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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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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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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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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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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The May jobs report for the nation provided the slightest glimmer of hope for the country’s economy, now suffering the deepest job losses in nearly a century. There were almost 21 million unemployed persons (an unemployment rate of 13.3 percent) ...

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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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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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Whenever an economic crisis breaks out, it is always easier for government to respond with a short-term solution than come up with a long-term remedy. Perhaps this attitude describes the approach that the U.S. federal and state officials have taken ...

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