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All Virginia adults are eligible for coronavirus vaccine appointments. But some are still waiting. Jenna Portnoy, Antonio Olivo While all adults in Virginia are now eligible to make coronavirus vaccine appointments, supply constraints mean it could be weeks before residents in Fairfax and other areas with high demand are able to make appointments, officials said Monday. An additional 3 million people became eligible for the vaccine on Sunday in Virginia, with Gov. Ralph Northam (D) saying the state is on track to get first doses to all adults who want them by mid- to late...

D.C. expands vaccine eligibility to all but seeks to control appointments to boost equity Julie Zauzmer © Jahi Chikwendiu/The Washington Post D.C. Mayor Muriel E. Bowser receives the first of two doses of the coronavirus vaccination from nurse Rishea Casselle at Kaiser Permanente Center for Total Health on Jan. 25. As eligibility for the coronavirus vaccines expanded to all D.C. adults on Monday, Mayor Muriel E. Bowser (D) made clear that the city will keep its focus on equity, despite demands from residents and businesses to open access as widely and quickly as possible....

Teachers in Montgomery County vote ‘no confidence’ in reopening plan Donna St. George Montgomery County teachers voted “no confidence” in their school system’s plan for reopening in March, demanding that employees get the chance to be vaccinated first and pushing for more staffing, and a “coherent” contact tracing and testing program. The vote followed an emergency meeting Monday of the representative assembly of the Montgomery County Education Association, which represents teachers and other educators in Maryland’s largest school system. More than 1,000 m...

State education officials review complaints of impropriety in Prince George’s Donna St. George Six weeks after a new chairwoman took over, the school board in Prince George’s County is mired in a controversy involving alleged improprieties in contracts and overreaches by leadership, claims that are being examined by Maryland education officials. The contentiousness follows the appointment of Juanita Miller, a former water utility commissioner who in January became chair of the governing board in the state’s second-largest school system and has clashed with an electe...

Beloved D.C. teacher and salon owner remembered for dedication to Southeast Washington Perry Stein When Helenmaire White closed her Anacostia hair salon in 2014, her children hoped she would retire. She and her husband raised five children, and they operated a bustling salon for 30 years on Martin Luther King Jr. Avenue that doubled as a friendly and spiritual gathering spot for so many Southeast Washington residents. Her son Tony White II thought it was time. But White wasn’t ready. She wanted to continue with her second job as a cosmetology teacher at Ballou STAY, an ...