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

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Some Black business owners in Maryland say the uneven recovery is fueled by pre-existing institutional barriers and strict conditions of grant programs.

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When the COVID-19 pandemic led to business shutdowns, many companies turned toward the Paycheck Protection Program. Over two rounds of payments, the federal government’s small business loan program aimed to help companies with keeping employees on the payroll as well ...

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Two members of the state Board of Public Works — both Democrats — expressed growing frustration with state agencies seeking retroactive approval for millions in pandemic-related spending that only now is coming to the panel for approval. The ire bubbled ...

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Days after Maryland’s vaccine lottery ended, the state is launching yet another initiative to convince more Marylanders to get inoculated against COVID-19, Gov. Larry Hogan announced.

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Maryland’s top attorney and judge Thursday urged the state’s 40,000 lawyers to represent at least one low-income litigant for free or to volunteer hours of legal services during the next year to help the growing number of people facing bankruptcy, ...

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The first cruise ship to board passengers at a U.S. port in 15 months is set to sail Saturday from the industry’s South Florida hub in a symbolic stride toward normalcy.

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Emergent BioSolutions Inc.’s ruination of 15 million doses of COVID-19 vaccine at its Baltimore plant was not as unexpected as the Gaithersburg-based company would have the public believe, an investor has alleged in a potential class-action lawsuit accusing the business ...

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Air travel can be difficult in the best of times, with cramped planes, screaming babies, flight delays and short tempers. Throw in a pandemic, and the anxiety level can rise quickly.

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Pandemic restrictions are falling away almost everywhere — except inside many of America’s nursing homes.

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