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Maryland public schools must be prepared to continue teaching classes online into the fall and winter if the spread of the coronavirus continues or makes a resurgence, the state’s top education official said.
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Baltimore officials on Tuesday held a Virtual Taxpayers’ Night to solicit residents’ feedback on the proposed 2021 budget but acknowledged that the plan will have to be almost entirely reworked to account for the economic disruptions caused by the coronavirus pandemic.
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The Baltimore Sun and its reporters have won a first-place National Headliner Award for its investigative reporting into former Baltimore Mayor Catherine Pugh and the controversy surrounding her series of “Healthy Holly” children’s books.
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Authorities found the body of former Maryland Lt. Gov. Kathleen Kennedy Townsend’s missing grandson, two days after finding her daughter’s body.
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Anne Arundel County launched a new open data site on Wednesday. Open Arundel will provide residents will centralized access to data, maps and tools to better understand how county government works and what it is doing.
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The clock is ticking for the Anne Arundel County Democratic Central Committee to submit a nominee for the Maryland House of Delegates.
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John Bessler, a University of Baltimore law professor, and his wife, Minnesota Sen. Amy Klobuchar, spoke in a TV interview Tuesday night with NBC Nightly News after his battle with the coronavirus that landed him in the hospital.
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Baltimore County Executive Johnny Olszewski Jr. said the county expects large drops in revenues and increases in expenses caused by the coronavirus pandemic.
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Baltimore officials expect to end the fiscal year with a $42.3 million deficit as the virus stifles economic activity.
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Visitors to Maryland's coronavirus “rumor control” website can submit a rumor to be answered, be notified when a rumor has been identified and dispelled, and receive a digest of trusted sources and their social media posts in real time.
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Maeve Kennedy Townsend McKean, a human rights attorney who was the daughter of former Maryland Lt. Gov. Kathleen Kennedy Townsend, died in a boating accident Thursday in Anne Arundel County.
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The eight specialists have all been key in helping advise Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan, spokesman Mike Ricci said, and were selected because the “governor wanted the best public health minds at the table to help lead this fight.”
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Baltimore City is projecting that one-third of residents may qualify for a federal food assistance program during the pandemic.
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In the scramble to locate more ventilators for critically ill coronavirus patients, Maryland received some that did not work, according to Sen. Ben Cardin, a Maryland Democrat who has been pushing federal authorities for proper supplies.
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After searching for four days the Maryland Department of Natural Resources Police have found the body of former Maryland Lt. Gov. Kathleen Kennedy Townsend’s missing daughter.
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With more than two dozen deaths announced Monday, Maryland recorded its most lethal day yet from the coronavirus pandemic, and the number of confirmed cases across the state surged past 4,000.
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Baltimore City Council President Brandon Scott has introduced a bill that would require the health commissioner report patients’ races and ZIP codes during a health emergency, a move designed to produce data that’s not been made public in Maryland during the coronavirus pandemic.
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Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan has issued an executive order that authorizes local health departments to shut down businesses and organizations that local officials deem “unsafe facilities.”
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Scientists are working on coronavirus models to help guide state leaders about when to reopen businesses, schools and homes. The only conclusion so far: It's going to be awhile.
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With coronavirus at more than 80 nursing homes in Maryland, Gov. Hogan increases protective measures
Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan on Sunday issued an emergency order aimed at limiting the spread of the coronavirus in nursing homes, many of which have been ravaged by outbreaks in the state and across the country.
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After break due to virus, Baltimore City Council will resume Monday. Here’s how you can participate.
After a brief suspension due to the new coronavirus outbreak, the Baltimore City Council will reconvene remotely Monday.
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When I was studying photojournalism in the early 1980s, my professors at Ohio University had a catchphrase: "F8 and be there.” It refers to a particular aperture setting on a camera. To me, it means: When you’re in the right place at the right time, have your camera ready.
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Garden Q&A with Ellen Nibali of the University of Maryland Extension's Home and Garden Information Center on making daffodils thrive again and what weeds to trash and which to compost.
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Tami Combs, a 58-year-old yoga instructor from Indiana, bought concert tickets to see the Rolling Stones, Elton John, Chicago and Sturgill Simpson this year.
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A federal judge in Maryland extended a deadline for Bank of America to respond to a lawsuit over federal lending relief for small businesses.
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Blow: Health officials need to figure out if majority-black cities are suffering more than others, and if so focus a significant part of the fight against the coronavirus, both resources and research, there. https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/08/opinion/coronavirus-black-cities.html
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Convicted former Baltimore Mayor Catherine E. Pugh has been assigned to serve her sentence at an Alabama facility nearly 900 miles from home, and is asking for a delay in reporting
