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State Roundup: Restaurant Association CEO says employee retention difficult; police bills head to final negotiations The revised and expanded Lawyers Mall outside of the State House was rededicated Monday by the governor and presiding officers of the General Assembly and others associated with the two-year long project forced by the replacement of the underground utility system for the Annapolis complex. Governors Office Photo. RESTAURANTS CHALLENGED BY RETAINING EMPLOYEES: In an interview wit...

State Roundup: Study finds Maryland economy weathering pandemic better than most states After two attempted appointments and months of Senate scrutiny, Dennis Schrader was finally sworn in as health secretary by Gov. Larry Hogan on Monday. Former Sen. Sandy Schrader, now deputy planning secretary, held the Bible. Governors Office photo by Joe Andrucyk STUDY: MARYLAND ECONOMY WEATHERS PANDEMIC BETTER THAN MOST: Maryland’s economy has weathered the storm of the coronavirus pandemic better than ...

State Roundup: Carter seeks to prevent minors from being convicted of felony murder; Hogan plans to expand vaccine eligibility The new vaccination site at First Baptist Church of Glenarden in Prince Georges County. Governors Office photo CARTER BILL WOULD PREVENT FELONY MURDER CONVICTION OF MINORS: Sen. Jill Carter (D-Baltimore City) Tuesday emphasized her support for legislation that would prohibit minors from being convicted of first-degree murder and allow those who committed that crime as a...

State Roundup: Maryland, jurisdictions could get $6.4 billion in federal stimulus funds The view of the Maryland Senate chamber from the desk of Majority Leader Nancy King. From Kings Facebook page VAN HOLLEN: HOW STIMULUS WILL AID MARYLAND:: U.S. Sen. Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) Friday criticized the Hogan administration’s rollout of coronavirus vaccines, saying the state needs to do more to make vaccines more accessible in underserved communities. Bryan Renbaum of Maryland Reporter interviews ...

State Roundup: Police reform passes; uneven lifting pandemic restrictions Signs of spring near a bike path in the Dasher Green neighborhood of Columbia. MarylandReporter.com photo HOUSE OF DELEGATES PASSES POLICE REFORM: The House of Delegates passed sweeping police reform legislation Thursday evening, Bryn Stole reports for the Sun. Some of it is similar to what the Senate passed by wide margins, setting the stage for negotiations between the chambers over the details of how law enforcement of...

On Wednesday, Republican delegates held a demonstration against the House version of police reform being debated. They were joined by over 30 police from mostly Republican counties. MarylandReporter.com photo MIXED REACTIONS TO HOGAN’s SURPRISE REOPENING PLAN: Maryland’s swift and far-reaching plan to reopen businesses and public venues took many key stakeholders by surprise, interviews with officials, business and health leaders show, and went further than some industry representatives had...

State Roundup: Hogan cites declining Covid-19 rates in lifting some restaurant, retail restrictions Former Gov. Bob Ehrlich with his father, Robert L. Ehrlich Sr. from the ex-governors Facebook page where he announced his fathers death. Tuesday. https://www.baltimoresun.com/politics/bs-md-pol-former-governors-father-dies-20210310-w2g34tnvefgetm22t4xm2jd6he-story.html STATE TO LIFT CAPACITY RESTRICTIONS ON RESTAURANTS, RETAIL: Bryan Renbaum of Maryland Reporter writes that Gov. Hogan announced ...

Marylands 7.700 victims of COVID-19 were remembered at a State House ceremony Friday, March 5. In front of the illuminated steps were, from left, House Speaker Adrienne Jones, Senate President Bill Ferguson, Rev. Johnny Calhoun, Gov. Larry Hogan at podium, first lady Yumi Hogan and Lt. Gov. Boyd Rutherford. Governors Office photo ‘ADJUDICATION PURGATORY’ YEAR LATER IN JOBLESS SYSTEMS: It has been a year since the beginning of the coronavirus pandemic and the state has made significant impro...

State Roundup: Hogan announces vaccine equity plan with community partnerships The Maryland Coalition for Justice and Police Accountability and other groups demonstrated Thursday outside the State House, supporting stronger police reforms than passed by the State Senate Wednesday. From its Facebook video. HOGAN ANNOUNCES EQUITY PLAN, BALTIMORE CITY MAYOR DEFENDS CITY EFFORTS: Gov. Larry Hogan said Thursday that the state has launched a concerted first in the nation “equity operations plan�...

State Roundup: Republicans revive violent crime measures as police reforms pass Senate MarylandReporter file photo REPUBLICANS REVIVE VIOLENT CRIME PACKAGE: House and Senate Republican leaders unveiled a series of bills Wednesday aimed at addressing violent crime in the state, Bryan Renbaum reports for Maryland Reporter. The proposals include measures that would increase penalties for those who use a firearm during the commission of a crime, classify the theft of a firearm as a felony, increase...