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Rockwool sues school board after threat to condemn W.Va. factory site 04/12/2019 07:22pm • After a threat to condemn the land where a controversial insulation factory is being built, the Rockwool company has filed a federal lawsuit against the Board of Education of Jefferson County, West Virginia. Despite being an original participant in the payment-in-lieu-of-taxes agreement in Octobe Tax Day freebies and deals include burgers, cookies, massages 04/12/2019 06:32pm • April 15 is deadline day to file your federal taxes, but it's also a good day to claim discounts and freebies. This year's crop includes free chips and queso, cookies, sausage biscuits and massages. Bite Squad: The restaurant delivery app available in Bethesda, Potomac and Wheaton, is offering 8 bills that Md. Gov. Hogan could veto 04/12/2019 09:47am • This content was republished with permission from WTOP’s news partners at Maryland Matters. Sign up for Maryland Matters’ free email subscription today. Now that the General Assembly’s annual 90-day session is over, Gov. Lawrence J. Hogan Jr.’s legislative shop kicks into overdrive â After debate, huge solar power plant coming to Northern Virginia 04/12/2019 09:11am • After two years of debate, the Spotsylvania County Board of Supervisors voted Thursday to approve a special-use permit for what will be the East Coast's largest solar power plant. Solar energy company sPower will build the $615 million 500-megawatt project on about 3,500 acres, or more than 5 sq Stewart prepares new push for data center tax hike in Prince William Co. 04/12/2019 09:01am • This article was written by WTOP's news partner, InsideNoVa.com, and republished with permission. Sign up for InsideNoVa.com's free email subscription today.  Prince William Board of County Supervisors will take another look at increasing the county's tax rate for data centers. The board will ho 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 Systemâ€