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Go-Go battle is won in Shaw, but #DontMuteDC campaign is still a go 04/12/2019 05:36am • After the successful #DontMuteDC campaign to restore the sound of Go-Go music on a historic D.C. street corner, the people behind the effort have new plans. A petition drive on the issue drew tens of thousands of signatures and even musical protests. Ron Moten has seen this kind of energy for Va. Gov. to try again next year on hands-free driving 04/12/2019 04:00am • Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam will try again next year to prohibit drivers from holding cellphones, after a last-ditch effort was ruled out of order in last week's reconvened session of the Virginia General Assembly. "We will be bringing that back," Northam said. Northam expects to sign the unde Winners and losers of the 2019 Maryland General Assembly session 04/11/2019 05:11am • This content was republished with permission from WTOP’s news partners at Maryland Matters. Sign up for Maryland Matters’ free email subscription today. It’s already been said a thousand times, but it bears repeating: This has been a General Assembly session like no other. It began Today in History: April 11 04/11/2019 12:26am • Today is Thursday, April 11, the 101st day of 2019. Today's Highlight in History: On April 11, 1945, during World War II, American soldiers liberated the Nazi concentration camp Buchenwald in Germany. On this date: In 1865, President Abraham Lincoln spoke to a crowd outside the White Hou I-95 traffic fix plan in Va. likely won’t include additional taxes, tolls 04/10/2019 01:29pm • Virginia plans to study the clogged Interstate 95 corridor and identify major improvements by the end of this year — and the fixes won't include additional taxes or tolls, transportation officials said. The Virginia General Assembly has already requested a study of the 52-mile stretch between Tax tips: What you need to know about filing your taxes 04/09/2019 06:47pm • It's that time of year again. Tax season. Whether you've already finished your return, or are still waiting for that refund, or you still haven't filed, tax season can be a confusing time. That's especially true if you work a nontraditional job or operate a small business. Dana Sippel, with Gl DC leaders debate solutions as District sees 45th homicide 04/07/2019 01:41pm • D.C. leaders are searching for answers and proposing policy changes to quell the violence as the city's homicide rate continues to climb. Just after 1:30 a.m. Sunday, D.C. police officers rushed into an apartment building at the corner of Wagner Street and Skyland Place, SE to find Montray Brown Legislative roundup: Prescription drugs, regents, Kirwan and more 04/05/2019 07:29am • This content was republished with permission from WTOP’s news partners at Maryland Matters. Sign up for Maryland Matters’ free email subscription today. The two chambers of the Maryland General Assembly are taking dramatically different approaches to a top priority for Democrats — the Maryland schools could get more than $700 million in funding 04/05/2019 06:39am • A bill that is quickly advancing through Maryland's General Assembly would build on recommendations from an education panel and add more than $700 million to the state's public education system over the next two years. The House of Delegates voted Thursday to approve the so-called "Blueprint for Md. legislative roundup: UMMS, handgun review board, retiree benefits, more 04/04/2019 05:05am • This content was republished with permission from WTOP’s news partners at Maryland Matters. Sign up for Maryland Matters’ free email subscription today. Maryland lawmakers are moving forward on legislation that would reconstitute and reform the University of Maryland Medical System†From roads to furloughed feds, Va. makes big changes in veto session 04/03/2019 07:35pm • Virginia will raise truck fees and diesel taxes statewide and add gas taxes along Interstate 81 to pay for major interstate upgrades across the state and to fill a hole in Northern Virginia left by last year's Metro funding deal. The changes include more funding for the Northern Virginia Transpor Arlington County residents discuss proposed $500,000 cut to arts funding 04/03/2019 08:30am • Local performing arts may take a hit in Arlington County, Virginia, after the proposed budget for 2020 outlined major cuts to the local cultural affairs and theater programs. Officials and residents in Arlington County discussed the proposed budget Tuesday, which totals $1.3 billion, with $810 mi Big changes for Virginians possible in ‘veto session’ still shadowed by scandal 04/03/2019 04:30am • Virginia lawmakers return to Richmond on Wednesday for a series of key votes on Gov. Ralph Northam’s vetoes and amendments to bills, ranging from road safety and interstate upgrades, to the budget and elections. At the one-day reconvened session, often called a “veto session," the General Ass Lightfoot wins Chicago mayor race; pledges end to corruption 04/03/2019 04:19am • CHICAGO (AP) — Former federal prosecutor Lori Lightfoot easily won the Chicago mayor's race Tuesday, earning support from every part of the city to defeat a longtime political insider and become the first black woman and openly gay person to lead the nation's third-larges Bipartisan group of Md. lawmakers looks to help businesses meet increased minimum wage 04/02/2019 05:31pm • A Maryland state lawmaker who voted for the $15 per hour minimum wage announced she is working with a bipartisan group of legislators to ensure small- and medium-sized businesses can meet the requirements to pay the new wage by 2026. In a statement released Tuesday, state Sen. Katie Fry Hester sa