As COVID-19 infections subside, Hogan extends emergency order

July 2, 2020 Leave a comment

Gov. Larry Hogan speaks Wednesday, May 6, 2020, in Annapolis. (The Daily Record / Bryan P. Sears)

Gov. Larry Hogan on Wednesday quietly renewed the state of emergency declaration he enacted in March in response to the COVID-19 pandemic even as the state continues to show signs it’s succeeding in slowing the spread of the potentially deadly ...

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Md. spending board approves $413M in cuts, defers other reductions

July 1, 2020 Leave a comment

Maryland Board of Public Works, shown in a March 2020 photo, is scheduled to consider state budget cuts Wednesday, July 1, 2020 in response to the impact of COVID-19 on the economy. (AP Photo/Brian Witte, File)

Maryland’s spending board Wednesday approved roughly $413 million in budget cuts, but postponed acting on a contentious proposal to reduce state employee compensation for at least two weeks. Gov. Larry Hogan warned delaying cuts too long will result in more ...

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Hogan announces $190M in federal aid for COVID-19 relief

July 1, 2020 Leave a comment

Gov. Larry Hogan speaks Wednesday, June 4, in Annapolis. (The Daily Record / Bryan P. Sears)

ANNAPOLIS — Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan has outlined $190 million in federal COVID-19 relief for small businesses, higher education and nonprofit organizations. Hogan announced Tuesday that $45 million will be allocated to expand a program to help small businesses. It ...

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Hogan’s proposed cuts in jeopardy as Kopp, Franchot express concerns

June 30, 2020 Leave a comment

ANNAPOLIS — Two members of the three-person Board of Public Works have expressed concern or outright opposition to Gov. Larry Hogan’s proposal for $672 million in budget cuts, raising questions as to whether the governor’s plan might be altered or ...

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Md. to tap $210M from CARES Act to improve remote learning

June 29, 2020 Leave a comment

Maryland Superintendent of Schools Karen Salmon speaks as Gov. Larry Hogan listens on April 17, 2020 in Annapolis. (The Daily Record / Bryan P. Sears)

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 ...

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Lobbying firm gets new COO, co-chairs of government relations

June 29, 2020 Leave a comment

The Maryland State House. (The Daily Record / Maximilian Franz)

Changes are coming to another Annapolis lobbying firm.

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Maryland tells lab to stop performing COVID-19 tests

June 29, 2020 Leave a comment

This illustration, created at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), reveals ultrastructural morphology exhibited by coronaviruses. Note the spikes that adorn the outer surface of the virus, which impart the look of a corona surrounding the virion, when viewed electron microscopically. A novel coronavirus, named Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), was identified as the cause of an outbreak of respiratory illness first detected in Wuhan, China in 2019. The illness caused by this virus has been named coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention image)

GREENBELT — State officials have ordered a Maryland lab to stop performing coronavirus tests and have warned people who recently got tested through the company that their results may be incorrect. Maryland Secretary of Health Robert Neall issued an order Saturday demanding ...

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Hogan proclaims day honoring paper’s slain employees

June 29, 2020 Leave a comment

Colleen Joseph prays over the crosses at a makeshift memorial at the scene outside the office building housing The Capital Gazette newspaper in Annapolis, Md., on Sunday, July 1, 2018. Jarrod Ramos is charged with murder after police say he opened fire Thursday at the newspaper. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan issued a proclamation marking June 28 as “Freedom of the Press Day” in honor of the five employees of the Capital Gazette killed in a newsroom shooting two years ago.