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From USA TODAY Network and wire reports Alabama Montgomery: A state Senate committee has advanced a bill that would let the governor pick the state’s top public health official. The Senate Health Committee voted 8-3 on Wednesday to advance the bill by Sen. Jim McClendon to the Senate floor. McClendon, an optometrist, said the change would make the position more accountable to elected leaders. But two other doctors on the committee argued it is wrong to interject politics into public health decisions. The state health officer, a position currently held by Dr. Scott Harris, is selected by the...

As more details emerge about the new D.C. vaccine portal, we still don't know the official launch date, or answers to other key questions.

Andrea Borrelli (center) directs Bruce Chapman (left) and Elsa Steo (right) during rehearsal for this year’s production, which will be broadcast live over the internet. Screen shot by Chris Carosa The Monsignor Schnacky Community Players are proud to announce this year’s virtual show, FACE TO FACE TIME WITH THE SCHNACKYS. The group has not let Covid keep it down! The inspiration for this concept sparked in the mind of Director Andrea Borrelli when she was a guest on the Honeoye Masonic Lodge’s Union Star Lounge back in June. That show, Dedicated as “A Salute to the HFL Class of 2020,�...

Washington City Paper Key Takeaways From the Council’s Roundtable on D.C.’s Vaccination Rollout The D.C. Council holds one of the few oversight roundtables on the District’s direct response to the coronavirus pandemic. Get our free newsletter Success! You're on the list. Whoops! There was an error and we couldn't process your subscription. Please reload the page and try again. Processing… Get our free newsletter Success! See you in your inbox. Whoops! There was an error and we couldn't process your subscript...

Maryland judge upholds county dining ban; leaders ask Hogan to use reserves for pandemic relief Rachel Chason, Rebecca Tan and Patricia Sullivan, The Washington Post Dec. 23, 2020 FacebookTwitterEmail After a 12-hour hearing, a Maryland judge upheld a ban on indoor dining in Montgomery County late Wednesday night, agreeing with a judge in neighboring Prince George's County who made a similar ruling earlier in the day. Their verdicts came as coronavirus cases continued to surge across the region and Democratic lawmakers and officials urged Gov. Larry Hogan, a Republican, to tap reserve funds ...