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The federal government is behind on getting second doses of the COVID-19 vaccine to providers in Maryland, Schrader told lawmakers.
It is 10 months since Gov. Lawrence J. Hogan Jr. (R) initially closed public schools as the COVID-19 virus began spreading in Maryland.
A group of business and civic leaders are encouraging the General Assembly to override the veto of a decade-long education reform bill.
House Majority Leader Eric G. Luedtke (D-Montgomery) has been tapped to lead the Democratic response.
The author says he advocates "for a Maryland stimulus package that helps Marylanders."
Robert Brennan, the executive director of Maryland Economic Development Corporation, a quasi-governmental economic agency, will retire.
The author, the state alcohol commission chair, muses on Hornsby's wistful thoughts of spring to the various craft brews in Maryland.
The required impact statements would be in the legislative analysis of criminal justice bills, the report indicates.
There’s a tidy symmetry, intentional or not, between Gov. Larry Hogan’s “Relief Act” and President Joe Biden’s “American Rescue Plan.”
Two Prince George's lawmakers are pushing for a fully-elected school board. It is currently split between elected and appointed seats.
Gov. Lawrence J. Hogan Jr. (R) announced he will deliver his annual State of the State address on Wednesday evening ― virtually.
The coronavirus pandemic rages and exacerbates major racial inequities in Maryland education.
TidalHealth Peninsula Regional got "a good response" when they put out the call for recently-retired nurses to aid vaccinations.
The bill, introduced by Cox recently, would seek to limit the powers of the governor during a state of emergency.
Responding to parents frustrated by virtual learning, three Republican delegates said they are proposing legislation to offset some costs.
For nearly 15 years, my wife, Amy, and I have devoted ourselves to building our business, Zeke’s Coffee. We started in our garage.
State lawmakers who wanted a COVID-19 vaccine were able to get one beginning this week. Gov. Larry Hogan got the shot last month.
Maryland businesses and employers are no strangers to policies and initiatives that make doing business in our state more costly.
It looks like Democrats will have a contested primary in Maryland’s 1st congressional district in 2022.