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State Roundup: Restaurants suffer under Covid restrictions, seek proof that dining out is risky Monday's 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 substantial financial assistance from the government. Among restaurateurs frustrated by the latest rou...

State Roundup: 24,100 new jobs added in November pushing Maryland unemployment rate down The statue of Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall to its place in Lawyer's Mall outside the State House Dec. 17. Governor's Office photo MD JOBLESS RATE DROPS: Maryland added 24,100 jobs in November and the state’s unemployment rate decreased from 7.8% to 6.8%, according to preliminary data released by the U.S. Department of Labor’s Bureau of Labor Statistics on Friday morning, Bryan Renbaum of MarylandReporter.com reports. HENRIETTA LACKS ACT HEADS TO TRUMP FOR SIGNATURE: A bill inspired by the l...

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: 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...