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Vaccine mandates in schools will be hard sell, experts tell Md. lawmakers 08/31/2021 11:26am • This content was republished with permission from WTOP���s news partners at Maryland Matters. Sign up for��Maryland Matters��� free email subscription��today. As many students across Maryland return to school this week while the delta variant continues to drive the state���s COVID-19 case rates h Prince George���s Co. schools discuss COVID-19 vaccination, testing during Md. Senate meeting 08/31/2021 08:50am • Maryland lawmakers met to discuss how to better protect kids in the classroom as a new school year starts amid an uptick in coronavirus cases ��� and looked to one of the state's largest school systems for guidance. Monica Goldson, Ed.D., the CEO of Prince George's County Public Schools, spoke be Here's how to help Afghan refugees 08/28/2021 06:34am • ▶ Watch Video: What's next for Afghan refugees? Since the Taliban's takeover in Afghanistan earlier this month, organizations across the globe have worked to address the country's growing humanitarian emergency. As the U.S. scrambles to evacuate American citizens and its allies, Defens Virginia health care systems to require vaccinations for staff 08/26/2021 05:06am • Two health care systems that provide care to people in Virginia are requiring their employees to be vaccinated. UVA Health and Sentara both announced the requirement Wednesday. ���These vaccines will save lives, prevent unnecessary sickness and help us ensure we have the capacity to provide th 'Every day it���s increasing': Md. nonprofit sees more help flowing to renters 08/06/2021 09:35am • Eviction pauses are in place, but for renters who are behind, the clock is still ticking. One Maryland group that helps people apply for rent relief payments says renters should hang in there. ���These applications are taking a long time to process,��� said Mary Hunter, director of the housing Hogan: Md. to require state employees to get vaccinated or be tested regularly 08/05/2021 02:28pm • Maryland will require state employees working in congregate facilities to be vaccinated or submit to regular COVID-19 testing and mask-use beginning Sept. 1, Gov. Larry Hogan announced Thursday. Hogan said the measures will impact state employees in 48 facilities, including: health care facilitie Md. Democrats press US senators to pass voting rights legislation 08/04/2021 08:57am • This content was republished with permission from WTOP���s news partners at Maryland Matters. Sign up for��Maryland Matters��� free email subscription��today. U.S. Senate Democrats joined with dozens of state legislators at a rally outside the U.S. Capitol Tuesday afternoon, demanding that the Se Alsobrooks seeks ���immediate��� state review of school board ethics report 08/03/2021 10:10pm • This content was republished with permission from WTOP���s news partners at Maryland Matters. Sign up for Maryland Matters��� free email subscription today. Prince George���s County Executive Angela D. Alsobrooks (D) has asked the state���s top school officials to�� ���immediately��� review ethic Federal employee unions react as COVID-19 protocols shift 07/30/2021 10:18am • Rising cases of coronavirus around the country have the federal government tweaking COVID-19 protocols, and unions are drawing lines in the sand. The Biden administration recently changed COVID-19 guidelines regarding face coverings, recommending masks indoors, regardless of vaccination status, i Officer shoots woman in Fairfax Co. group home 07/20/2021 10:40am • Fairfax County Police Chief Kevin Davis. (Fairfax County Police Department via YouTube) A woman is in stable condition after being shot by a Fairfax County, Virginia, police officer on Monday evening. The shooting occurred at a group home before 5:30 p.m. in Gosport Lane, near Ravensworth Ele Controversial Rockwool factory melting rocks, set to start shipping 07/05/2021 08:45am • Three years after neighbors were surprised to hear that ground had been broken in a former apple orchard in Jefferson County, West Virginia, to build a 24-hour-a-day insulation factory — prompting heated opposition and several legal challenges — the Denmark-based Rockwool company is set DC Council votes to ban sale of flavored tobacco, menthol cigarettes 06/29/2021 09:37pm • The D.C. Council on Tuesday voted to ban the sale of flavored tobacco and menthol cigarettes. It���s the second passage for the bill, which means it goes to the desk of Mayor Muriel Bowser. The vote was 8 to 5, with council members raising questions about how the ban will be enforced, as well Public gets chance to weigh in on police bodycam transparency bill in Montgomery Co. 06/21/2021 03:20pm • Lawmakers in Montgomery County, Maryland, are outlining the next steps in a body-camera transparency bill sparked by the treatment of a 5-year-old boy who was briefly handcuffed and berated by county police officers last year. Members of the public are set to weigh in Tuesday afternoon on a bill 3 'Bs' that can help men enjoy longer lives 06/21/2021 03:55am • From berries, beans and broccoli to cholesterol, sugar and blood pressure, a Northern Virginia doctor has advice for men that he hopes will help them live longer. June is Men���s Health Month and Dr. Jason Singh, of Kaiser Permanente in Manassas, wants to raise awareness about the need for men to US triples vaccine donations to Taiwan as the island battles an outbreak 06/19/2021 10:19pm • The United States is more than tripling its vaccine allocation to Taiwan, as the island battles a Covid-19 outbreak and resists pressure from Beijing to take China's homegrown inoculations. Washington has shipped 2.5 million Covid-19 vaccine doses to Taipei, the US State Department spokesperson N