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Arlington County gets $20.6M federal grant for coronavirus response 05/20/2020 09:20am • Health care workers wait to swab for samples at a drive-thru coronavirus collection site in Arlington, Va., Thursday, March 19, 2020. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) The Arlington County Board accepted a $20.66 million federal grant Monday to bolster the county's coronavirus response programs. Hogan: Md. sending 10,000 tests, other supplies to support local testing efforts 05/20/2020 02:23am • Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan announced Wednesday that the state is rolling out "universal" coronavirus testing for inmates and staff at all state-run correctional and juvenile, the latest in a series of moves to expand COVID-19 testing. The Maryland Department of Health will work with the Department What's allowed, what's not in Anne Arundel Co. as Md. aims to reopen 05/14/2020 06:30pm • St. Anne's Episcopal Church is seen in the distance from Main Street in Annapolis, Md., Tuesday, March 31, 2020. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh) More from: Prince George's County | Montgomery County | Calvert County | Charles County With Maryland looking to start easing pandemic-related restri 'It's a big problem': Lt. Gov. Fairfax calls for task force to examine pandemic's racial disparities 05/14/2020 03:05pm • FILE — In a Monday, Jan. 20, 2020 file photo, Virginia Lt. Gov. Justin Fairfax speaks during the ninth annual wreath laying and ceremony at the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial in Washington. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana, File) As Virginia Lt. Gov. Justin Fairfax works to ensure the health of Hogan: Maryland to relax stay-home order starting May 15 05/13/2020 10:31pm • Fish Taco restaurant workers talk to a customer, left, in front of the restaurant in Bethesda, Md., Monday, May 11, 2020. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta) Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan said Wednesday that the stay-at-home order originally put in place to deal with the coronavirus pandemic would be lif Can broadband keep up with demand during the pandemic? 05/13/2020 03:30pm • FILE — Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee ranking member Sen. Maria Cantwell, D-Wash., asks a question during a hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Feb. 5, 2020. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh) The coronavirus pandemic has led to unprecedented demand for broadband inte Union airport workers at Reagan National demand coronavirus protection 05/12/2020 02:57pm • (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=9be9c680-c459-4acb-af21-654a2ccca384';cnx.cmd.push(function() {cnx({playerId: "9be9c680-c459-4acb-af21-654a2ccca384",mediaId: '5f51a56f-4fe8-4f42-a56b-24eb92b64c10' }).render("2146153635a55159");}); Dozens of union airport workers formed US Customs seize shipments of counterfeit PPE, unapproved COVID-19 drugs 05/11/2020 01:20pm • U.S. Customs and Border Protection have been seizing shipments of counterfeit personal protective equipment and unapproved substances said to be medications for COVID-19 in the area. The Baltimore Field Office of the CBP said in a statement Monday that last week they seized a shipment of 1,200 Li Unexpected result of working from home? Survey says some feel closer to their co-workers 05/11/2020 09:26am • Staffing firm Robert Half says 27% of office workers currently working at home said they actually feel closer to their coworkers now. (Getty Images/iStockphoto/Ridofranz) An unexpected side effect of so many Americans working remotely is that some people say they actually feel closer to their co Obama lashes out at Trump in call with supporters 05/09/2020 07:11pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — Former President Barack Obama harshly criticized President Donald Trump’s handling of the coronavirus pandemic as an “absolute chaotic disaster” during a conversation with ex-members of his administration, according to a recording obtained by Yahoo Northam lays out more details for Virginia's Phase 1 reopening 05/08/2020 04:53pm • A woman wearing a face mask walks past a sign in a store window during the COVID-19 pandemic in Arlington, Virginia, on Tuesday, May 5, 2020. (Photo by Olivier Douliery/AFP via Getty Images) Virginia is still looking to enter Phase One of its reopening blueprint on May 15, and Gov. Ralph Northam Bowser: Opening DC eateries 'makes no sense' when more people are dying 05/08/2020 01:57pm • D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser joins other District officials as they provide an update on the financial forecast in regards to the COVI-19 pandemic on Friday, April 24, 2020. (Photo by Toni L. Sandys/The Washington Post via Getty Images) "It makes no sense" to open up D.C. restaurants while people ar Md. schools stay closed for rest of academic year; Hogan offers hope on 'Phase One' of reopening 05/07/2020 02:31am • Maryland schools will remain closed for the rest of the academic year, the state's schools superintendent announced Wednesday. And, during the briefing, Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan also shared updates that the state appeared to be on track to begin "Phase One" of his reopening plan, possibly as soo Northam: Virginia's Phase I plan 'a floor'; localities can seek changes 05/07/2020 01:13am • Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam said Wednesday that while he's still confident that the commonwealth can enter Phase I of lifting COVID-19-related safety restrictions May 15, he described the relaxed restrictions as "the floor," and that if localities want to keep some restrictions, they might be able t Maryland launches portal to connect medical equipment suppliers and buyers during coronavirus crisis 05/06/2020 09:13am • Maryland has launched an online portal to connect the suppliers of medical equipment, such as  masks and gloves, with buyers during the coronavirus crisis, Gov. Larry Hogan announced Tuesday. The Maryland Manufacturing Network Supplier Portal is an online platform where companies that manufactur