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Maryland startup addresses small businesses’ inventory challenges
A College Park-based startup says its product may help small businesses compete with Amazon. Ovalz, a digital inventory service co-founded by CEO Marvin Harris, addresses challenges small businesses face auditing […]
Pandemic has Md. businesses singing the wedding bell blues
Maryland’s wedding industry faces unique challenges as the COVID-19 pandemic rages on. Statewide social distancing guidelines still prohibit large gatherings, and, unlike restaurateurs and retailers, wedding vendors and venues must […]
University System of Maryland to require COVID-19 testing this fall
The University System of Maryland announced Thursday that students, faculty and staff returning to all of its campuses must be tested for COVID-19 within 14 days prior to arrival. […]
Pandemic’s impact on traffic, transit, may outlast outbreak
The coronavirus pandemic has slashed Maryland traffic and transit ridership, but it also has led to some unexpected consequences and may be reshaping commuting patterns for years to come, local […]
Maryland nonprofit releases wealth of COVID-19 data
A local nonprofit organization announced Thursday it has launched an online website to help policymakers understand and track the impacts of COVID-19 in the state. The Baltimore Regional Recovery Dashboard, which […]
TEDCO announces new CEO, new seed fund investments
One of Maryland’s top sources of funding for early-stage, technology-based businesses announced new leadership Wednesday. Troy LeMaile-Stovall will lead the Maryland Technology Development Corporation as chief executive officer/executive director, effective. […]
Baltimore faces twin crises: Heat waves and COVID-19
For many Baltimore residents, this week’s heat wave would pose challenges even without a global pandemic. But the COVID-19 outbreak and the imperative of avoiding large gatherings of people in […]
Hopkins researchers give Md. high marks on school resumption plans
Maryland is one of 13 states and territories that have the most comprehensive K-12 school reopening plans in the nation, according to researchers from Johns Hopkins University. The Reopening Policy […]
For Md. young adults, summer jobs, internships a casualty of coronavirus
Historically high unemployment rates triggered by the coronavirus pandemic are taking a toll on summer jobs for teens and young Marylanders. Maryland’s local governments and their partner organizations are adjusting […]
Maryland company, 2 partners, get $34.6M to fight COVID-19
A Gaithersburg-based global life sciences company announced Wednesday it will partner with two other organizations to work on a preventative COVID-19 product after receiving $34.6 million from the U.S. […]
Md. businesses, employees caught in the middle on masks
Maryland businesses and their employees find themselves increasingly caught in a battle zone, expected to enforce the governor’s order that store customers wear face masks during the coronavirus pandemic even […]
City museums, art groups aim to bring resources to students
A Baltimore-based nonprofit has organized a collaborative effort among the city’s most influential cultural organizations to help students access the arts this summer. Arts Every Day, along with a group […]
