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Wolf Trap cancels summer concert season over coronavirus pandemic concerns 05/22/2020 10:44am • Wolf Trap has canceled its summer concert season due to coronavirus pandemic concerns, the venue announced Friday. ���For the first time in Wolf Trap's nearly 50-year history, our summer concert season will not come to fruition,��� president and CEO Arvind Manocha said in a statement. ���P 'Compassionate and strong': Loudoun Co. executive praises county's pandemic response 05/20/2020 09:13pm • The chair of the Loudoun County, Virginia, Board of Supervisors offered encouraging words Wednesday about the county's coronavirus response and economic standing in her annual state of the county address. Speaking to residents in an online livestream, Phyllis Randall declared that in the middle o How to manage care of loved ones in assisted living facilities 05/20/2020 05:13pm • This content is provided by JSSA. The ���sandwich generation��� is the point in adulthood when we must balance the responsibilities of parenting along with the responsibilities of caring for parents who are experiencing a decline in health and independence. This period involves the stress of m Bowser pitches tax breaks for affordable housing in DC's wealthiest neighborhoods 05/20/2020 11:32am • D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser wants to offer tax breaks to incentivize construction of affordable housing in some of the District���s wealthiest neighborhoods as part of her broader effort to more evenly distribute modestly priced homes throughout the city. Bowser included the new program, which would Drop in state revenue may delay Va. transportation projects 05/19/2020 05:53am • Virginia's plans to improve its transportation infrastructure may need to be put on hold as the coronavirus pandemic leads to state revenue falling dramatically. According to a report released by Gov. Ralph Northam's administration, revenue was down by $700 million in April compared to the same t Virus lockdown gives Venice a shot at reimagining tourism 05/16/2020 02:36am • VENICE, Italy (AP) ��� In Venice, a city famous for being visited by too many and home to too few, children���s play now fills neighborhood squares, fishermen sell their catch to home cooks, and water buses convey masked and gloved commuters to businesses preparing to reopen. At the same time, th Va. braces for $1B budget shortfall; Northam to make decision on beaches next week 05/15/2020 09:33pm • Zumba Gold instructor Stacey Zebrowski, center, leads a class at the Shady Grove YMCA Friday May 15, 2020, in Glen Allen, Virginia. Gov. Ralph Northam instituted a Phase One reopening of certain portions of the state Friday. (AP Photo/Steve Helber) Though much of Virginia entered Phase One of Go Fairfax Co. approves $25M emergency grant program for small businesses 05/13/2020 04:57am • The Fairfax County Board of Supervisors approved a $25 million program Tuesday to give grants to small businesses and nonprofits in the Virginia county that are struggling financially due to the coronavirus pandemic. The grant application process is expected to start in early June. ���I am ver Yes, unemployment benefits will still be paid even if state funds run out 05/08/2020 05:23pm • A growing number of states are turning to the federal government to help pay unemployment benefits to millions of Americans left jobless by the coronavirus pandemic. Though several state unemployment trust funds are running dry and states are facing big budget shortfalls Education reform plan among three dozen bills vetoed by Hogan 05/07/2020 10:44pm • 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. is seen. (Courtesy Maryland Matters/Danielle E. Gaines) With a trio of unusual veto letters, Gov. Lawrence J. Home schooling your kids? Add personal finance to the curriculum 05/07/2020 12:33pm • Lots of parents are home schooling their kids during the coronavirus pandemic. And experts say adding personal finance to the curriculum is a great idea. They have some suggestions on how to get going, too: Have your kids start a business. For instance, help them make jewelry or slime and then, 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 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 Fairfax Co. moves forward with budget altered by the pandemic; Alexandria OKs smaller budget 05/06/2020 05:10am • In Virginia, the Fairfax County Board of Supervisors is now one step away from approving a budget that has been drastically altered by the coronavirus pandemic. But, it is a budget that maintains the current property tax rate. During a meeting Tuesday, the board signed off on changes made to the Virginia town announces layoffs amid coronavirus outbreak 05/05/2020 03:11am • ABINGDON, Va. (AP) ��� A Virginia town says it is laying off full-time and part-time workers because of the COVID-19 pandemic. The town of Abingdon announced in a statement that the town manager reduced spending in response to revenue projections that suggested losses from taxes on sales, meals a