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Maryland starts giving away 20 $50K scholarships

By Carrie Shokraei

Starting Monday, Maryland will give away $1 million in scholarships to young people who get vaccinated.

Twenty scholarships worth $50,000 a piece will be given out.

Students between the ages of 12 and 17 who get vaccinated will automatically be entered into the lottery.

Gov. Larry Hogan said the scholarships are the equivalent of a full-ride to an in-state public university for tuition, but the money can be transferred to a private college or university.

The funds for the scholarships are coming from the American Rescue Plan.

The drawings run through Labor Day.

Montgomery Co. waiting for virus transmission levels to drop before ending indoor mask mandate

By Zeke Hartner
Montgomery County, Maryland, has long led the state in terms of the percentage of its population that has been vaccinated, but a county official said the transmission rate of the virus still has to fall a little more before the indoor mask mandate will be reconsidered. The county is currently reporting a "substantial" rate of virus transmission by Centers of Disease Control and Prevention metrics, with a seven-day average of 66 new cases reported per day. Sean O'Donnell, with Montgomery County Health and Human Services, said the county needs to reach "moderate" levels of transmission — which would be a seven-day average of 49 news cases per day.
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