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Alexandria property taxes could go up 7% 03/12/2020 12:34pm • Residential property owners in Alexandria could see their tax bill go up as much as 7%. (Getty Images/Thinkstock) Residential property owners in Alexandria could see their tax bill go up as much as 7%. The Alexandria City Council will consider a 2020 calendar year real estate rate of up to $1 Md. Senate panels approve education reform bill with a potential off-ramp after five years 03/12/2020 08:58am • This content was republished with permission from WTOP’s news partners at Maryland Matters. Sign up for Maryland Matters’ free email subscription today. A Maryland Senate panel moved forward Wednesday with amendments to a multi-billion-dollar education reform plan ― including a provision How to protect your 401(k) from the coronavirus 03/11/2020 08:00pm • Financial concerns stemming from the coronavirus outbreak have rippled through the global economy. "The coronavirus has had an undeniable impact on the stock market, which extends to 401(k)s," says Steve Sexton, financial consultant and CEO of Sexton Advisory Group, a financial services firm in S Nutritionist's tips for boosting your body to battle the new coronavirus 03/11/2020 09:13am • Unless you avoid all of humanity until the new coronavirus outbreak wanes, you can’t be sure you won’t be exposed to it. The next best option is to go about boosting your body's immune system to better fight the illness, just in case. Rebecca Scritchfield, a registered dietitian, nutritionist Md. senate moves revenue bills to cover education reform costs 03/11/2020 08:38am • Sen. Guy Guzzone (D-Howard), chair of the Senate Budget and Taxation Committee. Courtesy Danielle E. Gaines Senate budget crunchers moved forward Tuesday afternoon on a revenue package that would expand Maryland’s sales tax to online streaming services, increase the tax rate on nicotine produc Aligned Energy data center will expand to 1 million square feet 03/10/2020 11:12am • Aligned Energy will expand its Ashburn data center. The Plano, Texas-based Aligned Energy will expand its hyperscale Ashburn, Virginia data center to 1 million square feet as part of new funding for the data center operator's growth plans. The existing data center, at 21890 Uunet Drive near t Va. budget includes teacher raises, college costs, transportation changes 03/10/2020 08:00am • Raises for teachers, a mix of pay increases for other Virginia government workers and some significant transportation studies in Northern Virginia are among many pieces of a $135 billion state budget deal revealed Monday afternoon. These are amendments to Gov. Ralph Northam’s introduced budget, Online sports betting, decriminalized pot among final votes in Va. legislature 03/09/2020 04:30am • Virginia lawmakers took final votes Sunday to decriminalize marijuana possession, allow online sports betting and address discrimination. Final votes on other proposals in the state House or Senate, if Gov. Ralph Northam signs them as expected, would allow local governments to opt-in on collectiv Deals made on bills in Va. legislature, but too late for lawmakers to finish on time 03/08/2020 10:10am • Virginia lawmakers voted on dozens of significant bills on what was supposed to be the final day of the annual Virginia General Assembly session, but budget conferees and negotiators failed to reach agreements on other bills in time to end the 60-day session on schedule. A budget deal was finally Md. house passes education proposal as funding debate heats up 03/07/2020 11:21am • Concerns over whether a proposed multibillion dollar investment in Maryland's public education system will be worth the cost intensified as the House of Delegates approved the bill on Friday. The Associated Press reported that the House voted 96-41 in favor of a measure based on recommendations b Va. redistricting change approved despite opposition from some black lawmakers 03/07/2020 05:30am • Changes for redistricting in Virginia advanced Friday despite opposition from black lawmakers in the House of Delegates. Narrow House approval of a proposed constitutional amendment that will now go to voters this fall was perhaps the biggest vote on a complicated day. To keep certain bills al Trump names Rep. Mark Meadows his new chief of staff 03/06/2020 11:56pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — In the midst of one of the most daunting crises of his administration, President Donald Trump announced he had made a major staff overhaul, replacing his acting chief of staff Mick Mulvaney with Republican Rep. Mark Meadows. While much of the country Md. bill would increase tax credit for living organ donors 03/06/2020 09:23pm • ANNAPOLIS, Md. — After returning home from Iraq, Army veteran Kellen Leech, who was deployed three times over the course of 14 year, wrestled with his mental health: PTSD, survivor’s guilt and depression — until he read a Facebook post about Ellery Payton. Payton’s previous kidney transpl Virginia gas tax hike deal reached as state lawmakers come down to the wire 03/05/2020 10:09pm • A driver fills her tank at a gas station in Richmond, Virginia, Wednesday, Nov. 14, 2007. (AP Photo/Steve Helber) Virginia lawmakers are set to approve a 10 cent gas tax increase over the next two years and transportation funding changes that would restore Northern Virginia money cut a few years Crime and coronavirus: Marylanders cite top concerns in new poll 03/05/2020 12:24pm • When it comes to the top issues Maryland voters want their elected leaders to deal with in the state, crime remains the No. 1 concern, according to a new survey from Gonzales Research & Media Services. But the issue of health care has catapulted into second place, likely because of fears over th