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Emerging from pandemic, senior care facilities face a host of challenges
Steve Coetzee doesn’t know what the future holds for the senior community he runs in Boonsboro. The Fahrney Keedy community has felt the effects of the coronavirus pandemic. In 2020, […]
Unemployment claims fall to 360,000, a new pandemic low
The number of Americans applying for unemployment benefits has reached its lowest level since the pandemic struck in 2020.
With taxpayers’ help, Delta posts $652 million profit in 2Q
Delta Air Lines reported its first quarterly profit since the pandemic devastated the airline industry more than a year ago.
Hearing set for Friday on Maryland’s move to end pandemic jobless benefits
Attorneys for Gov. Larry Hogan and a group of unemployed workers will return to Baltimore City Circuit Court Friday for a hearing on a order that could require the state […]
Maryland must continue pandemic unemployment benefits for now
Maryland’s highest court has upheld a lower court's emergency order keeping the state enrolled in enhanced federal unemployment programs.
As passengers return to air travel, bad behavior skyrockets
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.
Most nonprofits emerge from COVID-19 pandemic wounded but still open
Nonprofits across the nation suffered deep economic hardships during the COVID-19 pandemic, but strong government support and stepped-up giving appears to have averted widespread charity failures.
Jails emptied during the COVID-19 pandemic. Should they stay that way?
Criminal justice reformers argue that the COVID-19 pandemic of the past year proved there is no need to keep so many people locked up in the U.S.
Unemployment claims drop to another pandemic low
The number of Americans seeking unemployment benefits fell last week for a fifth straight week to a new pandemic low, the latest evidence that the U.S. job market is regaining its health as the economy further reopens.
Zoom’s boom continues, raising post-pandemic hopes
Zoom is still booming, raising prospects that the video-conferencing service will be able to sustain its momentum, even as the easing pandemic lessens the need for virtual meetings.
Indie bookstores avoid the worst — so far — from pandemic
Through the first year of the pandemic, the country's independent booksellers have — so far — avoided disaster.
Barbera’s legacy includes landmark cases, pandemic management, court reform
Maryland Court of Appeals Chief Judge Mary Ellen Barbera began her tenure as the state’s top jurist and the Judiciary’s lead administrator in July 2013 by pledging to strive for the “equal, fair and timely administration of justice.”
