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Shakespeare Theatre Company salutes the Bard's best villains 02/05/2021 12:41am • We all know William Shakespeare's most iconic heroes, from Romeo to Hamlet. Now, it's the bad guy's turn. Shakespeare Theatre salutes the Bard's best baddies in "All the Devils Are Here: How Shakespeare Invented the Villain," which is available to stream now through July 28. "I had the Montgomery County holds public hearing on removing police officers from schools 02/04/2021 10:56pm • More than two dozen people spoke both for and against a bill that would remove police officers from Montgomery County, Maryland, public schools. A virtual public hearing was held Thursday night in front of the Montgomery County Council. The bill would stop the police department from deploying Biden OKs disaster declaration related to tropical storm 02/04/2021 04:00pm • ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — President Joe Biden has approved a disaster declaration for Maryland and ordered federal assistance for recovery efforts in areas affected by Tropical Storm Isaias in August. The White House said Thursday federal funding will be available to state and local governments and Text of Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan's State of the State address 02/04/2021 04:59am • Below is the full text of Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan's State of the State address. 2021 State of the State Address As Prepared for Delivery Wednesday, February 3, 2021 Maryland State House, Annapolis Although it seems like a lifetime ago, just a year has passed since we last gathered with m Prince George's Co. task force provides pandemic recovery update 02/04/2021 04:13am • A task force helping Prince George's County, Maryland, tackle pandemic-related problems and emerge stronger detailed its recent achievements and ongoing challenges Wednesday. County Executive Angela Alsobrooks created the Prince George's Forward Task Force eight months ago. During a Zoom meeti DC completes final short-term family housing site 02/03/2021 10:33pm • The last of the short-term family housing sites that were part of a plan to end homelessness and to close a massive shelter in D.C. has been completed. Mayor Muriel Bowser, along with the Department of Human Services and the Department of General Services, celebrated the completion of The Terrell Hogan’s State of the State: More resilient than ever 02/03/2021 09:41pm • Watch the State of the State address: This content was republished with permission from WTOP’s news partners at Maryland Matters. Sign up for Maryland Matters’ free email subscription today. Gov. Lawrence J. Hogan Jr. (R) touted the state’s vaccine plan and urged state lawmakers to q DC-area planning board slams Hogan administration plan for widening Capital Beltway, I-270 02/03/2021 08:01pm • This content was republished with permission from WTOP’s news partners at Maryland Matters. Sign up for Maryland Matters’ free email subscription today. One week after the Maryland Department of Transportation unveiled its plan to add four high-occupancy toll lanes to portions of two Montgo Montgomery County to prioritize COVID-19 vaccine doses by ZIP code 02/03/2021 05:27pm • Officials in Montgomery County, Maryland, say they are putting the finishing touches on a plan to make sure communities hardest-hit by the coronavirus have access to COVID-19 vaccines by allowing residents age 75 and older from certain ZIP codes to move to the front of the line for appointments. Loudoun Co. students to return to in-person learning, some by mid-February 02/03/2021 09:39am • Virginia's Loudoun County School Board approved a plan that will bring kindergarten through fifth grade students — whose parents chose hybrid learning — back to school buildings no later than Feb. 16. In addition, middle and high schoolers whose parents previously opted-in to the hybrid mode DC teachers want school safety walk-throughs, threaten strike 02/02/2021 05:55pm • On the first day back to school for about 9,000 D.C. Public Schools students, the Washington Teachers' Union said some buildings did not meet the safety fixes the District agreed to make — and now teachers are threatening to strike. Union President Elizabeth Davis said that because teachers fou Fauci expects COVID-19 vaccine rollout to improve in weeks 02/02/2021 05:25pm • The COVID-19 vaccination rollout has been off to a "shaky start" in the U.S., according to Dr. Anthony Fauci. But Fauci, the director of the National Institute for Allergy and Infectious Diseases, is optimistic about the near future. "You will see, in the next few weeks, a much bigger escalation Indoor dining ban in Montgomery Co. could end soon; council member 'blown away' by vaccine disparities 02/02/2021 03:03pm • Montgomery County, Maryland, could soon restart indoor dining amid a decline in coronavirus cases — becoming the last jurisdiction in the state to do so — but officials stress they still don't think it's a safe option. A draft executive order to allow indoor dining limited to 25% starting nex DC's Potomac Phil declares early spring but more political gridlock 02/02/2021 10:30am • As snow flurries descended down onto the Dupont Fountain in D.C.'s Dupont Circle Tuesday, a tradition unlike any other continued in a virtual way. Potomac Phil, the District's stiff yet mysterious groundhog, emerged from his slumber to give his annual prediction on the political and natural clima WATCH: Groundhog Day festivities in Gobbler's Knob 02/02/2021 06:16am • It’s Groundhog Day! The spectacle that is Groundhog Day at Gobbler’s Knob in Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania, still went on, but because of the coronavirus pandemic, it was all virtual. And guess what: There will be six more weeks of winter Punxsutawney Phil predicted as he emerged from his burro