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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 ...

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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Education and health services led the way as Maryland added nearly 30,000 jobs in May, dropping the state’s unemployment rate to 9.9%. News of the added jobs — still fewer than the total number of first-time unemployment claims made last ...

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The U.S. Naval Academy has opened an investigation into social media posts allegedly made by a midshipman in the wake of protests over the police custody death of George Floyd in Minnesota, a news outlet reported.

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State elections officials vowed that they would learn from the mistakes of the June primary election even as they praised staff and local elections officials. Maryland conducted its first mostly by mail election in response to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. ...

Almost 42,000 people filed first-time unemployment benefit claims in the last week, according to the Maryland Department of Labor. The 41,941 claims for the week ending June 13 is 11,523 fewer than the week before. Despite the decrease, last week’s ...

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The county council in Maryland's most populous jurisdiction is working to replace street names connected to the Confederacy.

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Two brothers exonerated last year after serving 24 years in prison for a murder conviction will be paid nearly $4 million in combined restitution from the state of Maryland. The payments to Eric Simmons and Kenneth McPherson are the latest in ...

Senate Republicans are proposing changes to police procedures and accountability with an enhanced use-of-force database, restrictions on chokeholds and new commissions to study law enforcement and race, according to a draft obtained by The Associated Press.