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State Roundup: Morgan, Bowie, UMES get huge gifts; hospitals, nursing homes to get vaccines within 2 weeks Morgan State University in snow. MORGAN STATE GIVEN $40M; BOWIE, UMES TOO: The Daily Record reports that Morgan State University, Maryland’s preeminent public urban research university and the state’s largest historically Black college or university, Tuesday received a $40 million gift from noted venture philanthropist and author Mackenzie Scott, the largest single private donation in Morgan State’s history and the second largest gift to any public Maryland university. The Balti...

State Roundup: Vaccines could start arriving in Maryland this week Maryland's electoral college members take their oath of office Monday. As in all oaths of office here and around the nation, they swear to "support the Constitution of the United States." Governor's Office Photo VACCINES EXPECTED TO ARRIVE THIS WEEK: As coronavirus cases continue to rise, doses of a highly anticipated vaccine could start arriving in Maryland as soon as this week. Gov. Larry Hogan said during a news conference that the first shots are reserved for hospital workers and nursing home residents and employees, McKen...

State Roundup: Franchot urges aid for lower income residents as revenue estimates come in MarylandReporter.com photo REVENUE ESTIMATES HIGHER, BUT $600M-$700M LESS THAN PRE-COVID: Bryan Renbaum of MarylandReporter.com spoke with Comptroller Peter Francot on Friday. He said that while revenue estimates improved since September – which he called a surprise – “We are still $600 million or $700 million less than what we should have been pre-pandemic.” The state’s chief tax collector, an announced candidate for governor in 2022, called on Gov. Hogan (R) and Democratic leaders of the Gene...

State Roundup: Hogan offers help for business, but no new COVID restrictions Baltimore City Hall has a new team of leaders. Official photo HOGAN ANNOUNCES RELIEF FUNDS, NO NEW RESTRICTIONS: More economic relief is on the way for Maryland’s small businesses, with Gov. Larry Hogan announcing the forgiveness of $75 million in emergency loans from the spring and new investments in housing and other areas, Bryan Renbaum writes for Maryland Reporter. But with new restrictions coming from counties, the fear is many businesses are at a “point of no return.” Hogan ordered no new statewide res...

State Roundup: State officials targeted in unemployment claim fraud; Covid-19 hospitalizations hit a new high Johns Hopkins, founder of the university and hospital that bear his name, was long believed to be an abolitionist, but in 1850 he owned slaved, the university disclosed. From the JHU website STATE OFFICIALS TARGET IN JOBLESS SCAM: Not even Maryland’s highest ranking officials are immune from scams, writes Bryan Renbaum for MarylandReporter. That includes Gov. Larry Hogan, Lt. Gov. Boyd Rutherford, Labor Secretary Tiffany Robinson and several other cabinet members, all of whom were t...