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State Roundup: Maryland adds 13,100 jobs in March, still slightly above national jobless rate The Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium in Annapolis just opened as one of Marylands mass vaccination sites. Governors Office Photo MARYLAND ADDS 13,100 JOBS IN MARCH: Maryland’s economy added 13,100 jobs in March and the state’s unemployment rate remained at 6.2%, according to preliminary data released by the U.S. Department of Labor’s Bureau of Labor Statistics on Friday morning. Maryland added ...

State Roundup: 2022 election season underway as Glassman declares for comptroller The Louis L. Goldstein State Treasury Building, MarylandReporter.com photo GLASSMAN ENTERS COMPTROLLER RACE: As Harford County Executive Barry Glassman announced he is running for comptroller, Maryland’s Republican lawmakers heaped praise upon him, Bryan Renbaum reports for Maryland Reporter. Glassman became the first Republican to declare himself a candidate for state comptroller at the Level Volunteer Fire Com...

State Roundup: As 90-day session comes to a close, lawmakers overturn Hogan vetoes on police reform, juvenile justice. House of Delegates Republican on the steps of the State House Friday. They will choose new leaders Tuesday. From their Facebook page. LAWMAKERS OVERTURN HOGAN VETO OF POLICE REFORM BILLS: Maryland enacted historic police accountability measures Saturday, becoming the first state to repeal its powerful Law Enforcement Officers’ Bill of Rights and setting new rules for when pol...

Opening day at Camden Yards Thursday. Governors Office photo HOGAN EYES POLICE REFORM BILLS: Maryland’s lawmakers representing both sides of the political aisle said Thursday that they believe it is likely that Gov. Larry Hogan will veto all or part of a package of five landmark police reform bills that the General Assembly recently approved, Bryan Renbaum reports for Maryland Reporter. Should Hogan decide to veto the legislation, it is considered likely that the veto will be overridden given...

SCHOOLS TO GET $10M IN COVID FUNDS TO AID AT-RISK STUDENTS: Bryan Renbaum of MarylandReporter writes that Gov. Larry Hogan and State Superintendent of Schools Karen Salmon said Wednesday that Maryland’s public and private schools will receive $10 million in COVID-19 relief grants that are geared toward addressing the needs of the state’s most at-risk students. LANDMARK POLICE REFORM PACKAGE HEADS TO HOGAN’s DESK: Maryland lawmakers passed a landmark police reform package aimed at deliveri...

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: 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...

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 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 ...