Category: COVID-19
Maryland adds 13,100 jobs in March, unemployment stays at 6.2%: labor report
Maryland’s economy added 13,100 jobs in March 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.
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Marijuana legalization and progressive tax proposals that failed to gain traction are likely to return next session
The 2021 legislative session of the Maryland General Assembly will probably be most remembered for the enactment of landmark police reform legislation but there were many other proposals championed by progressive lawmakers that failed to gain traction, such as marijuana legalization and changes to the way the state taxes its most wealthy residents.
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Ferguson breathes a sigh of relief that COVID-19 did not again cause a truncated legislative session
Senate President Bill Ferguson kicked off the final day of the 442nd session of the Maryland General Assembly on Monday afternoon by expressing gratitude that this year, unlike last year, the coronavirus pandemic did not stop lawmakers from completing the regular 90-day legislative session.
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Despite pandemic, business startups are booming in Maryland
As the COVID-19 crisis ravaged the U.S. economy, countless numbers of businesses shut down and millions of Americans lost jobs.
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Hogan: Maryland’s schools to receive $10 million in COVID-19 relief grants
Maryland’s public and private schools will receive $10 million in COVID-19 relief grants that are geared toward addressing the needs of the state’s most at-risk students, Gov. Larry Hogan and State Superintendent of Schools Karen Salmon said Wednesday.
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Restaurant Association of Maryland CEO: Retaining employees is the biggest challenge for restaurants
Restaurant Association of Maryland President and CEO Marshall Weston said Tuesday that the biggest challenge for restaurants in the near-term future is retaining enough employees to serve the increased number of customers who have recently decided to dine out.
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Hogan: All Marylanders are eligible for a COVID-19 vaccine starting Tuesday at mass vaccination sites
All Marylanders age 16 and older will be eligible for a coronavirus vaccine at any of the state’s mass vaccination sites starting tomorrow, Gov. Larry Hogan said Monday.
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Study: Maryland’s economy has weathered the pandemic better than most states
Maryland’s economy has weathered the affects of the coronavirus pandemic better than that of the economies of the overwhelming majority of states in the nation, according to a recent study.
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Hogan: All Marylanders can now pre-register to get a COVID-19 vaccine
Pre-registration is now open for Marylanders who will be eligible to receive a COVID-19 vaccine in the state’s third and final phase of its vaccine distribution plan, Gov. Larry Hogan said Thursday.
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Hogan: ‘Historic bipartisan agreement’ reached on allocation of federal COVID-19 funds
Gov. Larry Hogan said Wednesday that a bipartisan agreement has been reached on how to allocate the $3.9 billion in federal coronavirus relief funds that Maryland is poised to receive from the recent passage of the American Rescue Plan Act.
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Hogan: State is administering more than 50,000 COVID-19 vaccines daily
Maryland’s health care providers are now administering an average of more than 50,000 coronavirus vaccines per day, Gov. Larry Hogan said Tuesday.
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Md’s unemployment rate drops to 6.2%, lowest level since the start of the pandemic: report
Maryland’s economy added 3,200 private sector jobs in February and the state’s unemployment rate decreased from 6.4% to 6.2%, according to preliminary data released by the U.S. Department of Labor’s Bureau of Labor Statistics on Friday morning.
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