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Rent my car? Virginia heads toward peer-to-peer auto rental law 02/24/2020 12:28pm • Think of it as Airbnb for cars. Virginia lawmakers are considering a bill that would establish rules for peer-to-peer car rentals, in which a car owner could rent a vehicle to a stranger, for a fee. Unlike traditional car rental companies that monopolize airport rentals, and established ride-s The refinancing process is still daunting, but a little less so now 02/24/2020 09:30am • It still takes a lot of paperwork to refinance a mortgage, but a lot can be done digitally. (Thinkstock) If you are about to refinance a mortgage, be prepared to invest several hours gathering and preparing a lot of paperwork for the lender ��� but maybe not quite as many as the job used to requ Marylanders favor state education reform ��� but might not be prepared to fund it 02/24/2020 04:00am • A new poll finds Maryland residents strongly support many of the education proposals put forth by the Kirwan Commission, which include increasing teacher salaries and education funding. However, lawmakers may find less enthusiasm actually paying for the proposals once people familiarize themselve US 'honor roll' of historic places often ignores slavery 02/23/2020 09:26am • BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) ��� Antebellum Southern plantations were built on the backs of enslaved people, and many of those plantations hold places of honor on the National Register of Historic Places - but don���t look for many mentions of slavery in the government���s official record of places with hi Virginia bills headed to Northam tackle hands-free driving, discrimination, school discipline 02/21/2020 05:28pm • Virginia lawmakers approved a ban on handheld cellphone use while driving, new anti-discrimination protections and changes aimed at keeping students from being arrested for issues that could be handled through school discipline as part of many votes Thursday and Friday. The ban on handheld cellph Arlington County announces proposed budget with no tax-rate hike 02/20/2020 11:01pm • Over the past two years, Arlington County, Virginia, residents saw tax-rate hikes with the approval of new county budgets, but this year could be different. On Thursday, County Manager Mark Schwartz announced his proposed 2021 budget, in which he proposes no tax-rate change. The proposed $1.4 Gov. Hogan attacks proposed tax plan to fund education reform 02/20/2020 08:07pm • Maryland democratic officials believe they've found a possible funding solution to their ambitious education reform bill. Gov. Larry Hogan, on the contrary, views the proposal as a destruction of his work to ease the tax burden on Marylanders. They're both viewing the same thing: a proposal fr 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