Commission rejects transfer of medical cannabis dispensary license

June 24, 2021 Leave a comment

Will Tilburg, executive director of the Maryland Medical Cannabis Commission, says the commission has not completed its investigations of applicants or made the names of applicants public. (The Daily Record/File Photo)

A request to transfer interest in a Baltimore medical cannabis dispensary was denied after a background check found the prospective new owner had a criminal record. Brian Ruden applied in May to transfer a 16% equity ownership in Hallaway LLC, ...

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Maryland work group questions how COVID-19 pandemic aid was parceled out

June 23, 2021 Leave a comment

Comptroller Peter Franchot, shown in a 2019 photo, questioned why law firms received initial aid out of proportion to actual job losses. (Bryan P. Sears)

Law firms and other professional services received pandemic aid disproportionate to the number of jobs actually lost in those professions, Maryland officials said in an oversight hearing.

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Pittman urges Capital Gazette’s new owners to ‘think twice’ about paper’s future

June 22, 2021 Leave a comment

FILE - In this July 1, 2018 file photo a makeshift memorial is seen at the scene outside the office building housing The Capital Gazette newspaper in Annapolis, Md.
Maryland is set to award $300,000 for the construction of a memorial honoring the victims of the 2018 shooting at the a newspaper office that killed five people. The Capital Gazette reports the state plans to award the funds next week for a memorial called “Guardians of Free Speech." (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana, File)

Anne Arundel County Executive Steuart Pittman Tuesday pleaded with the new owners of the Capital Gazette to not gut the Annapolis paper, urging others in the community to “step up” and fund a competing publication. Pittman’s comments came during a ...

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Maryland touts wellness call-in line for those with mental health problems

June 21, 2021 Leave a comment

Rep. Jamie Raskin, D-Md., center, is followed by members of the media after attending a closed-door interview of Kurt Volker, a former special envoy to Ukraine, with other House investigators, as House Democrats proceed with the impeachment inquiry of President Donald Trump, at the Capitol in Washington, Thursday, Oct. 3, 2019 (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

A voluntary service that offers wellness calls for those struggling with mental health issues is being hailed as an important effort to prevent suicides in Maryland.

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Franchot urges Hogan to offer incentives to lure workers back

June 16, 2021 Leave a comment

"I would hope that we could come up with a carrot rather than a stick to get people back to work," says Comptroller Peter Franchot. (The Daily Record/File Photo)

Maryland’s top tax collector is calling for a statewide incentive to coax out-of-work residents to return to the workplace. Comptroller Peter Franchot, speaking at Wednesday’s Board of Public Works meeting, called on Gov. Larry Hogan to offer the carrot rather ...

Baltimore to end mask mandate, lift COVID-19 state of emergency July 1

June 16, 2021 Leave a comment

Mike Novak, right, pays for items while while wearing a mask with a message requesting others to stay away more than six feet while shopping in a bakery, in Nottingham earlier this year. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)

Baltimore will follow the state and end both its state of emergency and mask mandates on July 1.

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Hogan to end Maryland’s state of emergency, lift remaining COVID-19 restrictions

June 15, 2021 Leave a comment

"With all of this amazing progress and thanks in large part to the hard work, sacrifices and the vigilance of the people of Maryland, we have finally reached the light at the end of that long tunnel," says Gov. Larry Hogan. (The Daily Record/Bryan Sears)

Maryland is taking a major step toward a pre-pandemic normal with the announcement that all statewide pandemic restrictions will be lifted beginning in two weeks and the state of emergency ended.

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Baltimore officials urge Hogan to reverse unemployment decision

June 14, 2021 Leave a comment

"This marks a historic shift in Baltimore's thinking around the tax sale and is only the first step," says Baltimore Mayor Brandon Scott.(Submitted Photo)

Three of Baltimore's top elected officials called on Gov. Larry Hogan to reverse a decision to end Maryland's participation in a federal program that offers supplemental pandemic unemployment insurance payments.

Hogan lifts Maryland mask rule; counties swiftly emulate governor’s action

May 14, 2021 Comments Off on Hogan lifts Maryland mask rule; counties swiftly emulate governor’s action

Marylanders will no longer be subject to a statewide mask mandate in most cases under a new order announced late Friday by Gov. Larry Hogan. Hogan said he was lifting the indoor mask requirement, effective Saturday, in response to a ...

Anne Arundel library shows the new front line for virus vaccinations

May 13, 2021 Comments Off on Anne Arundel library shows the new front line for virus vaccinations

Celine Schreifs of Pasadena receives her first Moderna COVID-19 vaccine Tuesday at a clinic inside the Anne Arundel County Library branch in the Westview Mall in Annapolis. The library system has hosted a number of vaccination clinics in an attempt to reach customers and underserved populations, including minorities, in a trusted setting. (The Daily Record/Bryan P. Sears)

ANNAPOLIS — Margaret Garcia was looking to get a coronavirus vaccination when a relative found one in an unexpected place — the Michael E. Busch Branch of the Anne Arundel County Public Library. Garcia’s stepdaughter, an employee of a local restaurant, ...