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WEBSep 20, 2024 · The Department of Justice filed a lawsuit Wednesday against the owner and the operator of the ship that collided with the Francis Scott Key Bridge in March, asking for more than $100 million to recoup the cost of extensive cleanup efforts to reopen the Fort McHenry Channel.
State Roundup: Heat protection standards for workers go into …
WEB9 hours ago · LONG-AWAITED HEAT PROTECTION STANDARDS GO INTO EFFECT: Long-awaited heat protection regulations for workers have been finalized and will go into effect today – two days after the official end of a deadly “heat season” that took the lives of dozens of Marylanders this summer.With just days left in the annual Heat-Related Illness Surveillance Report monitoring period – the so-called heat ...
State Roundup: Md. hits hospital emergency threshold as Omicron cases ...
WEBDec 24, 2021 · MERRY CHRISTMAS: We’re taking the next week off. State Roundup will return next Friday morning, New Year’s Eve for the final roundup of the year. COVID-RELATED HOSPITALIZATIONS TRIGGER HOGAN’S EMERGENCY PLAN: Maryland’s number of COVID-19 related hospitalizations have exceeded the threshold set forth in a recent order by the Maryland Department of Health. Measures being […]
State Roundup: Almost a million Marylanders remain unvaxxed; …
WEBSep 30, 2021 · 900,000 MARYLANDERS REMAIN UNVAXXED: While Maryland’s COVID-19 vaccination metrics are better than that of most states with about 84% of residents partially vaccinated and about 60% fully vaccinated-significant outreach and education must be a continued priority as about 900,000 Marylanders still are unvaccinated, Deputy Health Secretary Dr. Jinlene Chan told Bryan Renbaum of ...
Data shows Maryland General Assembly is becoming more representative …
WEBNov 19, 2021 · Census Bureau data shows that 55 percent of the state population is white, compared to the General Assembly’s makeup of 65 percent white members. Black and Asian representation is much closer between the state and General Assembly. Black people make up around 30 percent of both the General Assembly and …
Maryland General Assembly closes 2022 session with sweeping …
WEBApr 12, 2022 · By LOGAN HILL. ANNAPOLIS — The 2022 Maryland General Assembly wrapped up late Monday with lawmakers pushing a handful of bills across the finish line just before the deadline at midnight Tuesday, although most of the major legislation already had passed in time for an override of a potential veto. The new laws, many of which passed over Republican Gov. Larry Hogan’s objections, included ...
Chesapeake Bay is cleaner but will miss 2025 pollution targets ...
WEB4 days ago · By MENNATALLA IBRAHIM and ANDREA DURÁN WASHINGTON — Chesapeake Bay is cleaner than it used to be but is falling short of 2025 targets for reducing pollution, federal and state officials and most of Maryland’s congressional delegation said on Wednesday. “The short version is that it’s going in the right direction. The longer story is that we’re still behind,” Adam Ortiz ...
State Roundup: As session nears end, vetoes, overrides, legislative …
WEBApr 11, 2022 · AS SESSION ENDS, DEM LAWMAKERS SEE SUCCESS: Maryland lawmakers will make the trek to Annapolis on Monday morning for a final day of legislating before the General Assembly adjourns at midnight and most of them strike out on the campaign trail ahead of upcoming elections. Much of the agenda Democratic leadership marked as priorities was wrapped up over the weekend during a flurry of Saturday ...
State Roundup: Republicans say Maryland map ignores voters' …
WEBDec 14, 2021 · GOP LAWMAKERS: ADOPTED MAP IGNORES VOTERS’ WISHES: The General Assembly largely ignored the wishes of a significant portion of the state’s electorate in a recent vote to override Gov. Larry Hogan’s veto of congressional redistricting legislation favored by Democrats, several of Maryland’s GOP lawmakers said Monday. Bryan Renbaum/Maryland Reporter.