RICHMOND, Va. (AP) Workers are preparing to install porous paving stones and rain gardens around the state Capitol as part of a Greening Virginia project. The move to redirect stormwater into the irrigation system of the Capitol grounds got under way this week.

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) Hardwood f...

From the Maryland Health Reporter website:

HEALTH SAVINGS A new study finds that most of the state’s $829 million savings on Medicaid spending from federal health care reform comes not from reduced costs, but from taxes on new insurance coverage, writes Len Lazarick for MarylandReporter.com...

(August 4-29) SCENESTERS Northwest D.C.'s Foundry Gallery melts together two shows for a refined double-feature. The exhibit Dupont Circle Scenes features the work of local artists that capture the neighborhood aesthetic, while Community of Fire handles wood fired pottery - carefully - while inv...

In the 21st Century job market, it always pays to get a degree or a certificate that says you're qualified. Or does it?

Elizabeth Wynne Johnson reports...

HAMPTON, Va. (AP) A fish processing company is working to clean up an estimated 20,000 menhaden that have washed ashore on Buckroe Beach after a spill from the nets of a commercial trawler.

Texas-based Omega Protein says about 75,000 of the oily fish were spilled from harvesting nets on Mon...

FREDERICK, Md. (AP) Sen. Barbara Mikulski says the Social Security Administration plans to build a national data center in either Frederick County or Baltimore County.

The Maryland Democrat said Tuesday that the center and its 250 jobs will go to either Urbana, which is south of Frederick a...

WASHINGTON (AP) About 1,330 customers in Washington and Maryland are still in the dark after storms blew through the area.

At 11:30 a.m. Wednesday, Pepco was reporting about 1,130 outages in the region. About 900 of the outages were in Montgomery County, Md.

Baltimore Gas + Electric w...

By Jonathan Wilson

Hundreds are receiving medical care at a free clinic at the Washington Convention Center today and the turnout has been even greater than organizers expected.

Approximately 1,500 uninsured patients made appointments ahead of time, as they were encouraged to do.

By Patrick Madden

With city-wide elections less than two months away, the Districts board of elections and ethics is still short one member.

The D.C. Council rejected Mayor Fenty's choice to fill the spot reserved for someone from a minority party.

The council rejected Republica...

WASHINGTON (AP) D.C. police say they have made an arrest in a drive-by shooting last year that left two people dead and three others injured. Police say 18-year-old Paul Riggins has been charged with two counts of manslaughter in the October 2009 shooting in northeast D.C.

WASHINGTON (AP) A...