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DC council approves budget with contentious cuts, added taxes 07/23/2020 08:23pm • The D.C. Council unanimously approved its Fiscal Year 2021 budget after months of adjustments to the bottom line, as the pandemic reduced the city's revenue by $770 million. Among the budget's highlights: A controversial advertising tax was dropped, schools are fully funded, and council members r International Gourmet Foods moves HQ and jobs to Prince William County 07/23/2020 09:48am • The new headquarters for International Gourmet Foods in Woodbridge, Virginia, will generate $1.5 million in new property taxes over 11 years, according to Prince William County. (Courtesy Karl Hirschhorn) Springfield, Virginia-based specialty foods wholesale distributor International Gourmet Foo Montgomery County considering 2 plans to change property tax process 07/22/2020 01:03pm • Voters in Montgomery County, Maryland, will have a chance in November to weigh in on how the property tax is calculated, but first the council has to vote on one of two new plans. The Montgomery County Council and County Executive Marc Elrich agree a new method for calculating property taxes shou How to file an amended tax return 07/20/2020 12:00am • It's not too late to get back an extra refund from your income taxes for 2017, 2018 or 2019. You generally have up to three years after the tax-filing deadline to file an amended return and take advantage of tax credits or deductions you missed in the past -- and get back more money from the governm DC emergency order to be extended; uptick in coronavirus infections 07/15/2020 01:53pm • As parents await information on what their children will face for the new school year, Mayor Muriel Bowser said Wednesday that she will extend D.C.'s state of emergency order. "We will extend it and we will likely extend through what the Council has already authorized. And that's through October Deadline near on Maryland's special health care enrollment 07/14/2020 04:26am • The deadline for Maryland residents to enroll in a health care plan is near under two special enrollment initiatives. Residents have through Wednesday to sign up. Maryland reopened the Coronavirus Emergency Special Enrollment Period. More than 49,000 residents have received coverage in the spe Need help with taxes? Maryland's comptroller says to call him 07/13/2020 07:15pm • Maryland Comptroller Peter Franchot calls 2020 "a highly unusual tax year — the most unusual one in the history of the state." That's one reason Franchot said he is giving out his cellphone number, so that those Marylanders still struggling to get their taxes done by Wednesday, July 15 can get Bowser blasts DC Council's proposed police cuts; coronavirus cases jump 07/08/2020 02:27pm • Mayor Muriel Bowser slammed the D.C. Council during a news conference Wednesday, saying "they made the District less safe" after approving a police budget cut in a preliminary vote. "It appears to me to be a shell game, them moving dollars around from this to that, and we're going to have to dig Montgomery County’s unique biohealth and life science organizations are working to test, beat and cure COVID-19 07/08/2020 12:56pm • This content is provided by Clark A. Kendall of Kendall Capital in Rockville, MD. While COVID-19 has thrown the world into an uproar, there’s been a slim silver lining for Maryland. Thanks to a robust group of biohealth and life science organizations, Montgomery County has a unique opportunity DC council raises gas tax, approves emergency policing and justice reform bill 07/07/2020 11:13pm • D.C. has forwarded a 2021 budget that council members hope will pull the District out of the COVID-19 pandemic that ravaged its bottom line. The council passed the budget in its first of two votes Tuesday afternoon. Though Mayor Muriel Bowser asked council members to avoid any tax increases in Lawmaker wants to boost building high-rises at Montgomery County Metro stations 07/06/2020 05:15pm • A Montgomery County, Maryland, lawmaker believes that high-rise buildings near Metrorail stations could be the answer to the housing needs in the county. At-Large Council member Hans Riemer said Bill 29-20 aims to spur development around Metro stops. “We want tall buildings on top of Metro s Great Falls teenager gives financial advice to other teens 07/06/2020 08:30am • Whitman Ochiai, a senior at Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology in Alexandria, Virginia, has a free podcast giving financial advice to his fellow teens. (Courtesy Whitman Ochiai) Whitman Ochiai, a senior at Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology in Alexandria Independence Day protests sprout up around DC, clash with celebrations 07/05/2020 09:08am • During the 244th birthday of America, amid grand displays of patriotism on the National Mall and at the White House, largely peaceful protests converged upon the festivities as a reminder of racial injustice in the country. While the majority of the demonstrations were peaceful and without incide Private fundraising aims to help Richmond remove Confederate statues 07/03/2020 10:42am • As the City of Richmond, Virginia, works to tear down its Confederate statues, private fundraising efforts are underway to help defray the cost of removing them. Shannon Harton, a real estate agent in Richmond, is one of the leaders of those efforts. "Within a day we raised $1,000, and the nex Maryland Board of Public Works OKs $413M in budget cuts, more expected 07/01/2020 06:20pm • FILE -- Maryland Board of Public Works, shown in a March 2020 photo, considered state budget cuts Wednesday, July 1, 2020 in response to the impact of COVID-19 on the economy. (AP Photo/Brian Witte, File) Maryland's three-member Board of Public Works approved $413 million in cuts from the fiscal