting to what they expect to be at least a $500 million shortfall in their fiscal year 2021 budget. The system said in a Wednesday news release that it would look for ways to avoid personnel layoffs but added they are a Northern Virginia remains the 'King of the Cloud' 09/08/2020 09:01am • Northern Virginia remains the world's largest hub for internet traffic with more new data center capacity coming online in the first half of 2020 than anywhere else around the globe. Commercial real estate firm CBRE reports Northern Virginia accounted for 70% of the 134.9 megawatts of net absorpt If you've been saving more by doing less, try these 5 money moves 09/07/2020 10:15am • The coronavirus has upended countless jobs, schools and bank accounts. But while undoubtedly more people are struggling than not, those who are still working may have seen their expenses actually drop due to canceled travel, limited dining options and more time at home. If you’ve managed to end Washington Post: DeJoy reimbursed former employees for GOP donations 09/06/2020 08:59pm • Former employees of the company that US Postmaster General Louis DeJoy previously ran told the Washington Post they were pressured to donate to GOP candidates and then reimbursed through bonuses. The longtime human resources director of New Breed Logistics, David Young, NYC hospital slammed by COVID-19 sees new wave of patients — gunshot victims 09/05/2020 04:13am • Dr. Dorian Alexander had just walked into the emergency room and he could immediately sense what to expect the rest of his shift. "I smell blood," Alexander told fellow staff members on a recent Sunday at Brookdale University Hospital Medical Center in New York City. The scent hung in the air, Virginia ABC sales up $117 million over last fiscal year 09/02/2020 11:26pm • 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 Virginia Alcoholic Beverage Control Authority (ABC) says gross revenue for this fiscal year topped $1.2 billion, up $117 million 'It's not party time yet': Montgomery County to delay move to Phase Three 09/02/2020 02:11pm • Officials in Montgomery County, Maryland, say they are not ready to lift coronavirus restrictions as part of the state's Phase Three reopening plan. Instead, the county plans to continue lifting virus-related rules on a case-by-case basis. "I won't say we're going to move into Phase Three," Count Ex-Hogan aide fired for backing teen Kenosha shooter threatens legal action 09/01/2020 07:27am • This content was republished with permission from WTOP’s news partners at Maryland Matters. Sign up for Maryland Matters’ free email subscription today. A former member of the Hogan administration who was fired over the weekend for posting statements and memes on social media that sympathized No, your kitchen table is not a home office tax deduction 08/31/2020 09:28am • With millions of Americans working from home for the last several months, and maybe the foreseeable future, some may be tempted to take a home office tax deduction for the 2020 tax year. But the vast majority of employees sent home to work remotely won’t qualify for the deduction. “The hom