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State Roundup: Restaurants shrug over potential cicada onslaught The Talbot County courthouse with the Talbot Boys Confederate statue on the left and county native Frederick Douglass on the right. A lawsuit has been filed to remove the Confederate statue which the county council has declined to do. Photo by Blink of Anaye with Flickr Creative Commons License https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/2.0/ CICADA ONSLAUGHT OF NO CONCERN OF RESTAURANTS: Many Marylanders are becoming more and more...

State Roundup: Lt. Gov. Boyd Rutherford won’t be running for governor but Commerce Secretary Kelly Schulz will In this photo from a 2017 press conference, Gov. Larry Hogan at podium appears with Lt. Gov. Boyd Rutherford and then Labor Secretary Kelly Schulz. Governors Office photo RUTHERFORD OUT, SCHULZ IN GOP RACE FOR GOVERNOR: Maryland Lt. Gov. Boyd Rutherford (R) has decided not to seek the state’s top job in 2022, creating a wide-open GOP primary. Hogan, who is term-limited, is set to ...

This story was co-published with The New Yorker and is not subject to our Creative Commons license. When Amazon opened its second fulfillment center in the Baltimore region, in 2018, most anyone driving to it from the city arrived via Dundalk Avenue, which took them past a yellow brick building that was constructed in 1952 to house Local 2609 and 2610 of the United Steelworkers and an adjacent building that opened after Local 2610 moved into its own space. By then, the buildings were mostly vac...

State Roundup: Legal pot, taxing wealthy among bills that might return in 2022; Hogan signs dozens of bills into law Newly elected leaders of the House Republican caucus visited Gov. Larry Hogan in his office Tuesday. The new minority leader is Del. Jason Buckel of Allegany County, right, and the minority whip is Del. Christopher Adams of the Eastern Shore. Governors Office photo FAILED BILLS THAT MAY RETURN NEXT SESSION: The 2021 legislative session of the Maryland General Assembly will proba...

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: Restaurants suffer under Covid restrictions, seek proof that dining out is risky Mondays sunset of the winter solstice at Stonehenge, Wiltshire, England. Screen shot SUFFERING EATERIES WANT PROOF OF COVID TRANSMISSION: Bryan Renbaum of Maryland Reporter writes that head of Restaurant Association of Maryland says that the coronavirus pandemic has wreaked havoc on Maryland’s restaurant industry and many establishments may soon close their doors for good if they do not receive sub...

St. Anns and Church Circle in Annapolis. MidAtlantic Aerial photo McGRATH MOSTLY MUM DURING PAYOUT TESTIMONY: Gov. Larry Hogan’s former Chief of Staff Roy McGrath declined to answer several questions during an oversight hearing Wednesday regarding the six-figure severance payout he received,  and what role, if any, Gov. Hogan played in that decision to dole out the cash, Bryan Renbaum of Maryland Reporter reports. Maryland lawmakers were again frustrated with more questions than answers Wedn...