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Maryland to discontinue enhanced unemployment benefits

Jun. 02, 2021 12:45 PM EDT
ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — Maryland's Republican governor has announced that the state will discontinue enhanced federal pandemic unemployment benefits and...

Vice President Kamala Harris attends a meeting with business CEO's about economic development in the Northern Triangle, Thursday, May 27, 2021, from her ceremonial office on the White House complex in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)
Vice President Harris to speak at Naval Academy graduation

May. 28, 2021 01:00 AM EDT

Hogan announces new initiatives to focus vaccination efforts

By Brian Witte Apr. 21, 2021 04:40 PM EDT
ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — Demand for COVID-19 vaccine in Maryland remains high, but Gov. Larry Hogan said Wednesday the state is needing to get more creative to...

FILE - In this June 29, 2018, file photo, images of five employees of the Capital Gazette newspaper adorn candles during a vigil across the street from where they were slain in the newsroom in Annapolis, Md. Nearly three years after five people at the Capital Gazette newspaper were killed, a Maryland judge discussed plans Tuesday, April 13, 2021, for holding the second part of the shooter's trial under COVID-19 court protocols. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana, File)
Lawyers don't seek trial delay in newspaper shooting case

By Brian Witte Apr. 16, 2021 04:28 PM EDT

All Maryland residents 16 and up to be vaccine eligible

By Brian Witte Apr. 05, 2021 04:56 PM EDT
ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — All Maryland residents 16 and up will be eligible to get vaccinated at mass vaccination sites on Tuesday, Gov. Larry Hogan announced. ...

Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan talks about the opening of the next phase of COVID-19 vaccine eligibility for people 60 and older in Maryland on Tuesday, March 23, 2021, in Annapolis, Md. Chas Eby, the executive director of the Maryland Emergency Management Agency, and Secretary of the Maryland Department of Disabilities Carol Beatty (seated) are to Hogan's right. Hogan also announced plans for six more mass vaccination sites in the state with substantial increases in vaccine supply expected in the next couple of weeks. (AP Photo/Brian Witte)
Hogan: Vaccine 'cavalry is finally coming to our rescue'

By Brian Witte Mar. 23, 2021 09:39 AM EDT

Maryland announces more community-based priority vaccines

By Brian Witte Mar. 15, 2021 04:53 PM EDT
ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — Maryland is setting aside more priority COVID-19 vaccine appointments for residents in communities around mass vaccination sites, Gov....

FILE - Inn this Aug. 24, 2020, file photo, a midshipman uses a sanitizing wipe to clean her desk before the start of a leadership class at the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis, Md. The U.S. Naval Academy is developing plans to begin vaccinating midshipmen in March 2021, so students can deploy out to ships and with Navy teams as part of their training this summer. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez, File)
Naval Academy seeking student vaccines for summer training

By Lolita C. Baldor Mar. 02, 2021 04:06 PM EST

Maryland lawmakers vote to expand tax credit for immigrants

By Brian Witte Feb. 26, 2021 02:57 PM EST
ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — The Maryland General Assembly gave final approval Friday to expanding a state tax credit for low-income workers to include immigrants,...

Bill takes aim at ICE detention centers in Maryland

By Audrey Decker Of Capital News Service Feb. 11, 2021 10:14 AM EST
ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — Maryland lawmakers heavily debated a bill concerning ICE detention centers on Wednesday, including testimony from a previous detainee who...

Advance registration required for testifying at legislature

By Audrey Decker Of Capital News Service Feb. 09, 2021 03:42 PM EST
ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — Signing up to speak at a bill hearing or file written testimony got harder - and for some, maybe impossible - after the coronavirus...

Maryland Senate OKs about $1.5B in virus relief, stimulus

By Brian Witte Feb. 05, 2021 01:13 PM EST
ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — The Maryland Senate approved about $1.5 billion in pandemic relief on Friday, including direct stimulus payments to low and moderate...

Hogan establishes redistricting reform commission

By Darryl Kinsey Jr. Of Capital News Service Jan. 26, 2021 06:14 PM EST
BOWIE, Md. (AP) — In the latest effort to resolve a gerrymandering issue in the state, Gov. Larry Hogan, R, this month announced the formation of the Maryland...

Patti Miller speaks with Senate President Bill Ferguson as her husband, Senate President Emeritus Thomas V. Mike Miller, lies in state under the State House dome in Annapolis, Md., Thursday, Jan. 21, 2021. (Kim Hairston/The Baltimore Sun via AP, Pool)
Maryland pays tribute to longtime Senate president Miller

By Brian Witte Jan. 22, 2021 04:36 PM EST

Maryland State Superintendent of Schools Karen Salmon receives a COVID-19 vaccine after a news conference on Thursday, Jan. 21, 2021 in Annapolis, Md. Gov. Larry Hogan urged all of Maryland's county school systems to make every effort to return to some form of in-person instruction no later than March 1. (AP Photo/Brian Witte)
Hogan calls for some in-person school learning by March 1

By Brian Witte Jan. 21, 2021 05:15 PM EST

Maryland lawmaker forms oversight panel on vaccine rollout

By Brian Witte Jan. 19, 2021 01:22 PM EST
ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — A top Maryland lawmaker announced Tuesday that he is forming an oversight panel to monitor the state's COVID-19 vaccine rollout, after...

State Sen. Susan Lee, D-Montgomery County, takes a selfie in the Senate chamber prior to the first day of the state's 2021 legislative session, Wednesday, Jan. 13, 2021, in Annapolis, Md. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)
Maryland lawmakers begin session transformed by COVID-19

By Brian Witte Jan. 13, 2021 04:24 AM EST

Maryland confirms first 2 cases of COVID-19 U.K. variant

Jan. 12, 2021 03:36 PM EST
ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — Maryland has confirmed its first two cases of the U.K. coronavirus variant, Gov. Larry Hogan said Tuesday. Hogan...

Baltimore's new mayor announces new COVID-19 restrictions

By Brian Witte Dec. 09, 2020 12:24 PM EST
ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — Baltimore will shut down indoor and outdoor dining this week to fight the spread of COVID-19, as part of new restrictions announced...

COVID-19 app may help contact-tracing challenge this holiday

By Philip Van Slooten Of Capital News Service Nov. 25, 2020 02:24 PM EST
ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — “Answer the call” and download the COVID Alert app have joined the growing list of pandemic precautions, such as wearing a mask and...