Category Archives: Local News

ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) - Sports betting would be allowed at Maryland's six casinos, horse racing tracks and potentially at a Washington Redskins stadium, under a measure the Maryland Senate approved Tues...

ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP/WMAL) - Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan announced Monday that he has formed a coronavirus response team to leverage the state's resources and expertise to respond to the outbreak. Hogan s...

WASHINGTON - Several people have tested positive for the new coronavirus in the nation's capital and the surrounding area.Over the weekend a senior leader of a prominent Episcopal church in Washington...

Heather Curtis WMAL.com. WASHINGTON (WMAL) – A day after three Montgomery County residents tested positive for Coronavirus after a cruise, county leaders said they have been preparing for this f...

ANNAPOLIS, Md. - Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan says he's submitting emergency legislation to tap extra money to prepare for a response to coronavirus. Hogan said Wednesday the measure would grant him auth...

WASHINGTON - Voters in Virginia's Democratic primary ranked health care as the most important issue facing the country, well above climate change, the economy, race relations, foreign policy and many ...

RICHMOND, Va. - Virginia is outlawing the discredited practice of conversion therapy for LGBTQ children. Conversion therapy is a practice used to try to change sexual orientation or gender identity. G...

RICHMOND, Va. - Former Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe and Richmond Mayor Levar Stoney had a good excuse for being late to a news conference for presidential hopeful Joe Biden: they were stuck in an ele...

U.S. Sen. Tim Kaine of Virginia is announcing his support for Joe Biden in the Democratic presidential primary, a show of support from a former vice presidential nominee ahead of next week's Super Tue...

ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) – Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan says he is submitting a $10 million supplemental budget to help make preparations for the new coronavirus disease. The governor outlined steps the...