A legislative review of Gov. Bob McDonnell's proposal to get Virginia out of the liquor business says profits from the sale have been overstated by tens of millions of dollars.

The Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission report says McDonnell's staff painted too rosy a picture when it...

Here are a few resources to check out before traveling this holiday weekend:

AIRPORT: TSA guide for travelers

How to get through the lines faster

Related WAMU story: "Passengers React To Airport Security Measures"

METRO: WMATA's Web site says Metro will operate on a Sunday...

Amtrak expects today will be its heaviest travel day of the year. On this day before Thanksgiving, Amtrak estimates rail ridership to be as high as 127,000 passengers and says it will operate every available passenger rail car in its fleet.

Travelers heading to the train station in the nort...

New security measures -- and public reaction to them -- threatened to slow down holiday travel at airports. But at Reagan National Airport, that hasn't panned out, and it hasn't prevented people from traveling.

An ABC-Washington Post poll found that about two-thirds of people don't object t...

One of three police officers arrested in an ongoing Prince George's County public corruption investigation has been released.

Police Sgt. Richard Delabrer, a 22-year veteran of the Prince George's County Police Department is home for the holiday after pleading "not guilty" in federal court...

As families gather to give thanks and our thoughts turn to those less fortunate, commentator Terri Lee Freeman, president of The Community Foundation for the National Capital Region, suggests it's time to extend the giving season far beyond the winter holidays:

The table's been set, the rel...

In Virginia, several federal lawmakers and Gov. Bob McDonnell say they left a discussion with Defense Secretary Robert Gates feeling a little bit better about the impact military spending cuts will have on Virginia's economy.

It's not clear whether the discussion will change Gates' plans....

D.C. Mayor Adrian Fenty has proposed his plan to fix the city's budget deficit. The District must close a $188 million gap before the end of the fiscal year, and city lawmakers have just a few weeks to finalize the spending plan.

Like all his other budgets, Fenty's spending plan avoids any...

Maryland is designing a Sept. 11 memorial to be dedicated in Baltimore next fall on the 10th anniversary of the terrorist attacks. And the state is now in possession of an artifact from the World Trade Center that will serve as the focus of the display.

The artifact -- three steel beams fus...

From MarylandReporter.com:

HARRIS CAMPAIGN WORKERS Republican Congressman-elect Andy Harris and Democratic Rep. Donna Edwards, unlike other Maryland congressional candidates, did not provide health insurance, cover payroll taxes or pay for unemployment insurance for their campaign workers,...