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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 internship and summer youth employment programs to hire as many people as possible, but some young adults are still left scrambling to find alternatives to […]
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. Department of Defense. Emergent BioSolutions will collaborate with the Mount Sinai Health System, based in New York City, and ImmunoTek Bio Centers, based in Louisiana, […]
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 as some patrons are bridling at following that order. Employees and managers are having to persuade balking and sometimes angry customers that they need to […]
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 of 22 artists and organizations, is hoping to distribute Baltimore Summer Arts Passports to 10,000 students. Participating organizations include the Baltimore Museum of Art, the […]
Md. to tap $210M from CARES Act to improve remote learning
Maryland schools will receive $210 million to bolster remote learning programs and improve tutoring and rural broadband access as educators and students deal with the challenges of the coronavirus pandemic, the Hogan administration announced Monday. “Long-standing gaps in educational opportunity and access have been further exposed and widened by the COVID-19 pandemic,” said Maryland Superinte[...]
Hospital survey results reflect anxiety about noncoronavirus care
More than half of the people surveyed by a Baltimore area hospital said they would be concerned about going to the hospital for care, a result that underscores health experts’ fears that COVID-19 is deterring people who need other medical services from seeking them. At the Greater Baltimore Medical Center, where the survey was conducted, […]
Virtual training program aims to help hospitality industry reopen
A veteran Maryland hospitality industry executive has created an online training platform to help individuals and organizations return to work safely as COVID-19 continues spreading. Mike Haynie, president of The Maryland Center for Hospitality Training, partnered with Dupont Sustainable Solutions to create a “Back to Work Safely” training program. The program, which is offered in […]
Md.’s crab processing industry, already struggling, faces new threat
Around half of Maryland’s crab processing plants will close permanently if President Donald Trump’s new executive order freezing work visas through 2020 is maintained next year, according to an industry leader. Maryland’s processing plants rely on H-2B visa guest workers to pick the meat found in crabcakes, cream of crab soup and crab imperial, said […]
Md. nonprofit urges social entrepreneurs to take on structural racism
A Maryland-based nonprofit focused on meaningful investing and social entrepreneurship is encouraging its alumni to address the problem of structural racism. Four of The Global Good Fund’s former fellows spoke to almost 40 viewers from 16 countries on Zoom Thursday, also reaching over 1,000 people on Facebook Live. Doniece Sandoval, founder of LavaMaeX, a nonprofit […]
New leader sees broad role for city’s Downtown Partnership
The new president of the Downtown Partnership of Baltimore says the organization is determined to provide a welcoming environment for shoppers, businesses and residents while still serving as a platform for civic engagement. “We need people to feel comfortable coming downtown,” said Shelonda Stokes, who became the organization’s president on June 8. “We need to […]
Maryland’s music venues banding together for survival
Maryland’s independent music venues, now in the third month of a shutdown and finding federal stimulus money of little use, are banding together to come up with a survival strategy. As performers turn to virtual live streams and venue owners scramble to keep the lights on, 20 of Maryland’s independent venues have joined the recently […]
Almost 40,000 Marylanders sign up during special insurance enrollment period
Almost 40,000 Marylanders have signed up for health insurance on the state’s exchange during a special enrollment window set up because of the economic shutdown. Officials at the Maryland Health Connection, the state’s private health insurance marketplace, said the surge surpassed their expectations as people who lost their jobs and their coverage because of the […]
