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Maryland universities approve 3 percent tuition hike as college costs rise across region
Matt Connolly
Published: Thu, May 16, 2013
Maryland's state universities announced that in-state undergraduate tuition would rise by 3 percent, the same amount as the past three years. That means local students at the system's flagship College Park campus will pay $9,161 in tuition and fees next year, up from $8,908 this past year....
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Pennsylvania casino owner makes surprise casino bid in Maryland
Matt Connolly
Updated: Wed, May 15, 2013
Greenwood Racing's bid to build a Parx Casino in Fort Washington came as a surprise to many following Maryland's gambling saga, but company officials say the move had always been in the cards. "We've had our eye on the Prince George's County area going back almost 15 years," Greenwood CEO...
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Prince George's County exec wants waiver for county's residency requirement
Matt Connolly
Published: Tue, May 14, 2013
Prince George's County Executive Rushern Baker is asking for an exemption to a law passed seven months ago mandating that appointees to county boards and commissions live within the county. In a proposal submitted to the council Tuesday, Baker requested that he be allowed to appoint Public...
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Maryland sees horse-racing renaissance as casino cash pours into tracks
Matt Connolly
Published: Sat, May 11, 2013
With the 138th Preakness Stakes set to run on Saturday, Maryland casino revenue is keeping the state's once-flagging horse racing industry afloat the other 364 days of the year. Horse racing is a storied tradition in the Free State, dating to the colony's founding in 1633. While the industry...
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Black voting rate surpassed white voting rate in 2012, Census says
Matt Connolly
Updated: Wed, May 8, 2013
Washington-area blacks and whites voted at about the same rate in 2012, while nationally African-Americans voted at a higher rate than whites for the first time since the U.S. Census began tracking voting by race in 1996, according to data released Wednesday. About 67.2 percent of eligible...
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D.C. sets tourism record with 19m visitors in 2012
Matt Connolly
Published: Tue, May 7, 2013
The District set a new tourism record last year with more than 18.9 million visitors, an increase of 5.5 percent from 2011, according to statistics released Tuesday by the city tourism bureau. Travel to D.C. contributed $4.8 billion to the local economy in 2012, a 3.1 percent increase from the...
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Tourists flock to D.C. despite sequester closures
Matt Connolly
Published: Tue, May 7, 2013
Visitors to D.C. in the past few months have arrived to find fewer open attractions than they were expecting due to both politics and sheer force of nature. The Washington Monument was closed to visitors in 2011 after the Virginia earthquake caused structural damage. The iconic obelisk, now...
