Maryland GOP senators oppose preferred mail-in voting

June 26, 2020 Comments Off on Maryland GOP senators oppose preferred mail-in voting

Sen. J.B. Jennings, R-Baltimore and Harford counties, reads from a book about the Board of Public Works as part of an filibuster effort against a bill that would remove the board from school construction funding oversight. (Bryan P. Sears)

The Maryland Senate Republican caucus said Thursday its members are opposed to holding a preferred mail-in election in November.

Report: State, local aid needed to avert 4 million layoffs

June 26, 2020 Comments Off on Report: State, local aid needed to avert 4 million layoffs

The Sligo Creek Golf Course in Silver Spring, Md., is opened Monday, May 11, 2020, as Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan opened golf courses in the initial stage in easing coronavirus shutdown. As states push for some return to normal business operations, elected officials in the Virginia and Maryland suburbs surrounding Washington, D.C., are unwilling to quickly reopen, as they confront COVID-19 infection and fatality numbers that are the highest in their states. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

WASHINGTON — A new private sector report is warning anew of continuing damage to the economy if Washington doesn’t deliver several hundred billion dollars in budget relief to states and local governments amid the coronavirus pandemic. But Wednesday’s report by ...

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Stimulus payments sent to 1.1M deceased

June 25, 2020 Comments Off on Stimulus payments sent to 1.1M deceased

President Donald Trump's name is seen on a stimulus check issued by the IRS to help combat the adverse economic effects of the COVID-19 outbreak. (AP Photo/Eric Gay, File)

WASHINGTON — The federal government sent coronavirus stimulus payments to almost 1.1 million dead people totaling nearly $1.4 billion, Congress’ independent watchdog reported Thursday. The Washington Post previously reported that the Treasury Department and Internal Revenue Service disbursed some payments ...

Maryland to award $300K for newspaper shooting memorial

June 25, 2020 Comments Off on Maryland to award $300K for newspaper shooting memorial

FILE - In this July 1, 2018 file photo a makeshift memorial is seen at the scene outside the office building housing The Capital Gazette newspaper in Annapolis, Md.
Maryland is set to award $300,000 for the construction of a memorial honoring the victims of the 2018 shooting at the a newspaper office that killed five people. The Capital Gazette reports the state plans to award the funds next week for a memorial called “Guardians of Free Speech." (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana, File)

Maryland is set to award $300,000 for the construction of a memorial honoring the victims of a deadly shooting at a newspaper office.

House passes sweeping police overhaul after Floyd’s death

June 25, 2020 Comments Off on House passes sweeping police overhaul after Floyd’s death

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of Calif., joined by House Democrats spaced for social distancing, speaks during a news conference on the House East Front Steps on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, June 25, 2020, ahead of the House vote on the George Floyd Justice in Policing Act of 2020. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

WASHINGTON — The House approved a far-reaching police overhaul from Democrats on Thursday, a vote heavy with emotion and symbolism as a divided Congress struggles to address the global outcry over the deaths of George Floyd and other Black Americans. ...

New Md. jobless claims jump up to almost 48,000

June 25, 2020 Comments Off on New Md. jobless claims jump up to almost 48,000

In this photo taken Thursday, June 4, 2020, a customer walks out of a U.S. Post Office branch and under a banner advertising a job opening, in Seattle. The U.S. unemployment rate fell to 13.3% in May, and 2.5 million jobs were added — a surprisingly positive reading in the midst of a recession that has paralyzed the economy and depressed the job market in the wake of the viral pandemic (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson)

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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Md. says it’s whittled down unemployment claims backlog to 34K

June 24, 2020 Comments Off on Md. says it’s whittled down unemployment claims backlog to 34K

In this Thursday, Sept. 29, 2016 photo, the Illinois Department of Employment Security office is open in Springfield, Ill. In the past four years, Illinois has paid out more than $700 million in improper unemployment benefits and retrieved only about 37 percent of it, according to an analysis by The Associated Press. That's the worst in the nation, and one reason the state was put on "high priority" status by the U.S. Department of Labor. IDES offers job placement, referrals, unemployment insurance, employment, training programs, career and labor market information. (AP Photo/Seth Perlman)

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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Maryland still suspended youngest students despite law

June 24, 2020 Comments Off on Maryland still suspended youngest students despite law

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

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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Maryland: Gun buyers should expect background check delays

June 24, 2020 Comments Off on Maryland: Gun buyers should expect background check delays

Guns on display in 2013 at FreeState Gun Range in Middle River. (File photo)

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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Maryland senators recommend ways to avoid election problems

June 24, 2020 Comments Off on Maryland senators recommend ways to avoid election problems

Sen. Bill Ferguson speaks in an interview Jan. 2, 2020 in his office in Annapolis. (The Daily Record / Jason Whong)

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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