Steve Contorno

Updated: Sun, May 12, 2013

Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell on Monday will ceremoniously sign into law the signature legislative achievement of his four-year term: a historic transportation funding package that will raise taxes to pay for much-needed roadwork on the state's congested highways. The Republican leader will sign...

Andy Brownfield

Published: Mon, Apr 15, 2013

Maryland Lt. Gov. Anthony Brown met with federal transportation officials Monday in hopes of securing funding for the proposed Purple and Red light rail lines. Brown outlined to U.S. Department of Transportation officials the state's new transportation funding bill -- which includes a new...

Steve Contorno

Updated: Fri, Mar 22, 2013

Virginia Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli said Friday that critical provisions of a transportation-funding plan and a planned expansion of Medicaid are not legal, raising the possibility that two of the General Assembly's biggest achievements could be killed before they take effect. In a legal...

Andy Brownfield

Published: Fri, Mar 22, 2013

ANNAPOLIS -- Marylanders would pay about 4 cents more per gallon under a contentious transportation plan passed by the Maryland House of Delegates on Friday. The House passed the plan -- which includes the gradual phasing in of a wholesale gas tax and tying the state's 23.5 cent per gallon...

Andy Brownfield

Published: Wed, Mar 20, 2013

ANNAPOLIS -- Smoking in a vehicle with a child under the age of 8 would be prohibited under a bill passed by the Maryland Senate on Wednesday. The measure would fine a driver or passenger in a vehicle with a child up to $50 if he or she is found to be smoking tobacco in the vehicle. It would...

Andy Brownfield

Published: Wed, Mar 20, 2013

ANNAPOLIS -- All passengers in a motor vehicle would be required to wear a seat belt under a bill given preliminary approval by Maryland's state Senate on Wednesday. The bill repeals an exemption that allowed minors under 16 years of age to be belted in with another child. It would prohibit...

Steve Contorno

Updated: Fri, Mar 15, 2013

Terry McAuliffe, the Democratic candidate for governor in Virginia, lashed out Friday at Republican Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli for threatening to use his office to block the historic transportation package that passed the General Assembly last month. During a sitdown Thursday with...

Kate Jacobson

Published: Thu, Feb 28, 2013

Montgomery County's deer managers told county lawmakers Thursday that their efforts to reduce the ever-growing deer population are not working as well as expected. Sharpshooters have bagged 30 deer during each controlled hunt in Sligo Creek and Rock Creek parks, but those efforts aren't...

Eric P. Newcomer

Updated: Thu, Feb 28, 2013

Driving in the District is a high-price hassle: burning gasoline while stuck in traffic, feeding hungry parking meters and now tracking the ever-watchful traffic cameras waiting to make you pay up if you slip up. If it seems like city leaders want to get cars off the road in the nation's...

Steve Doty

Updated: Wed, Feb 27, 2013

H Street residents had a chance Tuesday night to voice their concerns over and support for the H Street Streetcar project.