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Officials preparing at least one site to include in its proposal February 17, 2021 | 9:32 pm Todd Laubach, an emergency room nurse for Adventist HealthCare in Montgomery County, was one of the health care systems first employees to receive the vaccine in late December. Photo from Adventist HealthCare Montgomery County health officials are continuing to press for the state for a local COVID-19 mass vaccination center by preparing at least one site with the needed infrastructure and planning. The...

. Sponsored by Del. Brooke Lierman and Sen. Cory McCray, the bill would require the state to allocate enough funds to the Maryland Transit Administration to cover long-deferred repair and maintenance issues. A similar bill passed in the state House last year but ran out of time in the Senate. “The state must maintain its assets and keep up its promise of providing reliable and safe transit to our essential workers and any Marylander who wants it or needs it,” Lierman said in a press release...

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...

This content was republished with permission from WTOP’s news partners at Maryland Matters. Sign up for Maryland Matters’ free email subscription today. While Maryland residents and elected officials scurried around in preparation for the holidays last week, the state Department of Transportation quietly took a major step in its $11 billion I-495/I-270 “managed lanes” highway project. With no notice to the public, the agency issued its formal Request for Proposals (RFP) for the projec...

Council president wants Hogan to release money from rainy day fund for businesses By Dan Schere | December 18, 2020 State Sen. Craig Zucker, left, and Del. Marc Korman spoke on Friday during a legislative forum hosted by the Committee for Montgomery. Screenshot via Zoom Montgomery County’s elected officials said during an online state legislative forum Friday morning that their 2021 goals include COVID-19 pandemic assistance and a long-anticipated $4 billion education reform bill. The foru...