21+ hour, 28+ min ago   (705+ words) Virginia is replacing traditional food-assistance benefit cards with chip-enabled versions designed to make it harder for thieves to steal SNAP benefits from families. About 749,000 state residents receive assistance through the program. Gov. Abigail Spanberger announced Thursday that the state has…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (328+ words) Members of Arlington’s General Assembly delegation are condemning the actions of federal immigration officers during an August encounter that left a man seriously injured and is now under investigation by county police. Virginia Sens. Barbara Favola and Elizabeth Bennett-Parker and…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (588+ words) Maryland voters will get to decide in November on a congressional redistricting amendment being pushed by Democrats as part of a nationwide battle for control of the U.S. House in future elections. The Maryland Supreme Court ruled Thursday that the proposed…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (319+ words) Virginia’s lieutenant governor is hitting the road this month, traveling across the commonwealth to hear from citizens about a proposed merger between Dominion Energy and a Florida-based power company that would create one of the largest utilities in the country....

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (574+ words) For all the latest developments in Congress, follow WTOP Capitol Hill correspondent Mitchell Miller at Today on the Hill. Tens of thousands of people from El Salvador, including many in the D.C. area, could face deportation if the Trump administration decides…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (1197+ words) A federal judge has temporarily blocked Virginia from enforcing key provisions of a new law restricting cooperation between local law enforcement and federal immigration authorities, allowing existing partnerships with U.S. Immigration and Customs enforcement to continue while the legal challenge plays…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (739+ words) Voters in 47 Virginia jurisdictions will weigh a 1% sales tax to fund school construction and modernization costs. In Northern Virginia, the revenue could also support transportation projects. This comes as leaders face funding challenges for aging school facilities and rising demand…...

2+ week, 1+ day ago   (637+ words) PJM, the regional grid operator for most of the East Coast, is asking federal regulators to approve a rule requiring new large-load customers, namely data centers, to bring their own power supply to the grid. With Virginia among the 13 states…...

2+ week, 2+ day ago   (511+ words) “Marches are designed to grab attention and then go into the trenches and organize around that,” he said. This year’s march, which Sharpton’s group is co-hosting with King’s Drum Major Institute, a progressive think tank and community action group, will…...

2+ week, 3+ day ago   (492+ words) A Maryland court has ruled against a proposed constitutional amendment that could have paved the way for Democrats to redraw the state’s congressional districts ahead of the 2028 elections. The ruling Wednesday by a judge in the state’s capital city marks…...