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Washington Football Team to allow fans at FedEx Field next season 05/06/2021 02:49pm • The Washington Football Team on Thursday announced it intends to play its home games this season in front of fans at FedEx Field. Toward that end, the team is waiving all single-game ticket fees for the 24 hours after the NFL schedule is released on Wednesday, May 12, at 8 p.m., the team said in Rockville teen wins a spot for her art in the US Capitol 05/06/2021 02:48pm • Teenagers don't always tell you what they're feeling; often, they show you. And Rep. Jamie Raskin, of Maryland, said the challenges of the past year are evident in the artwork submitted in the 8th Congressional District's art competition. The 125 entries, he said, provide a window into the lives Prince George’s Co. extends hours at 3 vaccine clinics for weekend 05/06/2021 01:42pm • The Prince George’s County, Maryland, Health Department on Thursday announced that opening hours at three COVID-19 vaccine clinics in the county will be extended for the weekend. The Southern Regional Technology and Recreation Center, at 7007 Bock Rd., Fort Washington, and the Laurel-Beltsville Northam plans to lift Va. capacity restrictions June 15 05/06/2021 12:28pm • Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam said he is planning to lift all capacity limitations for businesses on June 15 if the current trend of falling COVID-19 case numbers continues. Northam made his announcement at a news briefing Thursday. “If our COVID case numbers keep trending down and our vaccina DC unemployment benefits system to be audited after complaints system failed 05/06/2021 08:24am • The District of Columbia's Inspector General will audit D.C.'s Department of Employment Services, in response to complaints of technical glitches and poor communication, resulting in struggling unemployed workers going weeks or months without income. In a joint oversight roundtable, D.C. Councilm Continuing History of Nurses on the Front Lines 05/06/2021 12:00am • RNs at the forefrontNurses are being rightfully hailed for their steadfast commitment to patient care in the era of COVID-19. But the pandemic is far from the first time nurses have served on the front lines -- and it won't be the last. (Eventually look for nurses providing patient care in space.) H To Meet Biden's Clean Energy Target, Solar Jobs Must Grow Fourfold 05/06/2021 12:00am • President Joe Biden, as part of his infrastructure proposal, reiterated a campaign goal of reaching 100% carbon-free or clean electricity throughout the U.S. by 2035. Establishing a workforce will be a necessary step in reaching those goals, and according to a new report, more than 900,000 workers How to Become an Attorney Specializing in Labor and Employment Law 05/06/2021 12:00am • Labor and employment law is a rapidly evolving and highly contested area of law, so much so that the U.S. Supreme Court routinely issues groundbreaking rulings related to this field. Because the workplace is an environment where disputes often occur and where questions about fairness loom large, la Pandemic's Impact on the Nursing Profession 05/06/2021 12:00am • The COVID-19 pandemic made an immediate impact on the nursing profession. Some nurses suffered devastating health consequences. Many nurses dealt with excessive on-the-job stress, well-founded fears of becoming infected and grief over seeing patients succumb to COVID-19 while isolated from their fa How COVID-19 Vaccination Improved Nurses' Workdays 05/06/2021 12:00am • A work routine involving daily exposure to COVID-19 can only be described as stressful. Concern for sick patients and colleagues, fear of contracting the virus and infecting loved ones has made worklife extremely challenging for everyone working on the health care front lines. Below, three nurses s DC ban on dancing at weddings sends couples and venues scrambling 05/05/2021 10:32pm • May is peak wedding season in D.C. but a new coronavirus order released by D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser makes it hard for the happy couple to celebrate. As of May 1, dancing is not allowed at any wedding in the District. Under the new order released last week, the city will permit venues to host even Appointments no longer needed at Md.'s mass vaccination sites 05/05/2021 05:14pm • Maryland residents no longer need appointments to get COVID-19 vaccinations at any of the state's 13 mass vaccination sites. Gov. Larry Hogan made the announcement during Wednesday's Board of Public Works meeting. Nine of the sites had already been offering walk-ups. "Walk-ups have been an Montgomery Co. on Memorial Day COVID-19 vaccine goal: 'We'll see where we are' 05/05/2021 04:59pm • Montgomery County Executive Marc Elrich is expressing some hesitancy about meeting a goal set by Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan of having enough people in the state vaccinated to "get things back to normal by Memorial Day." Speaking to reporters during a weekly media briefing Wednesday, Elrich said, " Tuition and fees go up for Maryland university system 05/05/2021 03:33pm • The University System of Maryland on Wednesday approved an increase in tuition and fees for the upcoming school year. The Board of Regents voted in favor of an increase that the university said in a statement would average 2% for in-state undergraduates and 5% for out-of-state undergraduates, as Celebrating Asian American Pacific Islander Heritage Month 05/05/2021 02:25pm • This content is sponsored by Whiteford, Taylor & Preston LLP. May is Asian American Pacific Islander (AAPI) Heritage Month, and the timing is helpful with Asian-American discrimination continuing to rise.  According to a report by the Center for the Study of Hate and Extremism at California