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DC to offer pre-K and kindergarten students weekly COVID tests, plans to implement test-to-stay 01/10/2022 01:39pm • D.C. will make rapid antigen COVID tests available to pre-K and kindergarten students and staff on a weekly basis, schools Superintendent Christina Grant said Monday, a move intended to further curb the spread of the virus and keep schools open. In addition to testing children when they return fr Md. assembly’s COVID-19 protocols restore public access to legislative complex, limit streaming 01/10/2022 11:33am • The House of Delegates meets for a voting session during the 2021 special session. The General Assembly’s 2022 regular session will be more publicly accessible than last year’s regular session in some ways, including the re-opening of chamber galleries to the public. (Maryland Matters/Danielle How to get the biggest tax refund in 2022 01/10/2022 07:30am • Most taxpayers receive a tax refund, and maximizing that refund is always useful. But this year, taking those steps may be particularly important. Many families accustomed to a sizable refund may be surprised to see their refund reduced or eliminated because they already received advance child ta Weekday Metrobus service moves to Saturday schedule 01/10/2022 05:41am • Metro reduces Metrobus service by roughly 25%, starting Monday, because of rising absenteeism due to COVID-19 illness and exposure. Here are the bus changes, according to Metro: Metrobus will reduce service on weekdays to a Saturday schedule with additional trips on some routes, which is rou DC announces end of pandemic-related utility moratorium 01/10/2022 04:03am • D.C.'s Office of the People's Counsel announced that a pandemic-related utility moratorium would end Monday, Jan. 10, following days of severe winter weather and growing positive case rates across the country. The moratorium was initially extended through the public health emergency declared by M Howard Co. quick EMS, COVID-19 surge alert may happen again, officials say 01/10/2022 12:07am • Howard County, Maryland, activated its EMS Surge Plan late on Sunday, and discontinued it an hour later. Officials in the county said that those types of alerts could happen again as first responders navigate COVID-19. The alert, which moved the county to EMS Surge Level I, was activated to encou Montgomery Co. parents raise concerns about school system's COVID response 01/09/2022 07:28pm • Montgomery County Public Schools discarded its formula for deciding when the school system turns to virtual learning. Sunday, some parents, students and teachers urged the school system to not bring students back to class yet. During a virtual town hall meeting, county councilmember Tom Hucker he What to Know About Flu Shots 01/09/2022 07:00pm • Since the arrival of the novel coronavirus pandemic, the word "vaccine" has been almost exclusively associated with the shots that have been found highly effective in preventing severe illness and death from COVID-19. But there are still many other kinds of vaccines that should stay on your radar as Virginia vaccination coordinator steps down from his job 01/09/2022 04:19pm • RICHMOND, Va. — Dr. Danny Avula has stepped down from his position overseeing Virginia's vaccination efforts during the COVID-19 pandemic. The Richmond Times-Dispatch reports that Avula said he has taken on other responsibilities in the Virginia Department of Health and returned to his position DC restaurants prepare to require diners for proof of vaccination 01/09/2022 03:41pm • Starting Jan. 15, restaurants and bars in D.C., along with several other types of businesses, will be required to check that their customers are vaccinated. Impacted businesses have been preparing for this since it was announced in December, and at Chef Geoff’s in Northwest D.C., that has invol COVID-19 shortages force Va. health dept. to scale back vital records call center operation 01/09/2022 01:39pm • Virginia Department of Health officials announced that their Office of Vital Records is scaling back call center operations that help provide people with critical records due to COVID-19 related staffing issues. A statement from the office said that the shortages were caused, in part, by a number Bowser: Testing program success proves 'mandate' from DC families 01/09/2022 09:07am • As D.C. students are slated to return to in-person classes this week, Mayor Muriel Bowser said schools navigating COVID-19 test-to-return programs have shown a mandate from parents to keep kids learning. WTOP asked Bowser about her test-to-return program in the District, recent winter weather tha Montgomery Co. schools report 10,000 COVID-19 cases ahead of policy change 01/09/2022 07:48am • Montgomery County, Maryland, public schools reported more than 10,000 COVID-19 cases ahead of their first classes of 2022. Montgomery County Public Schools said that all but 11 schools remained in-person, though 126 schools have since crested above the county's "red" COVID-19 designation. The White House, Treasury announce DC rental assistance and energy funding 01/09/2022 03:19am • Coronavirus concerns pushed legislators to create a third wave of financial assistance for citizens — dubbed the American Rescue Plan by President Joe Biden and congressional Democrats. This same bill is set to provide all jurisdictions in the D.C. area energy assistance and to boost the Distri Chinese immigrant attacked in NYC dies months later 01/08/2022 10:55am • NEW YORK (AP) — A Chinese immigrant who was brutally attacked in April while collecting cans in East Harlem has died of his injuries, and his case is now deemed a homicide, police said Saturday. Yao Pan Ma, 61, died Dec. 31, police said. His attack drew national attention as part of a rise in a