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State Roundup: Hogan defends vaccine rollout, despite CDC report and local criticism; taps former CDC chief Redfield as Covid adviser The Maryland seal in the carpet of the Governors Reception Room at the State House. Len Lazarick photo HOGAN DEFENDS VAXX ROLLOUT: Gov. Larry Hogan said Tuesday that while the state’s rollout of coronavirus vaccines has not been perfect he is nevertheless confident that all that can be done to improve the situation is in fact being done, reports Bryan Renbaum ...

Ice rescue training by Howard County Fire and Rescue Services on Lake Elkhorn in Columbia. From the departments Facebook page HOGAN INFRASTRUCTURE TESTIMONY ON HILL GETS PUSH BACK: Gov. Larry Hogan emphasized Maryland’s commitment to transportation infrastructure improvements in his virtual testimony to lawmakers on Capitol Hill on Wednesday morning Bryan Renbaum reports for Maryland Reporter. During his time as chair of the National Governors Association from July 2019 to August 2020, he s...

State Roundup: Hogan says state not ready to lift restaurant restrictions as it prepares to launch limited vaxx waitlist The State Senate Jan. 22, 2021. MarylandReporter.com photo HOGAN: STATE NOT READY TO LIFT RESTAURANT RESTRICTIONS: Gov. Larry Hogan said Tuesday that even though Maryland’s coronavirus positivity rates have steadily declined for weeks and vaccines have become more readily available it may still be some time before the state lifts capacity restrictions on public establishmen...

Governors Office STATE TO LAUNCH ONE-STOP VAXX PORTAL: Maryland officials will launch a one-stop, preregistration web portal soon for people looking to book COVID-19 immunization appointments at the state’s mass vaccination clinics. The website would come online in March, the state’s acting Health Secretary Dennis R. Schrader told Maryland state senators at a virtual vaccine oversight meeting Monday, Hallie Miller reports for the Sun. PUSH TO GET BLACKS, OTHER MINORITIES VACCINATED: Marylan...

State Roundup: More than 1M doses of Covid-19 vaxx delivered to Marylanders; expansion of tax credit to non-citizens moves forward over GOP objections Photo by NickyPe on Pixabay 1M+ DOSES GIVEN IN STATE: Bryan Renbaum of Maryland Reporter writes that Maryland’s health care providers have administered more than 1 million doses of the coronavirus vaccine, Gov. Larry Hogan said Friday. “Even with this good news, this will continue to be a long process for many more months before enough vaccin...

State Roundup: Senate Democratic leaders introduce Covid policy package State House in snow (Photo by Matt Proud) SENATE DEM LEADERS INTRODUCE COVID POLICY PACKAGE: Senate Democratic leaders Wednesday outlined the framework of a legislative package aimed at addressing a myriad of challenges associated with the COVID-19 pandemic. Some of the proposals are currently before the General Assembly. They include establishing a public health job corps made up of unemployed Marylanders that would be p...

State Roundup: Sun to be sold to nonprofit; Van Hollen, state lawmakers urge action on housing crisis SUN SET TO RETURN TO LOCAL HANDS: Returning The Baltimore Sun to Maryland hands, the state’s largest newspaper and its affiliates are poised to be acquired by a nonprofit formed by businessman and philanthropist Stewart Bainum Jr. that would operate the media organization for the benefit of the community. The sale would be part of a $630 million deal announced late Tuesday for Alden Global Ca...

State Roundup: Hogan signs $1.2 billion relief bill; funds target hard hit Marylanders, businesses It was a bipartisan thumbs up at Mondays signing of the $1.2 billion relief package. From left: At the desk were Senate President Bill Ferguson, Gov. Larry Hogan and House Speaker Adrienne Jones. Behind them, from left, were House Minority Leader Nic Kipke, House Majority Leader Eric Luedtke, Senate Budget & Tax Chair Guy Guzzone and Senate Minority Leader Bryan Simonaire. Governors Office photo ...

State Roundup: Bill would end ICE contract renewals, future private detention jails; pandemic relief bill expanded An ice sculpture of the State House st the Red Red Wine bar in Annapolis in January 2017. A lobbying firm paid for the sculpture. MarylandReporter.com file photo BILL WOULD BLOCK NEW ICE DETENTION CENTERS: The General Assembly is considering legislation that would essentially put an end to privately run immigration detention centers in the state. But currently, there do not appea...

State Roundup: House overrides vetoes on Kirwan, taxes; Rep. Brown slams Hogan vaxx rollout Legislators meeting in the House annex for social distancing. From Del. David Moons Facebook page OVERRIDE OF VETOES BEGINS: The Maryland General Assembly is poised this week to override the vetoes of several landmark bills that Gov. Larry Hogan (R) issued last year, including a multibillion-dollar overhaul of the state’s public education system and two taxes that would help pay for the restructuring: ...