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Survey results capture DC teachers' pandemic struggles, successes 03/18/2021 01:31am • More than 1,000 D.C. teachers took an online survey in late January and early February asking how they and their students have handled the pandemic, and the results are in. Teachers from 185 schools shared their thoughts, including teachers from every D.C. public school and most of the city's pub 9 Best Pharmaceutical Stocks to Buy for Income 03/18/2021 12:00am • Drugmakers have consistent operations in any environment.In 2020, for obvious reasons, there was a lot of attention on the pharmaceutical industry. While a few stocks like Moderna (ticker: MRNA) and Pfizer (PFE) have jumped thanks to their COVID-19 vaccines, long-term investors should be more intere The Future of Housing in the Biden Administration 03/18/2021 12:00am • As is the case with many policy topics, when President Joe Biden was inaugurated on Jan. 20, many began to wonder how housing would be impacted under a new president. How will existing plans change and new issues be addressed, particularly as it relates to the affordability crisis exacerbated by th Pandemic Stripped 54 Million From the Global Middle Class, While Adding 131 Million to the Poverty Rolls 03/18/2021 12:00am • The coronavirus pandemic erased a year of growth in global living standards while also setting back progress on reducing poverty by several years, the Pew Research Center reported on Thursday. Using World Bank estimates of where the global middle class stood before the pandemic struck more than a y 1st of Md. town hall series addressed vaccine concerns of Latino community 03/17/2021 11:40pm • A virtual town hall series designed to generate confidence in the COVID-19 vaccines kicked off Tuesday in Spanish with members of the Maryland Latino community. It is part of the Maryland State Health Department's GoVax program, which encourages all Marylanders to protect themselves, their famili Va. expands COVID-19 vaccine pool through pharmacies 03/17/2021 07:13pm • Virginia is widening COVID-19 vaccine eligibility during Phase 1B thanks to a federal program that is sending doses directly to pharmacies nationwide. The Department of Health said partners with the Federal Retail Pharmacy initiative will start offering appointments to people between ages 16 to 6 COVID-19 relief package funds child care initiatives in Maryland 03/17/2021 06:14pm • While many Marylanders are beginning to see bigger bank account balances due to checks received from the $1.9 trillion American Rescue Plan, they will also begin to see more funding for child care. "It has been projected that Maryland could end up losing over 78,000 licensed child care spots over Loudoun Co. to offer in-person learning 4 days a week next month 03/17/2021 05:10pm • The public schools in Loudoun County, Virginia, will offer in-person instruction four days a week to students currently enrolled in hybrid learning. The school system announced the move Wednesday afternoon, adding that students whose families chose distance learning for the second semester will n Bowser: All DC residents, workers should preregister for vaccine 03/17/2021 04:51pm • D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser announced Wednesday that everyone who lives or works in the District should preregister for the COVID-19 vaccine, even if they aren’t currently eligible. In a statement from her office, Bowser called on residents to help friends, family and neighbors who need assistance What's going on with Montgomery Co.'s mass vaccination site? 03/17/2021 04:00pm • County leaders plan to open large-scale vaccination site on the Germantown campus of Montgomery College. (Courtesy Montgomery College) Amid conflicting messages about a proposed COVID-19 mass vaccination site in Montgomery County, officials there insist a new vaccine site will open on the German Northam releases plans for in-person graduations in Va. 03/17/2021 03:57pm • Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam on Wednesday unveiled a tentative plan for in-person graduations at schools, colleges and universities in the commonwealth. The plans have been reviewed with education officials, Northam’s office said in a statement, and are expected to be made official April 1, when Marymount U. to return to in-person learning in fall 03/17/2021 03:11pm • Marymount University, in Arlington, Virginia, will return to full in-person learning for the fall semester. The university said in a statement Wednesday that it would also offer “a return to a more ‘normal’ college experience for students in regards to resident life, athletics, campus activ DC launches interactive dashboard tracking COVID-19 in schools 03/17/2021 02:41pm • D.C. is offering parents a look at the data used to track COVID-19 cases in kids who are attending school through an online dashboard. "The dashboard will become more interactive in the next week or two, but here we just highlight the total number of cases we have seen," said D.C. Health Director Dolcezza reopens gelato shop in Dupont Circle 03/17/2021 01:29pm • Popular local gelato and coffee shop chain Dolcezza, which closed several locations last year amid pandemic lockdowns and restrictions, has reopened its Dupont Circle location and has declared March 19 “Survival Day.” The Dolcezza location in Dupont Circle joins shops in Bethesda Row, CityCen 9:30 Club ticket truck mobilizes to collect donations for Capital Area Food Bank 03/17/2021 11:19am • 9:30 Club is mobilizing a truck to collect food donations for the Capital Area Food Bank. (Courtesy IMP) In 2019, concert promoter I.M.P. mobilized a former food truck to sell 9:30 Club tickets. Little did the company know that it would be sidelined due to the looming COVID-19 pandemic.