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How Having Multiple Children in College Affects Financial Aid 03/10/2021 12:00am • The cost of sending multiple children to college could more than double for some families as a result of recent changes to the way the Free Application for Federal Student Aid, or FAFSA, calculates financial aid eligibility when siblings are enrolled simultaneously, experts say. Housed within the C Maryland lifts capacity limits for restaurants, effective Friday 03/09/2021 11:24pm • State capacity limits on dining in Maryland are being lifted at 5 p.m. on Friday. But during a news conference Tuesday, Gov. Larry Hogan said that restaurants and bars will still be limited to seated and distanced service only. The state is also lifting capacity limits on retail businesses, re Legislating in the Pandemic: ‘The quiet is so loud’ 03/09/2021 09:21pm • A Maryland state flag waves near the state house on the morning of the first day of the state's 2020 legislative session, Wednesday, Jan. 8, 2020, in Annapolis, Md. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez) This content was republished with permission from WTOP’s news partners at Maryland Matters. Sign up for M PHOTOS: Biden visits oldest hardware store in DC 03/09/2021 06:10pm • President Joe Biden stepped into D.C.’s oldest hardware store Tuesday to talk about a change he made to the Paycheck Protection Program to benefit small businesses. The W.S. Jenks & Son hardware store in Northeast D.C. is a recipient of the PPP program. Besides being the oldest hardware store Is it your turn for a COVID-19 vaccine? To find out, it’s best to begin close to home 03/09/2021 05:42pm • COVID-19 vaccine supplies are expected to become more plentiful in the near future, and locations to distribute it are growing. But there may be some confusion on who is eligible for the shot, and that depends on where you get vaccinated. Virginia For example, in Virginia, different groups of fron ‘Forward progress’ — Northam touts Va. vaccine distribution 03/09/2021 05:15pm • Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam on Tuesday touted the commonwealth’s “forward progress” on getting residents vaccinated against COVID-19, saying the state was on pace to have every adult vaccinated by the summer. Noting that the state’s first COVID-19 case was a year ago last Sunday, and the DC opens up millions in added funding to support child care centers 03/09/2021 04:59pm • Any working parent will likely call child care essential to going back to work, and D.C. is ensuring that providers have the financial help they need to stay in business. The District is allocating $10.7 million to a new grant program that will offer financial relief for licensed child care cente How the pandemic has reduced DC traffic, by the numbers 03/09/2021 04:47pm • While the pandemic has no doubt led to heavy traffic on The Information Superhighway, the flip side of that is lighter traffic on the regular superhighways — especially around D.C. Traffic analytics company Inrix has published its 2020 global traffic scorecard, and it lends hard data to what th Md. to hold walk-through for potential mass COVID-19 vaccine site in Montgomery Co. 03/09/2021 04:29pm • Montgomery County, Maryland, health officials say they are one step closer to a mass COVID-19 vaccination site opening at the Germantown campus of Montgomery College — but it likely won't be until April, at the earliest, that the site gets up and running. Dr. Earl Stoddard, director of the Offi Teachers, parents weigh in on DC Public Schools teacher retention and funding 03/09/2021 03:25pm • Teachers and parents are sounding off to the D.C. Council about their needs and expectations from D.C. Public Schools as the challenges of learning through the pandemic continue. Of the nearly 200 residents testifying during a D.C. Council Oversight hearing, parent Elizabeth Mitchell echoed the d Cardboard cutouts of fans come to life for Virginia Tech basketball 03/09/2021 03:02pm • If you’ve been watching any Virginia Tech basketball, you may have noticed something different happening in the stands. During recent Virginia Tech basketball games, if you look in the stands, you may see rows of fans, side by side. But in this pandemic age, the only fans sitting that close COVID-19 mass vaccination site to open in Alexandria 03/09/2021 02:33pm • A new COVID-19 mass vaccination site is opening in Alexandria, Virginia, and officials said Tuesday it will be able to administer thousands of doses a day. The site, located at 5001 Eisenhower Avenue, is a joint partnership between Alexandria, Fairfax County and Inova Health System, which is base MCPS warns against spring break travel during pandemic 03/09/2021 08:58am • Montgomery County public school students in Maryland should hang tight before they hang 10 on a spring break trip during the coronavirus pandemic. In a letter to parents, MCPS warned against nonessential travel and cited Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and Maryland Department of Health Naval Academy to start vaccinating midshipmen this week 03/09/2021 08:49am • The U.S. Naval Academy will administer the COVID-19 vaccine as early as this week. The Department of the Navy gave the Annapolis, Maryland-based academy the go-ahead to administer vaccines to midshipmen, with the first doses expected this Thursday. Summer training programs are set to begin in Delaware is reviewing new federal guidance on COVID rules 03/09/2021 08:45am • DOVER, Del. — The state of Delaware says it’s reviewing new federal guidance that eases restrictions for those who are fully vaccinated against COVID-19. The Delaware Division of Public Health told the Delaware State News on Monday that it will determine how to incorporate the federal guidanc