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The University of Maryland, College Park. MD NAACP CHIEF BLASTS HOGAN PARDON OF LYNCHING VICTIMS: The head of Maryland’s NAACP on Sunday lambasted Gov. Larry Hogan’s posthumous pardon of lynching victims as “political posturing,” criticizing the Republican governor for issuing a blanket pardon of dozens of the state’s Black victims even though many were never convicted of any crimes, but merely charged or accused of wrongdoing before they were killed, Chandelis Duster of CNN reports. STEELE: DON’T DEFUND, RE-EVALUATE THE POLICE: Former Lt. Gov. and former Republican National Commi...

State Roundup: Hogan posthumously pardons 34 lynching victims in Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan used the unveiling of this plaque at the old Baltimore County Jail (in background) to issue pardons for the dozens of Black men lynched in Maryland in in the 19th and 20th centuries. Governor's Office photo by Anthony DePanise HOGAN PARDONS 34 LYNCHING VICTIMS: Gov. Larry Hogan granted posthumous pardons Saturday to 34 Maryland lynching victims, including Howard Cooper, a 15-year-old Black boy who was hanged outside the Towson jailhouse by a white mob in 1885. Hogan’s office said it was the first time...

State Roundup: State launches program to help youth bounce back MarylandReporter file photo HELP FOR YOUTH RECOVERING FROM PANDEMIC EFFECTS: The state is entering into a multi-million dollar partnership with several private sector companies to launch a series of initiatives aimed at helping younger people and their families recover from mental health impact of the pandemic, Bryan Renbaum reports for Maryland Reporter. School closures and the cancellation of both sporting and social events have had a detrimental impact, and this has been especially true for youth that live in the state’s mos...

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 apprehensive about the prospect of millions of harmless little insects known as cicadas flooding th...

State Roundup: WalletHub study finds Maryland pandemic recovery among slowest states Lighthouse at Sandy Shoal WALLETHUB: MARYLAND RECOVERY RANKS NEAR BOTTOM: Maryland ranks near the bottom among states in terms of the pace of its recovery from the coronavirus pandemic, according to a recent study. The WalletHub study was released on Tuesday. Bryan Renbaum of Maryland Reporter said that the study found that Maryland is the state with the 10th slowest recovery from COVID-19. South Dakota has the fastest recovery of any state and Michigan has the slowest recovery of any state. HBCU PRESIDENTS O...