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Bringing customers into the doors of local Black-owned businesses is the focus of a new campaign being launched by Prince George’s County, Maryland. County executive Angela Alsobrooks announced Friday that the county’s Buy Prince George’s Initiative was started to build on efforts already being made to identify, promote and ultimately patronize Black-owned businesses during National…

If the plan is successful, Prince George’s County, Maryland, could soon become the first school system in the nation to use a public-private partnership, or P3, to fund the building of several new schools. On Friday, the school system said it has four interested developers who will begin competing against one another for a contract…

An 8-year-old girl is recovering after D.C. Police said she was shot in the ear as she walked by a playground in Southeast D.C. Thursday night. According to police, multiple adult men opened fire in the Woodland Terrace area. The girl was walking with her aunt when they heard gunshots near the playground. As they ran…

This content was republished with permission from WTOP’s news partners at Maryland Matters. Sign up for Maryland Matters’ free email subscription today. Del. Carl L. Anderton Jr. (R) Thursday unexpectedly fell short of winning appointment as the next Wicomico County executive — losing out to Rene Desmarais, a Salisbury-based cardiologist with little political experience outside…

HOPEWELL, Va. — A prison staff union representative says that nearly a third of inmates at a federal correction facility in Virginia have tested positive for the coronavirus. The Richmond Times-Dispatch reported Wednesday that the outbreak is at the Federal Correctional Institution Petersburg complex. It includes a work camp as well as a low- and…

The special legislative session in Richmond, Virginia, started on Tuesday, and Senate Democrats wasted no time making good on their promise to tackle police reform efforts. On a party-line vote, a sweeping police reform package was approved by the Senate Judiciary Committee, with nine Democrats in favor and five Republicans opposed. “This bill is not…

ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — Maryland has applied for a grant to provide an additional $300 a week in federal unemployment benefits for state residents who are unemployed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Gov. Larry Hogan made the announcement Wednesday. Those eligible would receive $300 a week in benefits retroactive to the week ending Aug. 1.…

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on the Democratic National Convention (all times local): 9:28 a.m. Kamala Harris’ husband is taking a leave of absence from his entertainment law firm as the California senator officially becomes Democrats’ nominee for vice president. DLA Piper says on its website Wednesday that Douglas Emhoff “is currently on a leave…

Since the beginning of the coronavirus pandemic, taxi trips are down 90% and Uber and Lyft rides are down about 80% in D.C., according to District statistics. David Do, director of the D.C. Department of For-Hire Vehicles, said he hopes that an increase in Metro hours means that people will be moving around more and…

If you feel like you can’t sleep, you’re in good company. Or bad, as the case might be. Lack of shuteye has been hitting people in Maryland especially hard during the coronavirus pandemic, according to a study. They’re incurring 24.5 hours of “sleep debt” — described by The National Sleep Foundation as “the difference between…

Your chance to weigh in on Maryland’s plans for high-occupancy toll lanes on the Capital Beltway and Interstate 270 begins Tuesday. The Maryland Department of Transportation State Highway Administration said in a statement Monday that the first public-comment hearing on the I-495 & I-270 Managed Lanes Study Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) and Draft Section…

NATURAL BRIDGE, Va. — Virginia’s Natural Bridge State Park is facing an uncertain financial future as it struggles to pay off a loan that was taken out to purchase the land. The Roanoke Times reported Saturday that the nonprofit that bought the 215-foot-high limestone arch and surrounding property is unlikely to make half a million…

Heavy rain is on its way out of the D.C. region, after a number of jurisdictions in the area were under a flash flood watch Sunday morning. The National Weather Service issued a flash flood watch late Saturday night for Calvert, Charles and St. Mary’s counties in Maryland until 10 a.m. Sunday. Bands of moderate…

A man has been charged with second degree murder for his alleged involvement in a July 24 fatal stabbing that happened in a Woodbridge, Virginia, restaurant parking lot. Prince William County Police announced Saturday that Woodbridge resident Abdur Rahman Roland, 31, was arrested in connection with the stabbing, which occurred in the parking lot of…

NEW KENT, Va. — A Virginia horse track has canceled the remainder of its racing schedule this year due to recent multiple COVID-19 cases. Colonial Downs in New Kent County began races July 28, and was supposed to continue through Sept. 2. The Colonial Downs Group cited the recent test results, while acting out of…

A stubborn weather system that has stalled over the D.C. area will fill the sky with clouds and several rounds of rain throughout Saturday. “Expect waves of rain, mainly on the lighter side,” said NBC Washington meteorologist Lauryn Ricketts. “We will have some hit-or-miss showers today just about anytime, mainly looking at showers as storm…