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State Roundup: Maryland speeds up vaccination timeline, but for many health care workers, 2nd doses prove elusive State House in snow (Photo by Matt Proud) STATE SPEEDS UP VACCINE TIMELINE BUT 2 nd DOSES ELUSIVE: Maryland is speeding up its vaccination timeline, following the lead of other states and recommendations from federal officials as the surge of deaths and hospitalizations in the U.S. associated with COVID-19 continues. As of Monday, hospitalized people with certain medical condition...

Over 2,400 people got vaccinated at Howard Community College Saturday. MarylandReporter.com photo COVID VARIANT FOUND IN MARYLAND: The new, highly transmissible coronavirus variant first identified in South Africa has emerged in Maryland, Gov. Larry Hogan announced Saturday, marking the second state to report a confirmed case of the mutated virus, report Derek Hawkins, Miriam Berger and Meryl Kornfield for the Post. STATE LAUNCHES GoVAX CAMPAIGN: Pointing to a brighter future with fans at Balti...

Prince Georges County Executive Angela Alsobrooks, right, and Gov. Larry Hogan talk to patrons of a Giant Pharmacy vaccination site in District Heights. Governors Office photo by Patrick Seibert VACCINATION EFFORTS STILL SLOW, SHOW RACIAL DISPARITY: The rate of COVID-19 vaccinations continues at a tedious pace, so slow that one Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health expert said Thursday it’s not yet possible to see a difference in the course of the pandemic, Jayne Miller reports for ...

State Roundup: Dem leaders push $520M in relief targeting small biz, vulnerable Marylanders The State Senate Jan. 22, 2021. MarylandReporter.com photo DEMS PROPOSE $520M TARGETED RELIEF PACKAGE: Senate Democratic leaders Wednesday unveiled a $520 million coronavirus fiscal relief package aimed at helping both the state’s small businesses and its most vulnerable communities survive the pandemic, Bryan Renbaum of Maryland Reporter writes. The Senate’s “Recovery Now” plan runs a wide gamut...

Figures from the Thurgood Marshall plaza on Lawyers Mall across from the State House. MarylandReporter.com photo STATE TO ROLL OUT MASS VACCINE SITES: To speed up and increase the efficiency of the state’s rollout of its supply of coronavirus vaccines, “mass vaccination sites” will be set up throughout Maryland, Gov. Larry Hogan said Tuesday. Bryan Renbaum of Maryland Reporter is reporting that Hogan said that the “hundreds” of the state’s guard members who had been deployed to Wash...

State Roundup: Demand for vaccine outpaces supply as lawmakers question hybrid delivery system St. Anns and Church Circle in Annapolis. MidAtlantic Aerial photo MYRIAD FACTORS SPUR FRUSTRATION OVER VACCINE DISTRIBUTION: Demand for COVID-19 vaccines in Maryland is quickly outpacing the state’s supply of vaccines, causing confusion for residents and prompting tough questions from lawmakers at the first meeting of the Senate Vaccine Oversight Workgroup on Monday. Bennett Leckrone of Maryland Mat...

State Roundup: Lawmakers reviewing Hogan budget with eye toward boosting schools, covid relief; contentious debate over spousal exemption MD LAWMAKERS BEGIN REVIEW OF HOGAN BUDGET: Gov. Larry Hogan (R) predicted this week that leaders of the Democratic-controlled General Assembly would not have much to complain about when he released his $49.35 billion budget for fiscal 2022. And, he was right — at least, to a degree, reports Ovetta Wiggins in the Post. While they praised the spending plan i...

State Roundup: Hogan budget prioritizes tax relief, education; Ferguson forms vaccine rollout oversight panel HOGAN BUDGET EMPHASIZES TAX RELIEF, EDUCATION: Gov. Larry Hogan Tuesday previewed his administration’s FY 2022 budget proposal that, he said, will prioritize tax relief for individuals and small businesses and include record investments in education, the environment and public safety, Bryan Renbaum of Maryland Reporter writes. Hogan (R) says his budget offers more money for education ...

State Roundup: Political powerbroker Mike Miller dies; revenue bills eye $1.4B; 16 vetoes overturned; Hogan declares state of emergency The Martin Luther King Jr. memorial in Washington. National Park Service photo REMEMBRANCES, TRIBUTES TO MIKE MILLER: Senate President Emeritus Mike Miller died Friday afternoon at age 78, Bryan Renbaum of Maryland Reporter writes. The political powerbroker and old school Democrat who led the state’s upper chamber for more than four decades “passed away pea...

State Roundup: Next vaccination phase begins next week A view of the State House dome from the Noah Hillman Garage. (MarylandReporter.com photo. VACCINE ELIGIBILITY EXPANDS: Maryland will move into the next substage of its coronavirus vaccination plan beginning next week, Bryan Renbaum reports that Gov. Larry Hogan announced. Monday will mark the beginning of vaccinating those 75 and older and people of any age living in assisted living, developmental disability or behavioral health group home...