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State Roundup: Maryland adds 3,800 jobs in April as unemployment rate stable at 6.2% Gov. Larry Hogan and wife Yumi participated with the president of the Republic of Korea Moon Jae-In, center, in the groundbreaking for a wall of remembrance at the Korean War Veterans Memorial in Washington on Friday. Governor's Office photo STATE ADDS 3,800 JOBS; JOBLESS RATE STABLE: Maryland’s economy added 3,800 jobs in April 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, Bryan ...

State Roundup: U.S. Rep. Raskin spars with Emergent CEO over contaminated vaccines The State House lobby has been closed to visitors during the pandemic but reopens Friday. Governor's Office photo RASKIN SPARS WITH EMERGENT CHIEF IN CONTENTIOUS HEARING: U.S. Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-Md.) sparred with the president and CEO of the Gaithersburg-based biotech company Emergent BioSolutions at a congressional hearing on Wednesday over decisions the company made both before and after it was forced to destroy millions of COVID-19 vaccines manufactured at its Baltimore facility due to issues related to cr...

State Roundup: Hogan says fully vaxxed Marylanders can forgo masks but businesses, jurisdictions can keep policy Rombauer won the Preakness Saturday. Governor's Office photo HOGAN ALIGNS STATE MASK POLICY WITH CDC GUIDES: A day after the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention updated its mask guidance to say that people who have been fully vaccinated against COVID-19, for the most part, do not need to wear masks either indoors or outdoors Gov. Larry Hogan followed suit and made that guidance official state policy, Bryan Renbaum of Maryland Reporter reports. Masks still will be required on...

State Roundup: Hogan lifts more Covid restrictions as Covid positivity rates decline and vaccines rates go up The statewide mask mandate will be over as soon as 70% of residents get vaccinated, Gov. Larry Hogan announced Wednesday. Governor's Office photo by Patrick Siebert HOGAN LIFTS MORE COVID RESTRICTIONS: Due to rapidly declining coronavirus positivity rates and improved vaccination metrics this weekend the state will lift all capacity restrictions on entertainment venues and dining establishments, Bryan Renbaum reports for Maryland Reporter. In the latest sign that the state is emerging...

State Roundup: Some GOP lawmakers prefer Schulz over Steele for governor A view of the offshore wind farm from Block Island, RI. The windmills are 3.8 miles off shore; those just approved off of Martha's Vineyard will be three times further out in the ocean, 12 miles. Photo by Val Stori, Clean Energy Group with Flickr Creative Commons License GOP LAWMAKERS SAY THEY’d BACK SCHULZ OVER STEELE FOR GOV: Several of Maryland’s Republican lawmakers said that they would back state Commerce Secretary Kelly Schulz’s campaign for governor in a prospective primary contest between Schulz and Michael...