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Local leaders call on Gov. Hogan to fill in gap after state, local governments left out of federal COVID-19 relief bill December 23, 2020 MARYLAND – Now that Congress has passed their historic $900 billion COVID-19 relief bill, all that’s left to do is for President Donald Trump to sign or veto it. But local leaders are already looking ahead to any future relief funding. “I’m disappointed it does not include the direct assistance to state, county, and local governments. It should’ve had that in it,” said Maryland U.S. Senator Ben Cardin. Sen. Cardin, Maryland Comptroller Peter Fra...

Maryland judge upholds county dining ban; leaders ask Hogan to use reserves for pandemic relief Rachel Chason, Rebecca Tan and Patricia Sullivan, The Washington Post Dec. 23, 2020 FacebookTwitterEmail After a 12-hour hearing, a Maryland judge upheld a ban on indoor dining in Montgomery County late Wednesday night, agreeing with a judge in neighboring Prince George's County who made a similar ruling earlier in the day. Their verdicts came as coronavirus cases continued to surge across the region and Democratic lawmakers and officials urged Gov. Larry Hogan, a Republican, to tap reserve funds ...

State board approves $250M Purple Line settlement Initial claims from project contractors totaled $800M December 16, 2020 | 9:31 pm December 18, 2020 Maryland is moving on from the legal feud and litigation over cost overruns and delays with the Purple Line light rail project with a settlement of $250 million. The payment is part of the litigation settlement with the project’s contractors and will allow the state to pursue a new design-build contractor to continue the public-private partnership (P3). Gov. Larry Hogan said the payment was worthwhile to keep the project moving, considering t...

‘A Great Day for the State’: Board of Public Works Approves Purple Line Settlement The three-member Maryland Board of Public Works unanimously approved a settlement that ends all financial claims and litigation concerning the proposed Purple Line. Under the agreement, the state will pay $250 million, of which $100 million is due by the end of this month. “We are going to see the Purple Line, a little late, but still working to unite the suburbs,” said board member and Maryland State Treasurer Nancy Kopp at the board’s Dec. 16 meeting, The Maryland Department of Transportation, Merid...

>> the house oversight committee voted yesterday to hold attorney-general eric holder in contempt over documents they have requested but not received from the justice department in the fast and furious investigation. nancy pelosi and john boehner all reacted. later, mitt romney speaks to a group of latino officials. what's it all of us decide at the same time that we will tighten our belts and spend less, guess what, we will all end up for. -- poor. this is the stuff we have known since the 1930's. it is self-defeating. >> who is going to tell them the truth? we have to tell them. if...