Search

Virginia launches call center to help with vaccination preregistration 02/17/2021 04:36pm • Virginia has added a dedicated call center to go with its newly-launched preregistration website to help residents who either don't have internet access or are struggling to get a COVID-19 vaccine appointment. Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam announced that the call center — which has around 750 peo Plan calls for Charles Co. students to return to in-person learning April 19 02/17/2021 04:21pm • The Charles County school board will vote Monday on a plan to bring back the remaining students who have opted for in-person learning on April 19. Superintendent Kimberly Hill has recommended that the board approve the plan. About the 8,000 students who have opted for in-person learning would Montgomery Co. teachers union issues 'lack of confidence' vote for MCPS reopening plan 02/17/2021 03:34pm • The Montgomery County teachers union has expressed concern over the reopening plan approved by board of education officials in Maryland's largest school district, calling it "inadequate." During an emergency meeting Wednesday, the Montgomery County Education Association overwhelmingly passed a la Baltimore will lift one-hour dining limit on restaurants 02/17/2021 02:47pm • Baltimore will lift its one-hour limit on restaurant visits starting next week, Mayor Brandon M. Scott announced Wednesday. Scott said the limit, instituted as part of an effort to reduce the spread of Covid-19 in public spaces, will be removed thanks to improving coronavirus metrics. He noted Ba Bowser declares DC gun violence a public health crisis in new order 02/17/2021 01:21pm • Gun violence in D.C. is a public health crisis, Mayor Muriel Bowser said Wednesday, and she's forming an emergency operations center to combat it. "This is a level of violence that we haven't seen in more than a decade," Bowser said. "And the homicide trends are disturbing." "But we know that Sorry, car fans: No DC Auto Show this year 02/17/2021 09:58am • A view of the 2020 Washington, D.C. Auto Show. (WTOP/John Aaron) There will not be a Washington, D.C. Auto Show this year, organizers of the annual event said Wednesday, citing uncertainty about hosting large events amid the coronavirus pandemic. The yearly car show — which normally draws t Dentists, med students can give COVID-19 vaccines in Va. 02/17/2021 03:47am • In Virginia, dentists will be among those eligible to administer COVID-19 vaccines after Gov. Ralph Northam signed new legislation into law that expands the eligibility of health care workers who can administer vaccines during the pandemic. The law will expand the pool of those who can administer Religious leaders unveil $150M plan to vaccinate Black, Latino churchgoers across US 02/16/2021 09:56pm • A $150 million plan to vaccinate 106 million African American and Latino churchgoers across the country against COVID-19 was unveiled Tuesday at Mount Zion Baptist Church in D.C. Rev. Anthony Evans, president of the National Black Church Initiative, said his coalition of 150,000 African American Panel agrees: Racial equity in DC requires more work 02/16/2021 08:15pm • Local elected leaders, business advocates, scholars and nonprofits participated in a panel discussion Tuesday on better ways to reach racial equity in D.C. John Falcicchio, the deputy mayor of planning and economic development (DMPED), hosted the session as part of his weekly update on recovery d Some seniors frustrated with new Md. vaccine appointment call center 02/16/2021 07:00pm • Getting a vaccine appointment in Maryland is not an easy task for some seniors. While the state opened a new vaccine appointment call center to create greater access, whether callers get through on the phone seems entirely up to chance. Aimed at seniors who don't have internet access, Maryland's How DC-area Catholic schools are faring with in-person learning 02/16/2021 06:31pm • Catholic schools' efforts to welcome students back to classrooms exemplify the challenges many D.C.-area districts have faced: balancing reopening schools with teacher and student safety. The schools in the Diocese of Arlington, which include 37 parish schools, four high schools, three preschool Taxes may be offset by diaper, feminine hygiene donation 02/16/2021 05:10pm • A Maryland bill would allow deductions of up to $1,000 from state income tax for donations of diapers or feminine products to a qualified charitable organization starting in tax year 2021. Because of the coronavirus pandemic, there is a heightened demand for diapers and feminine hygiene products, Homeowners, renters in Md. struggling with payments during pandemic 02/16/2021 04:09pm • Many homeowners and renters continue to fall behind on monthly payments during the COVID-19 pandemic, and now there's a renewed push to ensure they don't lose their homes or get evicted. Maryland has one of the highest foreclosure rates in the country, according to Sen. Chris Van Hollen, who is h Most Marylanders due state relief payments could see money by Friday 02/16/2021 03:45pm • Most of the low-income Maryland residents due for state stimulus payments of $300 and $500 under a new relief package signed Monday by Gov. Larry Hogan could see that money by Friday, state Comptroller Peter Franchot said Tuesday. Maryland began processing stimulus payments Tuesday morning. Franc Virginia's pandemic rent relief program gets $160M boost; mortgage relief program going away 02/16/2021 02:20pm • Virginia is getting more than half a billion dollars in new federal housing assistance, and is immediately putting $160 million of it toward the state's rental relief program, which aims to save renters from a "rent cliff" of unpaid bills during the COVID-19 pandemic. Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam