Almost 48,000 Maryland residents filed for unemployment benefits last week, an increase of nearly 6,000 from the previous week, according to the Maryland Department of Labor. The 47,801 claims for the week ending June 20 brings to 843,052 the number of ...
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Maryland is slowly digging out of a backlog of unemployment claims even as state labor officials say they are wrangling information to comply with a federal subpoena. Labor Secretary Tiffany Robinson told a panel of lawmakers Wednesday that her agency ...
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Data from the Maryland Department of Education shows the state’s school systems are still suspending about 1,200 students in pre-kindergarten through second grade every year despite a 2017 law intended to virtually eliminate such suspensions.
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Gun buyers in Maryland should expect delays for background checks because of a “catastrophic hardware failure” in a state data system, authorities said in an advisory this week.
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Two leading Maryland senators urged the state on Tuesday to prepare for a “hybrid mail-in preferred" November election in which voters can cast ballots by mail or in person with early voting, bidding to avoid the problems that arose in this month's primary.
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Leaders of the state’s commission on police training faced tough questions from a panel of state delegates who are charged with making recommendations for sweeping changes to how law enforcement officers do their jobs. The Work Group to Address Police ...
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Gov. Larry Hogan is facing some strident criticism about his efforts to ward off the effects of the coronavirus in Maryland from an unlikely source — his own party. Hogan certainly has no shortage of legislative Democrats who have criticized ...
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Montgomery County has launched a $2 million dollar initiative to assist renters facing eviction due to the economic downturn precipitated by COVID-19. Earlier this month, the county began accepting applications for the Short Term COVID-19 Rental Assistance Program which will ...
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Lt. Gov. Boyd Rutherford is calling for a study of a new State House plaque that “accurately reflects Maryland’s history during the Civil War.” His request, however, was shot down quickly as the General Assembly’s presiding officers both rejected the ...
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Baltimore Mayor Bernard C. “Jack” Young warned that he is prepared to tighten restrictions related to COVID-19 should trends show a pickup in infections. Young issued that caution even as he announced the city will join the rest of the ...
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