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Maryland's acting health secretary responds to county leaders' request for vaccine transparency 02/10/2021 06:00pm • Maryland Acting Health Secretary Dennis Schrader sent a response to county and municipal leaders who asked Gov. Larry Hogan for more transparency in the state's vaccination allocation process. In a letter to officials at the Maryland Association of Counties, Schrader said, "We urge every county l Bowser, Hogan, Northam ask for dedicated COVID-19 vaccines, support for federal, Metro workers 02/10/2021 05:48pm • The leaders of D.C., Maryland and Virginia are asking the federal government to set aside COVID-19 vaccines, supplies and sites for federal workers and contractors, as well as Metro workers. The letter from D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser, Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam and Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan is ask 'Chaos and confusion' in vaccine rollout prompts question: What is fair? 02/10/2021 04:22pm • COVID-19 vaccinations are steadily on the rise across the D.C region — but so is frustration about booking an appointment. A little over 1.5 million people across D.C., Maryland and Virginia have received shots in the arm since COVID-19 vaccine doses supplied by the federal government first sho Delayed fall, spring sports in Anne Arundel County schools to start up again 02/10/2021 03:30pm • Fall and spring sports that were delayed at Anne Arundel County Public Schools because of the coronavirus pandemic will start back up again. AACPS announced that fall sports canceled last year will start with tryouts and practices Feb. 16. Tryouts and practices for spring sports will start April WTOP Top Kid: Fairfax teen helps feed first responders and food-insecure families 02/10/2021 02:50pm • WTOP Top Kid Lucas Davila sits with the Rustic Love Vienna heart signs his family's nonprofit makes. (Courtesy Laura Goyer) One sophomore at George C. Marshall High School in Fairfax County, Virginia, has been spending the pandemic going all-in on efforts to help his community. A key cause fo Virginia man shares 'very, very confusing' process with helping his mom book vaccine appointment 02/10/2021 02:19pm • A Sterling, Virginia, man shared his experience with trying to make a COVID-19 vaccination appointment for his 84-year-old mother. Nick Nylec told WTOP that scheduling an appointment for his mother was too complicated, and that something needs to change to help seniors navigate the process. Fairfax Co. approves $2K pandemic bonuses for county gov't employees in 'high-risk' jobs 02/10/2021 11:51am • Editor's note: The hazard pay bonuses are for county government employees only.  Fairfax County will provide one-time $2,000 hazard pay bonuses to county government employees who have worked through the coronavirus pandemic in "high-risk" positions. The bonuses were unanimously approved by th More than 20% of VMI cadets are in isolation or quarantine 02/10/2021 10:58am • LEXINGTON, Va. — The Virginia Military Institute has experienced a spike in coronavirus cases that has led more than 20% of its cadets to be in isolation or quarantine. The Roanoke Times reports that the school reported having 131 cases on Tuesday, with 128 of those cases involving cadets. That Loudoun Co. superintendent maps path to expand in-school learning 02/10/2021 08:44am • As Loudoun County families who chose the hybrid learning model plan to have all grades back in school two-days-per week by March 3, public schools interim Superintendent Scott Ziegler is looking further into the future to the possibility of expanding in-person learning in the Virginia school system. DC hopes to give local businesses a boost with energy plan 02/10/2021 08:24am • The District launched a new cost-cutting energy plan Tuesday designed to lessen the burden on the city's local businesses during the coronavirus pandemic. Under the "District Buying Power" plan, local businesses can join together to form larger buying groups, which in turn lets them buy energy at Charles Co. delays bringing Phase 2 students back 02/10/2021 08:20am • After a night of tension between Charles County education officials and school leaders, the Maryland county's school board voted to delay bringing Phase 2 students back to classrooms so teachers could be fully vaccinated. Charles County schools will enter Phase 2 on March 22 — three weeks after Budget, pandemic relief on agenda as Virginia lawmakers head to special session 02/10/2021 06:28am • Virginia lawmakers will return in a special General Assembly session on Wednesday, after their regular session came to an end earlier this week. Though the Virginia General Assembly technically adjourned on Monday with Republican members wanting to limit work to 30 days, Gov. Ralph Northam ordere 7 Pharmaceutical Stocks Working on a Vaccine 02/10/2021 12:00am • Multiple vaccines have been authorized, with others still in the works.The creation of a vaccine during the pandemic in a matter of months instead of years was unprecedented. Now the race is on to distribute billions of doses from multiple manufacturers quickly enough to stem the tide of the virus. Southern, Western State Residents Less Willing to Get COVID-19 Vaccine 02/10/2021 12:00am • High percentages of Americans in some Southern and Western states say they will either probably not or definitely not get a COVID-19 vaccine when it is available to them, according to recent data from the U.S. Census Bureau. Data released in late January through the bureau's biweekly Household Pulse 5 Reasons to Keep Paying Federal Student Loans During the Pandemic 02/10/2021 12:00am • A lengthy reprieve from paying a student loan bill with no penalty? What could beat that? Last month, the Biden administration announced that coronavirus pandemic relief originally enacted under the CARES Act in March 2020 will be extended, giving most federal student loan borrowers additional bill