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Social programs weak in many states with tough abortion laws 04/07/2022 10:57am • States with some of the nation���s strictest abortion laws are also some of the hardest places to have and raise a healthy child, especially for the poor, according to an analysis of federal data by The Associated Press. The findings raise questions about the strength of the social safety net as 'Black history is American history' ��� Va. campaign seeks to counteract 'whitewashing' 04/06/2022 06:42pm • A group of Black leaders on Wednesday launched an initiative aimed at preserving the teaching of Black history against what it called a ���whitewashing��� by Virginia's governor. Black History is American History is a joint initiative of the Leadership Conference Education Fund, the NAACP and Peo Prince George's Co. students required to take COVID test before returning from spring break 04/06/2022 06:26pm • Students in Prince George's County, Maryland, will be required to take a coronavirus test and upload results before returning from spring break, the school system said in an email to families Wednesday. Monica Goldson, the CEO of Prince George's County Public Schools, said all students will recei Prince George's Co. parents warned about growing risk of drug-laced edibles 04/05/2022 10:13pm • Prince George���s County Public Schools in Maryland are warning parents about the increasing risk of kids unknowingly ingesting drug-laced edibles. In particular, the email warns of the growing availability of candy and other food containing THC, the psychoactive substance in marijuana. ACLU: lawsuit over Va.'s mask-optional law 'blueprint' for parents of immunocompromised students 04/05/2022 09:45pm • As a legal battle over a law in Virginia that makes masking optional for school children continues to brew, one of the plaintiffs in the case said developments so far in the courtroom can serve as a "blueprint" for parents of students at high risk of getting a severe case of COVID-19. Eden Heilma Judge refuses to dismiss lawsuit over mask-optional law for Va. schools 04/05/2022 06:11pm • A federal judge has denied a motion to dismiss a federal court challenge of Virginia���s law that makes masking optional in schools. The lawsuit challenging the law was filed by the American Civil Liberties Union on behalf of 12 families with immunocompromised children. The ACLU claims in the Lawsuit: Anne Arundel Co. student who used gold face paint wrongfully suspended for wearing blackface 04/05/2022 02:23pm • Last October, an Anne Arundel County high school suspended a student accused of wearing blackface. Now, her parents have filed a lawsuit in federal court against the school board, saying it was actually gold face paint and the board acted ���with recklessness, malice and/or deceit.��� The student With congressional redistricting done, Hogan has dozens of other veto decisions to make 04/05/2022 08:00am • 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) dispatched with one of the most closely watched bills sent to his office this legislative session on Former principal of DC Catholic school pleads guilty to embezzling $175,000 04/04/2022 05:42pm • The former principal of St. Thomas More Academy, in Southeast D.C., pleaded guilty Monday to a charge of wire fraud. In District Court, Bridget Coates, 48, of Falls Church, Virginia, admitted to stealing at least $175,000 from the school's Home School Association between 2012 and 2017. She resign Michael, Kevin Bacon bring Bacon Brothers concerts to Annapolis and Alexandria 04/04/2022 11:10am • Hear our full conversation on my podcast ���Beyond the Fame.��� You've seen dozens of his movies, but have you heard him make music with his brother? Kevin Bacon and Michael Bacon bring The Bacon Brothers to Rams Head, in Annapolis, Maryland, April 6-8 and The Birchmere, in Alexandria, Vir Ukrainian refugees at U.S. border in Mexico: 'Just hope... and pray' 04/04/2022 09:22am • ▶ Watch Video: Ukrainians wait to cross U.S.-Mexican border after U.S. promise to welcome 100,000 refugees Just a thousand feet from the U.S. border, and more than 6,000 miles from home, Ukrainians fleeing war eat and sleep on the streets of Tijuana. Correspondent Manuel Bojorquez r Library study finds 'challenged' books soared in 2021 04/04/2022 08:53am • NEW YORK (AP) ��� Deborah Caldwell-Stone, director of the American Library Association's Office for Intellectual Freedom, has never been so busy. ���A year ago, we might have been receiving one, maybe two reports a day about a book being challenged at a library. And usually those calls would be f How to open a brokerage account for your kids 04/04/2022 08:02am • You likely already know the importance of investing for retirement, and you want to pass that knowledge along to your children. Without the growth provided by long-term investing, you'd find it nearly impossible to grow the nest egg you need to be financially independent in your later years. And China defends policy of separating COVID-positive kids from parents 04/04/2022 07:15am • ▶ Watch Video: China puts Shanghai in COVID lockdown as it tries to mitigate cases Shanghai����� Health officials in China's most populous city have defended a policy of separating babies and young children from their parents if they test positive for COVID-19, as frustration at the ci DC employers are showing resistance to remote work 04/04/2022 04:24am • D.C.-area companies in businesses that are able to continue offering post-pandemic remote work are not embracing it as much as might have been thought would be the case. In fact, an overwhelming majority of hiring managers are digging in their heels against it. ���From the survey that we sent out