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DC Mayor Bowser tests positive for COVID-19, second time since 2022

By José Umaña

D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser said Thursday morning she has tested positive for COVID-19. In a statement posted on X, Bowser said she will be following all public health guidelines, adding that she will miss the first day of school for pre-K students. “I’m disappointed to not be able to celebrate the first day of Pre-K with our littlest learners,” she said.

She previously tested positive in 2022. Bowser’s sister Mercia died in 2021 from complications linked to COVID-19. Although deaths and serious infections have dropped dramatically since the height of the pandemic, COVID-19 hospitalizations slightly crept up during the summer. As a result, the U.S. Health and Human Services plans to allow Americans to order free virus test kits to be mailed to their homes, starting in late September.

How a Virginia school is empowering the next generation of financially literate adults

By Ciara Wells
On a rainy day at Hayfield Secondary School in Virginia, a group of students took turns standing up and sitting down. Some would stand if they preferred Skittles over Jolly Ranchers or sit if they liked Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups over Snickers. But what did these all have to do with each other, teacher Sharon Paul asked.
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