Pandemic spending oversight panel frustrated by lack of answers

July 29, 2021 Leave a comment

A state panel is looking for answers about unemployment and pandemic aid programs administered by the Maryland Department of Labor.

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Maryland gov honors swimmer who withdrew from Paralympics

July 26, 2021 Leave a comment

ANNAPOLIS — Maryland’s governor honored deaf and blind swimmer Becca Meyers on Monday for courage in championing the disabled, after the three-time gold medalist withdrew from the Paralympics in Tokyo when told her mother couldn’t travel to the games as ...

Reversing earlier vote, key panel now backs Hogan’s $6B highway project

July 21, 2021 Leave a comment

A key intergovernmental panel Wednesday voted to support a proposed toll lane expansion in the DC suburbs over the objections of some local and state leaders who decried a bare-knuckle push by Republican Gov. Larry Hogan on behalf of the ...

Treasurer’s complaints about study funding latest dustup in $6B interstate project

July 20, 2021 Leave a comment

A required review of a proposed agreement to build toll lanes around the Capital Beltway was limited because the Office of the Treasurer was denied funding to hire outside consultants, Treasurer Nancy Kopp says. Those limitations, she said, made it ...

Maryland reopening 32 American Job Centers

July 19, 2021 Comments Off on Maryland reopening 32 American Job Centers (access required)

Maryland's 32 American Job Centers, which served thousands of job seekers and businesses virtually during the COVID-19 pandemic, are reopening physical locations to provide in-person services.

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Survivors of Capital Gazette shooting, victims’ relatives sue, arguing attack was preventable

July 19, 2021 Comments Off on Survivors of Capital Gazette shooting, victims’ relatives sue, arguing attack was preventable (access required)

The families of the five Capital Gazette employees killed in 2018 and most of the survivors have sued, alleging not enough was done to prevent the attack.

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Maryland House speaker wants to move toward referendum on legalizing marijuana

July 16, 2021 Comments Off on Maryland House speaker wants to move toward referendum on legalizing marijuana (access required)

The top Democrat in the House of Delegates is throwing her support behind a potential referendum to legalize recreational marijuana in Maryland.

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‘It’s been a never-ending nightmare’: Capital Gazette survivors, family relieved by verdict

July 16, 2021 Comments Off on ‘It’s been a never-ending nightmare’: Capital Gazette survivors, family relieved by verdict (access required)

Summerleigh Geimer, left, daughter of Wendi Winters, a community beat reporter who died in the Capital Gazette newsroom shooting in 2018, holds the hand of education reporter Rachael Pacella after Pacella mentioned that Winters saved her life by throwing distracting the shooter with a trash can. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)

Survivors of the Capital Gazette attack and family members of those who were killed embraced in relief and applauded the jury for rejecting the gunman's plea.

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Maryland Republicans launch effort to repeal tax on digital, streaming sales

July 15, 2021 Comments Off on Maryland Republicans launch effort to repeal tax on digital, streaming sales (access required)

Republicans in the Maryland Senate are hoping to rally public support to an effort to repeal a sales tax on digital download and streaming services in the coming legislative session.

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Capital Gazette gunman found criminally responsible for killing 5 in Annapolis newsroom

July 15, 2021 Comments Off on Capital Gazette gunman found criminally responsible for killing 5 in Annapolis newsroom (access required)

Andrea Chamblee, the widow of John McNamara, speaks to reporters during a press conference following a verdict in the trial of Jarrod W. Ramos, Thursday, July 15, 2021, in Annapolis, Md. The jury found the gunman who killed five people at Capital Gazette newspaper criminally responsible, rejecting defense attorneys' mental illness arguments. (AP Photo/Brian Witte)

A jury on Thursday found the gunman who killed five people at the Capital Gazette newspaper office in Annapolis criminally responsible, rejecting defense attorneys’ mental illness arguments.

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