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Column: Nationals should be fine without Harper, but could have kept him 03/25/2019 01:24am • The other day, a weird thing happened: These T-shirts were hanging in every locker when the Padres arrived in the clubhouse this morning: pic.twitter.com/ZB7L50QSr3 ��� Dennis Lin (@dennistlin) March 20, 2019 If you���re unfamiliar with A.J. Preller, I���ll save you the Google search -- he��� Washington analysts, journalists react to AG's letter on Mueller report 03/24/2019 06:00pm • Attorney General William Barr's letter to Congress said special counsel Robert Mueller found no evidence that President Donald Trump or anyone on his campaign staff attempted to collude with Russia to influence the elections. Several Washington analysts and journalists joined WTOP on-air to discuss US budget deficit hit $234 billion in February, a new monthly record 03/22/2019 04:51pm • The US logged its biggest monthly fiscal gap ever last month. The budget widened to $234 billion in February, the Treasury Department announced on Friday, compared with a monthly shortfall of $215.2 billion a year earlier. Last month's budget gap helped push the US go Today in History: March 22 03/22/2019 02:00am • Today is Friday, March 22, the 81st day of 2019. Today's Highlights in History: On March 22, 1765, the British Parliament passed the Stamp Act to raise money from the American colonies, which fiercely resisted the tax. (The Stamp Act was repealed a year later.) On this date: In 1882, Pre Virginia pension fund in trouble if market meltdown hits 03/21/2019 11:52am • RICHMOND, Va. (AP) ��� A recent state report has found that Virginia's pension fund is in a worse position to handle a market meltdown than it was before the Great Recession. That's despite a 10-year bull market and pension reform efforts by lawmakers to make the fund more resilient. The Virgi With repeal of Kings Dominion law, Va. schools can now start before Labor Day 03/21/2019 11:26am • After years of battles over when school should start, Virginia is making significant changes to the so-called "Kings Dominion Law." This week, Gov. Ralph Northam signed bills into law that will allow all Virginia school systems to open up to two weeks before Labor Day as long as they give student Funeral arrangements for former Md. Gov. Harry Hughes 03/20/2019 01:15pm • The funeral for former Maryland Gov. Harry R. Hughes will be held��Thursday in Annapolis. Those who wish to pay their respects may visit Moore Funeral Home in Denton, Maryland, from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. on Wednesday. The funeral service will be at noon Thursday��at St. Anne's Episcopal Church at 1 Harry Roe Hughes, the unlikely governor: A remembrance by John W. Frece 03/20/2019 07:56am • This content was republished with permission from WTOP���s news partners��at��Maryland Matters.��Sign up for��Maryland Matters��� free email subscription��today. Though few Marylanders may realize it, their lives are better off today because former Maryland Gov. Harry R. Hughes, who died March 13 DC Council votes to reprimand Jack Evans 03/19/2019 11:48am • The D.C. Council on Tuesday voted unanimously to formally reprimand Council Member Jack Evans after allegations the longtime District lawmaker used his public office for personal gain. Going beyond the official reprimand, D.C. Council Chair Phil Mendelson also stripped Evans of his responsibiliti DC leads for STEM jobs; Va., Md. rank high for innovation 03/19/2019 09:57am • The D.C. region is a national leader in innovation, a new ranking shows. Personal finance website WalletHub ranked all 50 states and the District for innovation, which it defined as information technology jobs and spending on research. D.C. came in third, with Maryland fourth and Virginia seve Affordable housing, children key issues in DC mayor's State of the District address 03/19/2019 07:00am • D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser proposed more money for affordable housing, making child care more affordable and the continuation of free rides on D.C.'s popular Circulator bus during her State of the District address Monday night. Bowser's budget that now goes to the D.C. Council includes $130 million A toast to tradition: DC restaurant hosts family-style Georgian feasts 03/19/2019 12:21am • About a decade ago, Noel Brockett got an education in a subject he never thought he'd study: How to give a toast. It turns out, there���s a lot more to it than raising a glass and calling out ���cheers��� ��� especially for a tamada, or toastmaster responsible for leading traditional Georgian fea 'Car tax' window decal no longer required in Alexandria 03/17/2019 04:04pm • The Alexandria City Council voted to eliminate the requirement that vehicles display a sticker on their windshields proving payment of personal property tax. According to a news release put out by the council, the vote to eliminate the decal was unanimous. Automated license plate readers on ci Arlington County approves $23M in Amazon growth incentives 03/16/2019 07:33pm • With a unanimous vote after a tense public hearing, the five-member Arlington County Board approved to provide Amazon pay-for-performance grants that could total about $23 million over 15 years. "Our vote today reflects our strong belief that Amazon will bring significant benefits to our communit No tax increases in Montgomery County proposed budget 03/15/2019 06:43pm • It's what residents don't see in Montgomery County Executive Marc Elrich's proposed 2020 budget that might impress them the most: no tax increases. "Anybody waiting for me to drop the tax increase bomb, you will be sorely disappointed," Elrich joked in his Friday morning budget announcement. E