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Howard U. to begin 'hyper care' approach to student housing concerns 10/26/2021 05:05am • In response to a student protest that has gone on for weeks, the administration at D.C.'s Howard University said Monday it was beginning a policy of ���hyper care��� in regards to health and cleanliness in student housing. In a statement released by Cynthia Evers, vice president of student affair Howard students continue to protest: 'Demands are not demanding' 10/25/2021 04:56am • Howard University students are nearing their third week of protests at the Blackburn University Center with cold weather and rain approaching the tents that students have transformed into a home. More than 12 days before #BlackburnTakeover began taking root on the Northwest D.C. campus and across Hundreds arrested during ongoing climate protests around DC 10/14/2021 10:05pm • Demonstrators with climate change-focused protest groups turned out around the District Thursday, with large banners and fake oil, as part of ongoing protests against a perceived lack of action on the issue of climate change. The Extinction Rebellion protest is one of many in a weeklong string of BGE will be the first utility in Maryland to use biogas from anaerobic digesters 10/13/2021 12:04pm • The view from the top of Bioenergy Devco's anaerobic digestion facility in Jessup, which is slated to reach full operation by spring. Baltimore Gas and Electric Company gained approval to use biogas from the facility in its distribution system, making it the first utility to do so in the state. (Co Maryland does not display Native American COVID-19 data 10/05/2021 05:28pm • ANNAPOLIS, Md. ��� Lumped into the ���Other��� racial and ethnic category, American Indians and Alaska Natives are effectively invisible on Maryland���s state website for COVID-19. More than 120,000 people who identify as Native American live in Maryland, but without public-facing numbers of COVI Dozens of new Maryland laws to take effect on Friday 09/30/2021 04:14am • Dozens of new laws passed in the 2021 Maryland legislative session will take effect on Friday. The bills cover a variety of topics ranging from police reform ��� which was at center stage this year ��� to racial equity and gun sales. Overall, 771 bills were passed this year in the Maryland Genera DC business leaders consider ways to boost visitors, dollars to downtown area 09/24/2021 02:18am • D.C. business leaders logged into a video call Thursday to discuss ways to increase the number of people and dollars back into the downtown area. DowntownDC Business Improvement District President and Executive Director Neil Albert reported figures showing low hotel bookings, fewer restaurant res Experts, police share ideas for boosting public safety in DC's LGBTQ community 09/23/2021 05:14am • To counter violence against D.C.'s LGBTQ community members, Mayor Muriel Bowser's Office of LGBTQ Affairs discussed recommendations to improve public safety during a Wednesday night forum. Members of D.C. police's LGBT Liaison Unit and leaders of nongovernment agencies involved in helping victims AAA: Travel insurance growing in popularity due to COVID-19 09/22/2021 06:33pm • People are traveling more these days than in the days before the pandemic, and while travel bookings are up, a AAA survey has found that because of COVID, there's also a growing interest in travel insurance. AAA travel bookings have jumped 11% compared to bookings in 2019. More Travel 11 charter schools in DC will give admissions preference to at-risk students 09/18/2021 09:48pm • Eleven charter schools in D.C. plan to offer admissions preference to students who are homeless, receive assistance, in foster care or who are a year older for their grade. The At-Risk Preference Approval and Monitoring Policy was created by DC Public Charter School Board to give at-risk students DC Mayor Bowser holds summit on maternal and infant health 09/15/2021 09:49pm • D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser kicked off the city's fourth-annual summit Wednesday on Maternal and Infant Health. The summit's aim is to spread the word about the importance of prenatal care and the wellness of moms and babies. Bowser started opening day with a panel discussion on the state of mate Need help with rent or utilities? Check out the STAY DC program 09/13/2021 11:30am • This content is sponsored by DC DMPED. Assistance with rent and utilities is still available after The District achieves a federal milestone for Emergency Rental Assistance. Restaurants and other public spaces may be easing their COVID restrictions, but that doesn���t mean the impacts of the p Citing diversity concerns, Hogan asks nominating committee for Education Oversight Board to reopen applications 09/10/2021 09:50pm • This content was republished with permission from WTOP���s news partners at Maryland Matters. Sign up for Maryland Matters��� free email subscription today. Citing concerns about a lack of diversity in the slate of nominees selected for the Blueprint for Maryland���s Future���s accountability boa USM students are largely following vaccine mandates, but some question lack of system-wide policies 09/10/2021 02:09pm • This content was republished with permission from WTOP���s news partners at Maryland Matters. Sign up for Maryland Matters��� free email subscription today. More than 90% of students, faculty and staff at most of Maryland���s colleges have complied with COVID-19 vaccine mandates this fall semester, More than 230 journals warn 1.5��C of global warming could be 'catastrophic' for health 09/05/2021 08:10pm • Human health is already being harmed by the climate crisis, and the impacts could become catastrophic and irreversible unless governments do much more to address global warming, the editors of more than 230 medical journals said in a joint editorial Monday. The editorial points to established lin