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Virginia budget plans include teacher, state worker raises 02/20/2020 06:42pm • Teachers and other government workers in Virginia would get some type of raise under budget bills approved Thursday by the House and Senate. The bills would also result in money becoming available to launch online sports betting and lottery sales, and the state would take a harder look at improvi National Building Museum lays off employees amid financial woes 02/18/2020 05:42pm • The National Building Museum laid off 8% of its staff in January to help alleviate financial issues exacerbated by the museum���s temporary closure. That amounted to seven employees, confirmed Chase Rynd, the museum���s executive director. DCist first reported the news. The National Building Muse Witnesses pack Maryland hearing on $4 billion education spending plan 02/17/2020 08:45pm • Crowds chanting "Our kids can't wait!" jammed into a designated area for rallies not far from the Maryland State House in Annapolis. It was part of a "pep rally" on Monday for the $4 billion plan designed to reform education in the state. Hundreds of teachers, students and education advocat First look at I-95/395 toll lane use and financial returns finds Transurban made $17M 02/17/2020 07:15pm • New financial disclosures are shedding light on the early months of tolling and activity on Interstate 395 in Virginia. Transurban, the I-395 Express Lanes operator, folded the I-395 data into existing I-95 Express Lanes calculations in its report to investors on the second half of 2019. But the Prince William County man scratches $10M winning lottery ticket 02/14/2020 03:30pm • Joseph K. Heaton, of Haymarket, won big in the Virginia Lottery. (WTOP/Kristi King) You’ve just won $10 million. Now, what do you do? For Joseph K. Heaton, the answer was this: Go to Walmart, then eat dinner at Chick-fil-A. Yet the Haymarket, Virginia, man admitted he didn’t get much sle Grant from state opioid office referred for criminal investigation 02/14/2020 09:09am • This content was republished with permission from WTOP���s news partners��at��Maryland Matters.��Sign up for��Maryland Matters��� free email subscription��today. A $750,000 grant approved ��� but never funded ��� by Maryland���s opioid command center to open an Eastern Shore drug rehabilitation f Big changes advance in Virginia ahead of crossover deadline 02/12/2020 05:00am • Major pent-up Democratic priorities that could mean significant changes across Virginia are moving forward after Tuesday night���s crossover deadline that marks the procedural midpoint of the annual General Assembly session. Minimum wage hikes, a limited ���assault weapons��� ban, allowing locali Committee votes to send DC statehood bill to House floor 02/11/2020 07:12pm • A House committee voted Tuesday to send the D.C. statehood bill to the House Floor. The proposal passed 21-16. For the first time since 1993, a House committee marked up a proposal to make D.C. the 51st U.S. state. The House Committee on Oversight and Reform debated HR 51, the D.C. Admission A Gas tax changes among votes on Virginia's 'crossover' day 02/11/2020 04:40am • Gas taxes would rise less than initially proposed and car inspections would remain an annual requirement under the latest version of a major Virginia transportation funding overhaul set to be approved by the state's Senate on Tuesday. While the bill remains far from the final form it is expected Sports betting apps, pot decriminalization likely coming to Virginia 02/10/2020 05:30pm • Visitors mill around the Virginia State Capitol in Richmond, Va., Wednesday, Jan. 8, 2020. (AP/Steve Helber) Virginia's House and Senate each passed bills allowing sports betting from your living room. The bills, among dozens passed Monday as part of a rush of bills ahead of a Tuesday night l Appeals court tosses Democrats' emoluments lawsuit against Trump 02/07/2020 10:25am • A federal appeals court on Friday dismissed a lawsuit by congressional Democrats alleging President Donald Trump violated the emoluments clause of the Constitution by refusing to allow lawmakers to review and approve his financial interests. The ruling is a major triumph for the President, who��� Md. lawmakers introduce education reform bill ��� without funding source 02/07/2020 07:15am • Maryland lawmakers have formally introduced a bill that would drastically overhaul the states' education system, and the amount of money invested in it. However, what the bills are missing is a funding source that would generate the billions of dollars in revenue that would make the reforms, whic Alexandria men plead guilty to defrauding the feds and Goodwill of Greater Washington 02/06/2020 08:29pm • Two Alexandria, Virginia, men who've pleaded guilty Thursday to a scheme that involved defrauding the charity Goodwill of Greater Washington face up to 20 years in prison. Alaa Nimr Garada, 57, and Rafik Moheyeldin, 65, operated a business known as WTC2 that collected and resold clothing to custo Consumers lost $80 million in tax fraud scams 02/06/2020 05:53pm • If someone offered to do taxes for free or offered a major filing discount, many consumers would be hard-pressed not to take it. But the Internal Revenue Service is reminding consumers that tax season also means scam season. Though many consumers believe they won't be the victim of a scam, IRS sc Virginia passes bills that protect LGBTQ, ban handheld phones while driving 02/06/2020 04:45am • Virginia lawmakers advanced anti-discrimination bills, driving changes and worker protections Wednesday during the General Assembly in Richmond. In a powerful speech on the House floor, the first openly transgender delegate in Virginia said a bill passed by the House 59-39, banning discrimination