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Md. schools stay closed for rest of academic year; Hogan offers hope on 'Phase One' of reopening 05/07/2020 02:31am • Maryland schools will remain closed for the rest of the academic year, the state's schools superintendent announced Wednesday. And, during the briefing, Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan also shared updates that the state appeared to be on track to begin "Phase One" of his reopening plan, possibly as soo Northam: Virginia's Phase I plan 'a floor'; localities can seek changes 05/07/2020 01:13am • Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam said Wednesday that while he's still confident that the commonwealth can enter Phase I of lifting COVID-19-related safety restrictions May 15, he described the relaxed restrictions as "the floor," and that if localities want to keep some restrictions, they might be able t Billion-dollar Md. education reform faces another hurdle — the pandemic 05/06/2020 11:12pm • Maryland's ambitious $4 billion per year education bill that passed the General Assembly early this year has another hurdle to overcome: the coronavirus public health emergency. As first reported by The Washington Post, Gov. Larry Hogan has until Thursday to decide whether to veto The Blueprint f Some state agencies pause access to public information during COVID-19 pandemic 05/06/2020 09:38pm • This content was republished with permission from WTOP’s news partners at Maryland Matters. Sign up for Maryland Matters’ free email subscription today. Do inmates in Maryland prisons have access to the hand sanitizer they’ve been making at their work training program? Does the department Coronavirus update: DC tourism revenue nose-dives amid pandemic 05/06/2020 08:30pm • A man crosses a quiet street in Washington, Monday, April 13, 2020. D.C. is under a stay-home order for all residents in an effort to slow the spread of the new coronavirus. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky) Tourism revenue and visitor spending in the District has nose-dived since the coronavirus cris Getting on a plane: Changes ahead for air travelers 05/06/2020 08:20pm • The number of people flying on commercial flights has dropped to the lowest level since the 1950s, and when passengers resume getting on planes in larger numbers, the experience will be fundamentally different than it was just a few months ago. Major airlines recently began requiring passengers t Why COVID-19 is also a mental health pandemic 05/06/2020 01:25pm • This content is sponsored by Greenbrook TMS. Since the COVID-19 pandemic began, Americans have been watching the numbers of those infected rise daily. Fear of COVID-19 causing physical harm or even death has become a real, daily concern. COVID-19 has disrupted our normal routines, impaired acces Downtown DC economy operating at 10% of pre-emergency level 05/06/2020 10:19am • As seen through glass, people walk past a coffee shop counter closed in response to the coronavirus outbreak, Wednesday, April 1, 2020, in Washington. The District of Columbia has issued a stay-home order for all residents as the number of positive infections from the new coronavirus continue to ri Shoe donations help frontline employees get off on the right foot 05/06/2020 09:08am • Hoping to get frontline employees off on the right foot, a pair of local shoe companies is donating thousands of high-performance running shoes to people who are working to protect everyone during the pandemic. The 5,000 shoes are being donated by Pacers Running and Potomac River Running Store, w DC passes third coronavirus relief bill, expanding rent increase ban 05/06/2020 04:36am • Nursing homes in D.C. will be required to report staffing shortages, and food delivery services will have their compensation capped under the third COVID-19 emergency relief bill the D.C. Council passed Tuesday. Under the new legislation, long-term care facilities are required to provide daily stat Jerry Seinfeld debuts new standup comedy routine in Netflix special '23 Hours to Kill' 05/06/2020 12:19am • Jerry Seinfeld appears in the new Netflix standup comedy special "Jerry Seinfeld: 23 Hours To Kill." (Netflix) Before we entered the "bizarro" world of coronavirus, Jerry Seinfeld was scheduled to perform at The Hall @ Live! Casino & Hotel in Arundel Mills, Maryland, on July 10. It's DC-area episcopal bishops set plans for resuming public worship 05/05/2020 11:40pm • Episcopal churches in the D.C. area, including the Washington National Cathedral, are making plans for an eventual return to public worship, based on guidance from civic leaders and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The Episcopal bishops of Maryland, Virginia and D.C. said there wil DC nurse reflects on 50 years in the profession and how it's changed 05/05/2020 10:11pm • Colleagues help nurse Lucille Lynch (holding flowers) celebrate 50 years of service to MedStar Washington Hospital Center with a cake, flowers and balloons back in January. (Courtesy Washington Hospital Center) Wednesday is National Nurses Day, and a nurse who has spent more than 50 years ca Amid drop in crime, DC moves forward with summer crime prevention 05/05/2020 06:11pm • Violent crime is down across the board in D.C., yet an annual push to reduce gun violence in targeted neighborhoods is kicking off. Compared to this time last year, violent crime as a whole is down 7%, according to D.C. police data updated daily. The data show sex abuse incidents have fallen 27% Bay Bridge cashless tolling system to go live May 12 05/05/2020 12:19pm • The Chesapeake Bay Bridge's all-electronic tolling system will go live on May 12, weather permitting, state officials announced Tuesday, fulfilling the state's goal of making bridge access cashless by this summer. The permanent cashless tolling system includes three through lanes that will allow