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The Prince William Board of County Supervisors on Tuesday moved to limit the length of board meetings under most circumstances, a reaction to exceedingly long hearings in recent years that have revolved around contentious data center approvals. But complications in state law indicate that it might be in the board’s best interest to not cut meetings short,…

People in the United States are not as happy as they once were. Younger people in particular have pulled the country down in the newest world’s happiest countries report. The World Happiness Report, measured between 2021 and 2023, during the COVID-19 pandemic, showed that happiness scores from those under 30 were dramatically lower than those…

Bethesda, Maryland-based Marriott International has partnered with BetMGM for a rewards collaboration that will let gamblers earn Marriott Bonvoy points for hotel stays, and one lucky member will get the chance to golf with NBA free-agent Blake Griffin. Marriott’s Bonvoy membership rewards program is one of the biggest in the hospitality industry, reaching 200 million…

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Dozens of Fairfax County firefighters responded to a large fire early Monday morning that tore through a house in Annandale, Virginia. Initial 911 calls from neighbors just before 4 a.m. reported the sound of an explosion along with the fire in the 4200 block of Ann Fitz Hugh Drive. However, fire officials later said, so…

Maryland’s Attorney General has detailed allegations of hazing that prompted the University of Maryland to temporarily suspend fraternities and sororities. The claims were made public in the state’s response to a federal lawsuit filed early last week by a group representing several fraternities, which sought a restraining order against the ban. Last Friday, the university…

The four U.S. senators from Virginia and Maryland are urging Congress to keep the current rules for long distance flights from Reagan National Airport (DCA) as they are. The senators wrote both House and Senate members who oversee airports not to change the long-distance flight rules at DCA, which have been in place since 1986…

The House of Delegates gave preliminary approval to a bill to transfer $750 million from Maryland’s toll facilities to the state Transportation Trust Fund. The vote was one of two taken Saturday on bills meant to target projected operating and transportation deficits. House Bill 1070 is part of a $1.2 billion package of toll, fee and tax increases announced…

WASHINGTON (AP) — The big news this week, President Joe Biden said at a weekend Washington roast, was that two candidates had clinched their party’s nomination for president. But one was too old, too mentally unfit for the job, he said. “The other’s me,” Biden quipped. The digs against Republican Donald Trump kept coming from…

The former superintendent of public schools in Montgomery County, Maryland, is receiving $1.3 million as part of her separation agreement with the school board. Monifa McKnight also agreed not to sue the school board over anything that occurred before she signed the deal. Last month, McKnight said she was stepping down from her post after…

Many people still remember what Navy Yard looked like before the Nationals baseball team and stadium came to D.C. in 2008 and completely changed the Southeast neighborhood’s landscape. Even though that was less than 20 years ago, in terms of a stadium, it is slightly older, and is starting to need repairs. The D.C. Council…

Democrats in the House are pressing a nearly $1.2 billion package they say will pay for both a multi-billion expansion of education funding and a multi-billion projected shortfall in the state’s Transportation Trust Fund. The package highlighted Friday by House Speaker Adrienne A. Jones (D-Baltimore County) and three committee chairs is unlikely to be warmly…

Montgomery County residents won’t see any tax increases under the recommended $7.1 billion operating budget plan for fiscal year 2025. County Executive Marc Elrich released his budget plan on Thursday. “There was nothing frivolous,” Elrich said during the presentation of his budget. “We weren’t, you know, building a racetrack or any of this other nonsense.…

Almost six years after WTOP reported D.C. only has a one or two-day supply of drinking water if the Potomac River weren’t available, a study to find potential water storage or another drinking water source will soon begin. The Energy and Water Appropriations Bill approved by Congress and signed by President Joe Biden last week contains…

D.C.’s beloved cherry blossoms are now one step away from peak bloom, reaching stage five: “puffy white.” The National Park Service said on its X social media account that the blossom buds are out Friday morning, adding that they only need to open to reach peak bloom. The blossoms are out, now we’re just waiting…

Dave Preston is an AP Top 25 voter. Check out his ballots here. “Survive and advance” is a basketball mantra that’s been around forever and probably took hold in 1983 when the North Carolina State men needed a good showing in the ACC Tournament to even make the field. Then-coach Jim Valvano’s Wolfpack wound up…