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Massive solar power plant possibly coming to Northern Virginia 02/26/2019 04:50am • WASHINGTON ��� Northern Virginia could become home to one of the largest solar power plants in the country, and a public hearing on the plan is set for Tuesday afternoon. Solar energy company sPower wants to build the 500-megawatt project on about 3,500 acres, or nearly 5 1/2 square miles, of lan Today in History: Feb. 25 02/25/2019 12:15am • Today is Monday, Feb. 25, the 56th day of 2019. There are 309 days left in the year. Today���s Highlight in History: On Feb. 25, 1986, President Ferdinand Marcos fled the Philippines after 20 years of rule in the wake of a tainted election; Corazon Aquino assumed the presidency. On this dat What the Virginia budget deal means for you 02/24/2019 12:49pm • RICHMOND, Va. ��� A Virginia budget deal revealed Saturday touches on areas from education and teacher pay to transportation and health care. The budget was approved on Sunday during the final day of the General Assembly session in Richmond. Transportation The report eliminates some language th Virginia legislature fails to reach budget deal, may go into overtime 02/22/2019 07:21pm • RICHMOND ��� Virginia's General Assembly session could be forced into overtime due to delays in finalizing a budget deal, even as other bills from Interstate 81 to tampon taxes have already been sent to the governor. On the budget, House and Senate leaders got stuck on how to structure higher ed Ex-Md. county economic-development official gets 4 years for embezzlement 02/22/2019 06:31pm • WASHINGTON �����A man who oversaw Montgomery County, Maryland's finances is going to prison for four years after federal prosecutors said he embezzled millions. From 2010 until 2016, Byung Il "Peter" Bang was the COO of the county's Department of Economic Development and, as part of his work, ove Arlington County's manager proposes first tax increase in 2 years 02/22/2019 04:14am • WASHINGTON ��� Homeowners in Virginia's Arlington County could be paying a bit more in property taxes in the upcoming budget year if manager Mark Schwartz���s latest proposal is approved. The county manager is calling for a 1.5 cent real estate tax rate increase. One penny of the increase is earm Virginia to essentially get early voting in 2020 02/21/2019 07:15pm • RICHMOND, Va. ��� Significant shifts to make it easier to vote in Virginia were among the changes that got final approval Thursday from the General Assembly. Starting in November 2020, Virginia voters would no longer need a reason to vote early through in-person absentee voting, starting two Satu Senator on Hopkins bill: 'It���s akin to establishing a Vatican City within Baltimore' 02/21/2019 08:45am • On Friday, House and Senate committees will conduct hearings on legislation that would allow Johns Hopkins University to have armed police officers patrol its campuses, hospital and adjacent areas. Similar legislation was introduced in 2018 but it was withdrawn without a vote in the wake of public a Ballston Metro station to become home to colorful, motion-activated art project 02/20/2019 11:00am • This article was written by WTOP���s news partner, ARLnow.com, and republished with permission. Ballston���s Metro station could soon see a colorful, motion-activated, LED light display as part of a new public art project. Dubbed ���Intersections,��� the project is being backed by the Ballston Tax changes: Alimony may still offer state tax deduction 02/20/2019 04:33am • You may have heard that alimony payments under newly executed divorce arrangements are no longer deductible for federal income tax purposes. This longtime deduction, which had been in place for about 75 years, was eliminated through one of the most controversial and well-publicized provisions of the ERA, ICE, racism drive up partisan rancor as Va. session winds down 02/19/2019 04:48pm • WASHINGTON ��� The Equal Rights Amendment, a Republican bill to force local governments to do more to help federal immigration officials and the ongoing concerns about admissions the governor and attorney general have worn blackface combined Tuesday to spark particularly sharp fights on Virginia's H Fairfax Co. budget proposal: Raises, fully funded schools, no tax increase 02/19/2019 04:32pm • FAIRFAX, Va. ��� Fairfax County's proposed $4.44 billion budget for fiscal 2020 would not change the real estate property tax, would give raises to county employees and would fully fund the public school system. "This is a good-news budget for Fairfax County and a good-news budget for Fairfax Cou What matters most to Marylanders? Pocketbook issues 02/19/2019 11:22am • WASHINGTON ��� Money matters most to Marylanders, according to a new Goucher Poll released Tuesday. Twenty-one percent of the 808 residents surveyed put concerns about taxes, jobs and economic growth at the top of their list of concerns. Sixteen percent put education at the top of the issues t 6 small business tax deductions 02/19/2019 09:35am • Small business owners looking to reduce their tax burden can take advantage of several money-saving deductions. These include existing deductions, such as those for vehicle expenses and home offices, as well as a brand new qualified business income deduction that will allow some small business owner Poll: Marylanders solidly behind Hogan, but in no hurry for a Trump challenge 02/19/2019 04:50am • This article was written by WTOP���s news partners at��Maryland Matters��and republished with permission.��Sign up for��Maryland Matters��� free email subscription��today. Maryland residents continue to hold Gov. Lawrence J. Hogan Jr. (R) in high regard, viewing him as capable, likable and honest