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Mizeur Collects $350K for Congressional Bid; Aruna Miller Raising Money for Possible House Run 04/17/2021 10:21pm • This content was republished with permission from WTOP’s news partners at Maryland Matters. Sign up for Maryland Matters’ free email subscription today. Heather Mizeur, the former state delegate and Democratic gubernatorial contender whose decision to challenge U.S. Rep. Andrew P. Harris (R $59 million available to low-income renters hurt by COVID-19 in Montgomery Co. 04/16/2021 11:00pm • More money is now available for Montgomery County, Maryland, renters hit hard in the wallet by the COVID-19 crisis. In its first two phases, the county's COVID-19 Rent Relief program provided more than $16 million to more than 4,000 low-income households. Now, the program has received a ca Montgomery Co. health officials lay out proposed regulations for graduation 04/16/2021 04:27pm • Montgomery County, Maryland's health officials and the County Council are working on coming up with guidance on graduation ceremonies, said Dr. Earl Stoddard, the director of the county's Office of Emergency Management and Homeland Security. On Tuesday, the council will hold a hearing and a vote DC police preparing for possible demonstrations related to outcome of Chauvin trial 04/16/2021 04:01pm • Police in D.C. are preparing for the outcome of the trial involving the officer accused of causing George Floyd's death, which sparked nationwide protests calling for police reform last summer. On Friday, the D.C. police said in a statement that while no long-term street closures are anticipated, Montgomery Co. holds J&J vaccine in storage, awaiting word from feds 04/15/2021 04:09pm • Officials in Montgomery County, Maryland, said the impact of the halt on Johnson & Johnson vaccines, amid reports of possible ties to blood clots, is expected to be lessened in the county by the presence of the other vaccines. County Health Officer Travis Gayles said the timing of the pause h Emancipation Day 2021: What's open, what's closed in DC 04/15/2021 09:24am • D.C. will mark Emancipation Day on Friday, April 16, commemorating an 1862 act signed by Abraham Lincoln which abolished slavery in the District, freeing over 3,000 people eight months before the Emancipation Proclamation. Several city services will be modified or closed outright. Here's an idea Mother of teen killed by trooper mourns 'awesome young man' 04/14/2021 10:14pm • COLLEGE PARK, Md. (AP) — A 16-year-old boy who was shot and killed by a Maryland State Police trooper was an honor student who loved cooking with his mother and spirited political debates at the family dinner table, the teenager's relatives said Wednesday. A written statement from the family do Fairfax Co. to move into Phase 2 as Northern Virginia expects to open up availability soon 04/14/2021 09:27pm • The latest Northern Virginia county to announce that it will move to Phase 2 with the rest of the commonwealth is Fairfax County. According to an emergency release on Wednesday, all individuals in the Fairfax Health District who are 16 or older will be eligible to schedule a vaccine appointment d Safety commission says 'urgency' needed from Metro in responding to incidents 04/14/2021 09:33am • A near collision, a runaway Metro train, trains running red signals, worker protection guideline violations — those are a few of the incidents the Washington Metrorail Safety Commission highlighted in its virtual April meeting Tuesday. The runaway train incident, which an official described as Md. housing advocates say relief funding alone won't stop evictions 04/14/2021 07:25am • This content was republished with permission from WTOP’s news partners at Maryland Matters. Sign up for Maryland Matters’ free email subscription today. Several tenant relief efforts failed in the last hours of the 2021 legislative session Monday, drawing condemnation from fair housing advoca DC-area health departments cancel appointments, switch vaccines after J&J pause 04/13/2021 03:22pm • D.C.-area health departments are canceling Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine appointments, after the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Food and Drug Administration's recommendation that it be put on hold because of safety concerns. After six reported cases of a rare and seve Emotions raw in session’s final hours, but Md. lawmakers hail the finished product 04/13/2021 01:38pm • This content was republished with permission from WTOP’s news partners at Maryland Matters. Sign up for Maryland Matters’ free email subscription today. For the third straight year, the Maryland General Assembly adjourned on Monday night without balloons or confetti — a nod to the serious n Hiring accounting & finance professionals: 6 trends to be aware of in 2021 04/13/2021 11:21am • This content is sponsored by Cordia Partners and Cordia Resources. When the COVID-19 pandemic hit the U.S., the public health crisis forced many businesses to transition their staff to a fully remote environment almost overnight. Employers pivoted operations quickly including recruiting in a v Sports betting deal approved overwhelmingly; Hogan likely to sign 04/12/2021 10:03pm • This content was republished with permission from WTOP’s news partners at Maryland Matters. Sign up for Maryland Matters’ free email subscription today. On the final day of the 2021 session, the Maryland legislature approved a plan to implement legalized sports wagering, voting overwhelmingly Runaway train on Metro's Red Line went unreported for weeks 04/12/2021 04:33pm • After an empty runaway train on the Red Line went unreported to managers, Metro's general manager is changing the rules on what incidents require an emergency response. Back on March 26, a Metro train stopped 100 yards short of the Rhode Island Avenue station platform, and passengers waited 90 mi