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Virginia sues 'predatory' Arlington towing company 06/25/2020 08:47am • Virginia Attorney General Mark Herring is going "toe to tow" with a towing company accused of predatory and illegal practices. In a lawsuit, Herring alleges that Arlington-based Advanced Towing Company, LLC,��violated Virginia and Arlington County towing code provisions, resulting in towing condu Where the pandemic is exacerbated by a housing crisis ��� and vice versa 06/25/2020 08:41am • In front of CASA's Langley Park headquarters, children from the neighborhood express their views on housing issues. (Courtesy CASA) This content was republished with permission from WTOP���s news partners at Maryland Matters. Sign up for��Maryland Matters��� free email subscription��today. Th Montgomery County says more community testing events are coming soon 06/24/2020 04:29pm • Montgomery County, Maryland, is planning additional testing events that will focus on ZIP codes that have seen a high number of coronavirus cases. County Executive Marc Elrich said Wednesday that the county is currently focusing on spreading awareness about the continued need for face masks and s MGM National Harbor will reopen June 29 06/23/2020 09:19am •   MGM National Harbor reopens at 6 a.m. June 29. (Photo by Sarah L. Voisin/The Washington Post via Getty Images) MGM National Harbor, Maryland's largest casino, joins Live! Casino & Hotel, the state's second-largest, in setting a June 29 re-opening date for the general public. MGM 'No contact, no problem': DC aerospace engineer develops coding kit for kids during pandemic 06/23/2020 05:55am • Aisha Bowe, left, founder and CEO of STEMBoard, and Danielle Regis, director of product at Lingo, teamed up to design an at-home coding kit for kids ages 13 and up. (Credit: Wes Hicks at WEH Pictures) Like many around the country, D.C. aerospace engineer Aisha Bowe spent much of the last few mon Advocacy group shares ideas to better help immigrant communities impacted by COVID-19 06/23/2020 05:00am • Cases of COVID-19 are disproportionately impacting some D.C.-area Latino communities. In Fairfax County, Virginia, for example, where the Latino population is 16.2%, Latinos make up 61.8% of COVID-19 cases. "We're definitely, sadly leading the charge in infection rates," said Dr. Michelle LaRu CDC to conduct COVID-19 survey house-to-house in Manassas area 06/21/2020 09:03am • This article was written by WTOP���s news partner��InsideNoVa.com��and republished with permission. Sign up for��InsideNoVa.com���s free email subscription��today. As part of its COVID-19 response, the Centers for Disease Control will be conducting a survey in communities in Manassas, Manassas Pa Inspectors canvass Montgomery County before Phase Two of COVID-19 reopening 06/18/2020 10:56am • Heather Detrick speaks with an employee of a hair salon in Montgomery County, Maryland. (Courtesy Montgomery County Department of Housing and Community Affairs, Housing Code Enforcement) As Montgomery County, Maryland, gets ready for Phase Two of its reopening Friday, some county workers are chi Over 40,000 pounds of ground beef recalled due to E. coli concerns 06/14/2020 12:51pm • A New Jersey company is recalling nearly 43,000 pounds of raw ground beef products because they may be contaminated with E. coli O157:H7, the US Department of Agriculture's Food Safety and Inspection Service announced Saturday. The raw ground beef products produced by Lakeside Refrigerated Servic Prosecutors to drop charges against man shot with stun gun by Fairfax Co. police 06/11/2020 10:11pm • FAIRFAX, Va. (AP) ��� Prosecutors are dropping charges against an African-American man shot by a Fairfax County, Virginia police officer with a stun gun. Authorities said La Monta Gladney was the victim when Fairfax County police officer Tyler Timberlake, who is white, shot him with a stun gun la Elrich: Montgomery County likely to enter Phase Two 'sometime next week' 06/10/2020 02:14pm • Montgomery County Executive Marc Elrich said Wednesday that if the latest trends on COVID-19 hold, the county would be "likely" to enter Phase Two of the lifting of safety restrictions "sometime next week." Elrich made the announcement on the county government���s Facebook page Wednesday just aft The importance of pronouns in the workplace 06/08/2020 03:26pm • This content is sponsored by Whiteford, Taylor & Preston LLP. Right now, employees may be experiencing anxiety and feeling excluded as result of Stay-at-Home Orders issued in various states to address the coronavirus pandemic.�� These feelings may linger once those Orders are lifted and we re Md. offers support for long-term care staff experiencing 'feelings of desperation' 06/04/2020 09:45pm • Working with COVID-19 patients who die takes a toll on caregivers, so Maryland is making a concerted effort to offer mental health support to staff in nursing homes and long-term care facilities. ���We���re providing lots of different types of assistance,��� said Dr. Aliya Jones, deputy secretary Prince William schools reject FOIA request for superintendent's Twitter messages 06/04/2020 04:43am • This article was written by WTOP���s news partner��InsideNoVa.com��and republished with permission. Sign up for��InsideNoVa.com���s free email subscription��today. Prince William County Public Schools rejected a request by the Board of County Supervisors to provide more than 20,000 private messag Modernizing defense logistics management using low-code automation 06/03/2020 09:24pm • This content is sponsored by Appian. The U.S. Marine Corps��� product information management systems, like many other legacy mainframe systems, have hit the upper limits of what they are capable of. These are some of the oldest systems in the Marine Corps, so the service decided to try something