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Jill Biden says an agreement to let federal employee military spouses work from overseas is overdue 04/17/2024 08:53pm • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� Jill Biden said Wednesday that allowing federal employees who are military spouses to work from overseas is a ���national security imperative��� that is long overdue. The first lady spoke at a White House ceremony she hosted with Deputy Defense Secretary Kathleen Hicks and Deputy 5 of the Best Stocks to Buy Now 03/28/2024 08:00pm • The S&P 500 passed the 5,000 mark a couple months ago and has shown few signs of slowing down. Entering April, the Dow Jones Industrial Average is nearing the 40,000 threshold for the first time and the tech-heavy Nasdaq seemingly hits new highs almost every week. For value investors, this marke Citing declining enrollment, Prince William Co. slated to delay new high school opening 03/06/2024 03:12pm • Citing declining enrollment trends, public school leaders in Prince William County, Virginia, are slated to delay the opening of the division's 14th high school. The new school, which is planned to be built in the Lake Ridge neighborhood, had already been delayed one year while the county changed Plan to revitalize downtown DC would cost $400 million 02/26/2024 03:50pm • A plan announced by D.C. political and business leaders Monday that aims to increase activity in the city's downtown area would take five years to fully implement and would cost $400 million. The downtown area finds itself at a "post-pandemic inflection point," according to a presentation from th Expanding the economy is Prince George���s Co.'s No. 1 priority. What���s hindering it? 02/09/2024 05:13am • Leaders in Prince George���s County, Maryland, have been warning that the upcoming budget process is going to involve hard choices that will leave lots of people unhappy. To provide more, the county needs to increase tax revenues. But unlike most jurisdictions which see commercial tax sources gen Viewpoint: Commercial property values are plummeting. This controversial idea is the answer. 01/25/2024 12:43pm • I have been a resident of D.C. and the surrounding metro since I came to this town to start my career as an architect in the late ���80s. Back then I was a New England boy, but stay a while and this town will grow on you. I have been pleased to watch its rise in prominence (NFL team notwithstandin How much snow fell in the DC region during the wintry blast? 01/16/2024 06:27pm • The unofficial results are in and between 2 to 6 inches of snow blanketed the D.C. region, with some parts of Northern Virginia getting 5 inches and Montgomery and Howard counties just shy of 6 inches. One part of Northeast D.C. totaled 4.1 inches, according to National Weather Service unofficial Up to 4 inches of snow measured in parts of DC area as flakes continue to fall 01/15/2024 11:46pm • Snowfall intensified Monday evening as temperatures dropped, making for slushy roads and a messy commute in the D.C. area. Here's what you need to know. After steady morning snowfall Monday, a heavier round of snow fell on the D.C. region starting at around 6 p.m. and was expected to last until a Over 300 businesses, residential buildings lose power after Falls Church car crash 12/29/2023 09:45am • Listen to WTOP Traffic on 8s for the latest details.�� A car crash in Falls Church, Virginia, Friday morning caused multiple street closures and a major power outage, affecting over 300 businesses, residences and government buildings. Falls Church police said the outage was caused by a car cra New incentives could boost satisfaction with in-person work, but few employers are making changes 11/27/2023 02:23pm • NEW YORK (AP) ��� Justin Ryan Horton has two jobs. When he's not putting in 24-hour shifts as a firefighter, the 22-year-old is working as an administrative assistant for a local community college from his home in Colorado Springs. Firefighting is, of course, not a work-from-home kind of job. So Want to get around Thanksgiving gridlock? Leave at 'inconvenient' times 11/16/2023 06:48pm • Tens of millions are expected to drive for the Thanksgiving holiday, and that means intense gridlock will likely greet drivers as they hit the roads. According to AAA, roughly 50 million Americans will get behind the wheel, an increase of nearly 2% when compared to last year. The worst, mo 'March for Israel' in DC expected to bring large crowds, parking and traffic restrictions 11/13/2023 05:07pm • More than a month after the Oct. 7 attack by terrorist group Hamas on Israel, tens of thousands of people are expected on the National Mall in D.C. on Tuesday for a "March for Israel." Mayor Muriel Bowser said during a news conference Monday she's been briefed on the event, and that the National Post-Labor Day back-to-office spike in DC, but federal workers are still slow to return 10/23/2023 12:10pm • There are still a lot of empty offices and cubicles in downtown D.C. office buildings, but real estate services company JLL reports overall office occupancy jumped to post-pandemic highs after Labor Day. The return by federal government employees appears much slower. Office building badge swip US oil production hits all-time high, conflicting with efforts to cut heat-trapping pollution 10/20/2023 04:55pm • United States domestic oil production hit an all-time high last week, contrasting with efforts to slice heat-trapping carbon emissions by the Biden administration and world leaders. And it conflicts with oft-repeated Republican talking points of a Biden ���war on American energy.��� The U.S. Departm DC leaders push OMB on federal return-to-office plan 08/31/2023 12:53pm • The Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments has sent a letter to the head of the Office of Management and Budget, signed by the heads of 23 local governments, urging more in-person work at federal government agencies. In the letter to OMB director Shalanda Young, the COG members suggested