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Coronavirus updates: DC announces 1st COVID-19 death; Maryland reports 2nd death 03/21/2020 02:11am • The latest Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan announced that a second person has died from COVID-19. The patient was a Baltimore County man in his 60s who had underlying medical conditions. Hogan is also calling on spring break travelers to self-quarantine for 14 days and avoid people over age 60. U.Va. now conducting its own coronavirus testing 03/20/2020 05:56am • The University of Virginia has started its own coronavirus testing program. According to University of Virginia health officials, the university is currently testing about 20 patients per day and hopes to raise that number to at least 80. There is a national shortage of nasal and throat swabs Amazon donates $1M to DC-area coronavirus efforts 03/19/2020 09:35am • FILE - In this July 27, 2018 file photo, the logo for Amazon is displayed on a screen at the Nasdaq MarketSite in New York. (AP Photo/Richard Drew, File) Amazon, which has its second headquarters in Virginia's Arlington County, donated $1 million for emergency COVID-19 response efforts in the D. Trump doctor says president has tested negative for novel coronavirus 03/14/2020 07:14pm • Trump says he took coronavirus test Friday night, had temperature taken Saturday, defends shaking hands with people. Trump doctor says president has tested negative for novel coronavirus THIS IS A BREAKING NEWS UPDATE. AP���s earlier story follows below: WASHINGTON (AP) ��� President Donald Trump disbanded NSC pandemic unit that experts had praised 03/14/2020 12:29am • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� Public health and national security experts shake their heads when President Donald Trump says the coronavirus "came out of nowhere" and ���blindsided the world.��� They've been warning about the next pandemic for years and criticized the Trump admini DC-area religious leaders make adjustments to counter coronavirus concerns 03/13/2020 12:43pm • As the coronavirus spreads, D.C.-area Muslim leaders are taking action to protect their congregants. After a decision from Fairfax County Public Schools to close schools Friday, the Dar Al-Hijrah Islamic Center��in Falls Church, Virginia, decided to cancel this week's Friday prayers. This week Md. Senate panels approve education reform bill with a potential off-ramp after five years 03/12/2020 08:58am • This content was republished with permission from WTOP���s news partners at Maryland Matters. Sign up for��Maryland Matters��� free email subscription��today. A Maryland Senate panel moved forward Wednesday with amendments to a multi-billion-dollar education reform plan ��� including a provision DC mayor declares state of emergency as coronavirus cases increase 03/11/2020 09:20pm • D.C. is under a state of emergency and a public health emergency, a move that comes after health officials announced a jump in the number of new coronavirus cases on Wednesday. Concerns around the outbreak have prompted a number of major event cancellations or schedule changes, and local places o GWU: Quarantine 'not necessary' for students who attended AIPAC conference 03/08/2020 01:36am • After learning that two New Yorkers who have since tested positive for coronavirus attended the American Israeli Public Affairs Community Policy conference earlier this week in D.C., the 30 George Washington University students who also attended were offered space by the University to self-quarantin 'Spring forward and stay there': Permanent daylight saving time bill touted in Maryland Senate 03/05/2020 04:59pm • A state senator testified on Thursday that his bill to make Daylight Saving Time permanent in Maryland was aimed at helping the state "spring forward and stay there." Sen. Justin Ready, a Republican from Carroll County, told the Education, Health and Environmental Affairs Committee that making th AIPAC says some attendees from New York were 'potentially in contact' with coronavirus patient 03/04/2020 09:05pm • Lobbying organization AIPAC said that some New York attendees of its policy conference in D.C. may have been in contact with a person who contracted the coronavirus. American Israel Public Affairs Committee, or AIPAC, said in a letter to members and conference attendees that the group was "potent Maryland bill would usher in zero-emission transit buses 03/03/2020 08:49pm • ANNAPOLIS, Md. ��� Maryland could begin replacing old diesel and hybrid state-operated transit buses with electric and zero-emission ones no earlier than July 2022 if a bill passes the General Assembly, jolting Maryland���s fleet into the future. Republican Gov. Larry Hogan set a goal for Marylan Maryland Senate passes bill to educate youth on gambling risks 02/29/2020 11:24am • ANNAPOLIS, Md. ��� A Maryland bill that would allow lessons on the risks associated with gambling -- including addiction prevention -- to be added to the high school health curriculum passed in the state Senate on Feb. 21. Sen. Bryan Simonaire, R-Anne Arundel, is leading the charge as the bill��� Go greener, faster: Maryland lawmakers pitch bills to deal with climate change 02/19/2020 11:12pm • Maryland is already on track to reach some of its 2016 goals to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, but lawmakers say it���s time to get more ambitious. On Wednesday, the Education, Health and Environmental Affairs Committee heard from proponents of the Climate Solutions Act of 2020, a state Senate Measure on greenhouse gas reduction to be heard in Maryland 02/19/2020 04:01am • ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) ��� A measure aimed at reducing greenhouse gas emissions in Maryland is getting a hearing before state lawmakers. It's coming before the Senate Education, Health and Environmental Affairs Committee on Wednesday. It would require the Maryland Department of the Environment to