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Charity paying off thousands in Prince William Co. school lunch debt 12/30/2019 10:22am • A local charity is working to let kids go back to school after the winter break free of lunch debt. Lunch debt ��� debt owed to schools from kids whose parents can���t pay for their lunches ��� is high in Prince William County, Virginia. Adelle Settle told WTOP, ���Right now in Prince William Cou New whiskeys, rye (and a hurricane relief rum) coming to Virginia's state-run liquor stores 12/30/2019 09:06am • Virginia's state-run liquor stores had a record $1 billion in sales in fiscal 2019. (Courtesy Virginia ABC) The Virginia Alcoholic Beverage Control Authority is set to add 47 new products to the shelves of state-run liquor stores in 2020, including a rum whose proceeds help fund hurricane recove Tesla delivers first China-made Model 3s to its own workers 12/30/2019 05:51am • Tesla broke ground on its Shanghai factory just under a year ago. Now, it's producing cars for customers. Fifteen employees of the electric carmaker become the first customers to receive Model 3s produced in China during a ceremony at the factory on Monday, according to Tesla. Wang Hao, general m Prince George's County schools chief looking forward to legislative session 12/24/2019 06:44pm • Schools may be on break for the holidays, but Prince George's County Public Schools CEO Dr. Monica Goldson is looking forward to the new year and the new legislative session in Annapolis. Goldson, who leads the second-largest school district in Maryland with 130,814 students and 208 school buildi Ex-Maryland lawmaker accused of accepting more than $30K in bribes 12/23/2019 03:44pm • FILE - In a Wednesday, April 12, 2017 file photo, Del. Cheryl Glenn, a Baltimore Democrat, calls for a special session to approve additional licenses to grow medical marijuana during a news conference in Baltimore. (AP Photo/Brian Witte) A former Maryland state delegate who represented parts of 8 takeaways from the sixth Democratic presidential debate 12/20/2019 06:01am • The final Democratic presidential debate of 2019 may have taken place in California, but it was all about Iowa. Pete Buttigieg, Amy Klobuchar and Elizabeth Warren are banking on a strong performance there on the path to the nomination. They showed that on Thursday, with Major Amtrak, VRE expansion set under $3.7 billion Virginia-CSX deal 12/19/2019 03:40pm • The $3.7 billion deal will allow for many more daily Amtrak and Virginia Railway Express trains, and, for the first time, provide weekend service on VRE's Fredericksburg Line. (WTOP/Max Smith) In the biggest boost in decades to train travel in the D.C. area, Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam and CSX a Ex-Baltimore mayor faces new perjury charge from state prosecutor 12/18/2019 06:30pm • On left, former Baltimore Mayor Catherine Pugh. On right, copies of Pugh's self-published "Healthy Holly" illustrated paperbacks for children. (WTOP composite via AP) Former Baltimore Mayor Catherine Pugh, who pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit wire fraud and tax evasion in federal court las What's in the Virginia budget plan 12/17/2019 06:50pm • More money for education and the environment, plus higher gas and cigarette taxes to help pay for transportation and health care needs are all part of Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam's $135 billion two-year budget proposal unveiled Tuesday. The proposal includes about $2.7 billion in net new spending Population, wage stagnation blamed for Montgomery Co. budget shortfall 12/15/2019 10:30am • The Montgomery County, Maryland council expects population stagnation, low inflation rate and a lack of new construction to be among factors contributing to a poor budget situation going into the next fiscal year. Gene Smith, a legislative analyst for the county, forecasts a $130 million dollar b Caps making themselves at home with record road start 12/13/2019 12:32am • Packing for a mid-December road trip through both Tampa Bay and Columbus could be a head-scratcher for even the savviest of veterans. But as the Capitals embark on a two-game trek this weekend, the potentially 40-degree drop in temperature barely fazes them. ���I don���t worry too much about thes Plan seeks to keep housing affordable along Purple Line Corridor 12/12/2019 07:59am • Building new mass transit options invariably brings new development opportunities, but also increases the threat of current residents being priced out of their homes. As construction continues on the Purple Line ��� 16 miles of light rail that will connect the Bethesda Metro, in Montgomery County Better signs and faster towing among I-95 fixes, with long-term construction plans on hold 12/11/2019 02:00pm • FILE ��� Painful delays for northbound I-95 and I-395 with closure of I-395 HOV Lanes due to high water in April 2018. (WTOP/Dave Dildine, File photo) More tow trucks and better signage are among short-term fixes recommended to address Interstate 95 traffic jams as Virginia works through potenti MiLB reduction talks reverberate throughout Winter Meetings 12/11/2019 03:43am • Some years, depending on the venue, the Major League and minor league sides of the annual Baseball Winter Meetings blend together, a single hotel lobby serving as the epicenter for the entire sport. But in San Diego this week, with MLB in the Manchester Grand Hyatt and MiLB in the Bayfront Hilton, s 'The President is Missing' pilot to film in Md. as officials hope for 'House of Cards'-like impact 12/10/2019 12:42pm • FILE - In this June 28, 2018 file photo, President Bill Clinton, right, and author James Patterson appear at a book signing for "The President is Missing" in Huntington, N.Y. (Photo by Scott Roth/Invision/AP, File) By Ben Cooper, correspondent After the Netflix series ���House of Cards��� had