Maryland lawmakers plan to hold a hearing Tuesday on the difficulties in applying for and receiving unemployment benefits in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. The Senate Finance and Budget and Taxation Committees plan to hold the virtual hearing on ...

Budget cuts necessitated by the COVID-19 pandemic are still pending as state officials look for places to reduce spending in the current year. “No decisions have been made, and no firm recommendations have been passed on to the governor at ...

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How fast Maryland can start reopening all depends on the numbers. Gov. Larry Hogan is expected to discuss some of the details of a plan that could get shops and businesses reopened at some point. And some of the metrics ...

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Gov. Larry Hogan Tuesday wrote President Donald Trump to accept an offer that would allow Maryland to utilize federal labs in the state for COVID-19 testing. The letter comes less than a day after Trump criticized Hogan for securing test ...

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Pants are not optional during the pandemic. That’s the word from Gov Larry Hogan, who during a moment of levity on ABC’s “The View,” was asked about a recent humorous post on social media from the Taneytown Police Department. “This ...

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Leaders in the Maryland General Assembly are considering their options if the current COVID-19 pandemic requires the legislature to meet remotely. With more questions than answers — including would such an option even be needed — Senate President Bill Ferguson ...

An expected May special session of the Maryland General Assembly has been postponed.

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The prescribing of three medications touted by President Donald Trump as a possible cure for COVID-19 has been limited under an executive order issued by Gov. Larry Hogan. Hogan’s executive order, signed Tuesday but posted on his website a day ...

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The Maryland General Assembly took a step toward public transparency in a time of the coronavirus pandemic. For the last two weeks, the legislature’s Joint COVID-19 Work Group has met by video conference call. Audio of the meetings was posted later ...

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Despite aggressive efforts to “flatten the curve” of the rate of transmission of COVID-19, the state will continue to see the number of cases, hospitalizations and deaths climb in Maryland for weeks, Gov. Larry Hogan has told lawmakers. Hogan made ...

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