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Super Bowl food favorites cost more to prepare this year 02/11/2022 09:30am • Calling an audible is part of any football game — fans planning on making Super Bowl food favorites may need to make game-day decisions, thanks to inflation and food supply shortages. Bottom line: You'll likely pay more this year to prepare your family-famous Championship Chili or Mean Green Gu Prince William school board to vote on suspending staff vaccine mandate 02/11/2022 07:14am • 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. A resolution to suspend Prince William County Schools’ vaccination or testing mandate for all staff will go for a vote next week. Stafford County School Board votes to roll back mask mandate 02/11/2022 06:15am • The school board in Stafford County, Virginia, has voted to end its mask mandate. In a 5-2 vote Thursday, the Stafford County School Board decided to make face masks optional beginning on Feb. 22. The move comes after school board members voted 5-2 on a plan to continue the mask mandate on Jan Maryland's school board to watch COVID-19 data 'with optimism' before removing mask policy 02/11/2022 01:00am • In response to Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan's request to dump the current school mask policy, the state's school board says it will continue to watch "with optimism" current COVID-19 metrics before making a final decision.  In a letter sent to WTOP Thursday night, President Clarence Crawford said t The 14 Best National Parks in California 02/10/2022 07:00pm • California's geographical diversity is by far its greatest asset. It's rare that in one state you can hit up the beach, hike mountains, explore dense forests and wander through the desert. But in California, it's all possible. And often, you don't have to travel far to get from one landscape to the Who’s failing to follow through with COVID-19 booster shots 02/10/2022 05:19pm • The push to make COVID-19 vaccinations available across all racial and ethnic communities appears to be working — but booster shots could use a boost among some groups, according to the head of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. “We have been able to have equal vaccination rates Montgomery County likely to drop indoor mask mandate soon, but officials urge caution for schools 02/10/2022 04:27pm • Officials in Montgomery County, Maryland, said on Thursday they expect the county’s indoor mask mandate to expire Feb. 21 in light of improving COVID metrics, but that masking in schools is a separate decision governed by the Maryland State Department of Education. Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan ask Fairfax Co. schools update mask exit ramp, as Va. mask-optional bills advance 02/10/2022 03:24pm • Fairfax County Public Schools announced its plans "to safely scale back layered prevention measures," Thursday, as Virginia's House of Delegates readies to vote on a bill that gives families the ability to opt-out of COVID-19 mask mandates issued by school systems. In a posting on its website, FC Fairfax Co. schools move graduation ceremonies out of DC because of vaccination requirement 02/10/2022 03:06pm • Fairfax County Public Schools, Virginia's largest school system, has opted to keep graduation ceremonies out of DAR Constitution Hall in D.C. as originally planned because of the District's COVID-19 vaccination requirement. In defense of the move, a spokeswoman said Fairfax County Public Schools Here's why mask mandates are falling across the US 02/10/2022 02:50pm • As the omicron wave of the coronavirus subsides, several U.S. states and cities have lifted mask mandates for schools and indoor businesses. The White House says talks are underway about how and when to move the country out of the pandemic's emergency phase. The CDC still recommends masks in i DC launches digital COVID-19 vaccination record portal 02/10/2022 12:56pm • D.C. has launched a new web-based Digital Vaccine Record portal, which is aimed at giving District residents better access to their official COVID-19 vaccination records. The Digital Vaccine Record portal shows the same information as your paper vaccine card issued by the Centers for Disease Cont Hogan asks Md. board of education to end mask policy 02/10/2022 11:05am • Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan on Thursday asked the state board of education to dump its mask policy, citing improved health metrics and vaccine availability for kids. In a statement, Hogan claimed there was "growing consensus among medical professionals, parents and bipartisan state officials" for d Virginia House to quickly take up school mask issue 02/10/2022 06:20am • Virginia House Speaker Todd Gilbert promised Wednesday that the state's House of Delegates would vote as soon as possible on a bill that gives families the ability to opt-out of COVID-19 mask mandates issued by school systems. "Kids can't wait any longer," said Gilbert, R-Shenandoah. Gilbert's Prince George's Co. school board member resigns, announces run for Md. Senate 02/09/2022 09:42pm • One of the elected members of the Prince George's County Board of Education says she's resigning. Raaheela Ahmed, 28, served on the district's school board for the past five years. She's stepping down, effective Feb. 19, to run for the Maryland Senate seat, currently held by incumbent Ron Watson. DC Public Schools has filled few COVID coordinator, full-time substitute teacher positions 02/09/2022 09:33pm • D.C. Public Schools on Wednesday provided the council with hiring updates for its COVID coordinator and full-time substitute teacher roles in city schools. City officials said the school system has hired COVID coordinators in 24 schools and full-time substitute teachers in 27 schools, leaving 181