Category Archives: Local News

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) - Republican Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin said Wednesday he wants the divided General Assembly to pass legislation suspending the state gas tax for three months, a move that would s...

By WMAL.comTuesday, the Youngkin Administration laid out new COVID guideline measures for employers. The updated measures reflect the drop in COVID cases in the Commonwealth and provide the private se...

By WMAL.comOn Thursday, the U.S. Senate voted in favor of overturning a health order that required patrons to mask while flying or riding other forms of public transit. Although passed through the Sen...

By WMAL.comThe Virginia Association of School Superintendents (VASS), which represents all 133 of the Virginia's local divisions, sent a letter to Governor Youngkin speaking out against his proposed p...

ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) - Maryland's highest court on Tuesday moved the state's primary from June 28 to July 19, as courts weigh challenges to the state's new legislative map as well as Maryland's congres...

By WMAL.comGovernor Larry Hogan and state legislators agreed to pause the state's gas tax for the next month in an effort to help working class families hit hard by rising gas prices. Maryland state H...

By WMAL.comThe Office of Governor Glenn Youngkin announced this morning that Virginia's unemployment rate remained steady at 3.3 percent for the month of February. The unemployment rate in the Commonw...

By WMAL.comThe former EPA Administrator in the Trump Administration Andrew Wheeler will serve as a senior advisor to Governor Glenn Youngkin. The announcement comes after the former Trump official nom...

By WMAL.comFor the first time yesterday the week-long trucker convoy protesting COVID mandates attempted to enter the nation's capital. With D.C. law enforcement blocking a number of highway exits and...

WASHINGTON (AP) - The mayors of New York City and Washington D.C. appealed to the public for help Monday in an urgent search for a gunman who has been stalking homeless men asleep on their streets, ki...