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Bowser on COVID-19 restrictions in DC: No return to normal until kids are back in school 09/04/2020 03:50pm • D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser suggested Friday she isn't in any rush to lift any further coronavirus restrictions — for at least the next few months. "I think we all, as a city, need to be focused on getting kids back to school on Nov. 9, and we shouldn't expect life to go back to normal until kids Virginia lawmakers approve absentee voting measures 09/04/2020 03:39pm • RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Virginia lawmakers have given final approval to legislation aimed at making absentee voting easier in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic. A bill approved Friday calls for the state to prepay postage and provide drop boxes for absentee ballots. The House of Delegates a Bowser names her pick for DC's new fire chief 09/04/2020 12:15pm • Assistant Fire Chief John Donnelly speaking at a news conference Sept. 4, 2020. (Courtesy D.C. mayor's office) D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser has named her pick for D.C.'s new fire chief. Bowser is nominating Assistant Chief John Donnelly to take over the D.C. Fire and EMS Department, she announced Some Md. businesses foresee little change with Phase Three reopening 09/04/2020 11:36am • As coronavirus restrictions are set to relax further across most of Maryland under the state's Phase Three reopening plan, some businesses are not expecting much of a change. Bars and restaurants were limited to 50% capacity under Phase Two, and Phase Three, which goes into effect at 5 p.m. Frida Pelosi, Mnuchin informally agree on plan to avoid government shutdown 09/04/2020 10:51am • House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin have reached an informal agreement to avoid a government shutdown at the end of the month, a source familiar with the discussions confirmed to CBS News. The two agreed that any legislation to keep the government open past the Sept. 30 Albemarle County Confederate statue to be removed Sept. 12 09/04/2020 08:33am • CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. — Another Confederate statue is slated for removal in Virginia. This one is outside the Albemarle County courthouse in Charlottesville. The Daily Progress reported Thursday that the removal is scheduled for Sept. 12. The Board of Supervisors had voted in August to rem Rise in coronavirus cases forces University of Maryland to suspend sports training 09/04/2020 06:01am • The University of Maryland suspended all training activities after 46 student-athletes tested positive for the coronavirus. The students are on 10 different sports teams on campus, according to a news release. The cases are the most reported within Maryland Athletics since the university began Tips for parents trying to support young adults missing out on college 09/03/2020 10:56pm • Pandemic restrictions mean some young adults who typically might be in college learning to live independently find themselves living at home instead. A Maryland counselor has advice for parents helping their children develop a sense of control over their own lives. "Be mindful that you don't want Tensions flare as Virginia lawmakers debate police reforms 09/03/2020 06:20pm • RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Tensions flared as Virginia lawmakers took up a series of reforms that Republicans denounced as anti-police and Democrats insisted are long overdue. The House of Delegates advanced more than a half-dozen police reform bills Thursday. They included legislation to prohibit th Virginia college provides vending machines with free masks, sanitizer 09/03/2020 04:36pm • RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Students returning to campus this fall will find vending machines stocked full of snacks and sodas as well as personal protective equipment. The machines located throughout Richmond-based Virginia Commonwealth University are filled with masks and hand sanitizer. They'll soo Anne Arundel County to remain in Phase Two of COVID-19 restrictions 09/03/2020 03:57pm • Anne Arundel County, Maryland, will not enter Phase Three of the lifting of COVID-19 restrictions yet, County Executive Steuart Pittman announced Thursday. In a statement, Pittman cited recent increases in case rates and in percentage of coronavirus tests that came back positive, and said that cu Northam pushes for overdue electric bill forgiveness 09/03/2020 01:45pm • RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam wants Dominion Energy to forgive unpaid residential electric bills by taking $320 million that regulators say the company previously overcharged. The governor is pushing for new budget language requiring the state’s largest electric monopoly to Loudoun Co. library board leader resigns amid day care flap; Randall asks he reconsider 09/03/2020 12:50pm • The head of the Loudoun County Library Board of Trustees has resigned hours after WTOP quoted his anger over the Board of Supervisors' decision to use two of the Virginia county’s libraries as day care facilities for county employees during the COVID-19 pandemic. Chairman Denis Cotter confirmed Prince George's County will not enter Phase Three of COVID-19 restrictions 09/03/2020 11:19am • Prince George's County, Maryland, will not move into Phase Three of the lifting of COVID-19 restrictions, County Executive Angela Alsobrooks said Thursday. On Tuesday, Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan announced that counties could move into Phase Three, which allows the opening of virtually all business Montgomery County Public Schools tops Forbes' local list of best employers for women 09/03/2020 11:15am • Forbes Magazine’s third-annual America’s Best Employers for Women list ranks Montgomery County Public Schools highest in the D.C. region for female employees. Forbes’ rankings this year are based on surveys of 75,000 Americans, 45,000 of which were women, working for large employers with mo