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The grant for DPW’s six-month job training program is part of a multimillion effort to address environmental justice by providing jobs and more services for communities that have born the brunt of pollution.
- Roughly eight of every 10 Marylanders receiving unemployment benefits are set to lose them after July 3 due to Gov. Larry Hogan's decision to end the state's participation in federal unemployment programs extended during the coronavirus pandemic.
- Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan’s administration has leaned heavily on emergency government spending powers to purchase nearly $1.5 billion in services and supplies during the coronavirus pandemic, covering the cost of everything from gloves to consultants.
- The Unemployed Workers Union announced a lawsuit Thursday challenging Republican Gov. Larry Hogan’s decision to end several pandemic unemployment programs early. The class-action lawsuit in Baltimore Circuit Court also seeks benefits for people whose cases have been pending in the state’s claims system.
- Former Democratic state Sen. Barbara A. Hoffman, who worked tirelessly as a supporter of environmental and public education initiatives during her years in the legislature, died of cancer Sunday at her Cheswolde home. She was 81.
- The Maryland Retailers Association president is running in the District 7 Anne Arundel County Council race in 2022, vying to represent Crofton and south county.
- Scott, a Democrat, said the ideas amounted to “not being soft or tough on crime. It’s being smarter.” They included a collaboration announced Wednesday in which Baltimore and more than a dozen other cities will trade information on community intervention programs.
- A “very huge oversight” will cost Baltimore $3.5 million more than expected to operate several parking garages in the city based on an agreement approved unanimously Wednesday by the city’s spending board.
- Baltimore has officially recommended against building the proposed high-speed Northeast Maglev train to Washington, citing concerns about equity and the project’s effects on the environment.
- Baltimore Mayor Brandon Scott will travel to the White House Wednesday and participate in a roundtable discussion about gun violence.
- With Maryland’s General Assembly session wrapped up, more potential candidates are coming out with news about their plans to run for an open seat for governor in 2022.
- Tom Perez, who spent the last four years leading the national Democratic Party, is launching a campaign to be Maryland's next governor.
- City officials will convene an oversight panel that monitors the work of Baltimore’s inspector general next month, an announcement that comes during a year when she has faced public criticism.
- Paula Lynette Deadwyler, a former Housing Authority of Baltimore City manager who later purchased former Gov. William Donald Schaefer’s home in West Baltimore, has died. She was 61.
- Annapolis voters will choose a mayor and City Council in November.
- Finlayson will kick off her campaign on July 1 by stopping at several locations throughout her ward and the city that she’s helped establish since she joined the council in 2007, including the Wiley H. Bates Legacy Center, Kenneth R. Dunn Municipal Pool at Truxtun Park and Annapolis Walk Community Center.
- Baron, 58, is a first-time political candidate and currently works as vice president of Arnold Ventures, a Texas-based philanthropy backed by billionaire couple John and Laura Arnold and held a post at the Pentagon under President Bill Clinton's administration.
- The board met Thursday for its monthly meeting as it continues its election preparations.
- At least 50 people turned out for a community walk Thursday evening with local Baltimore officials in the Mondawmin neighborhood.
- A group of Baltimore City Council members questioned city leaders about the police response to the recent spate of violence in the Fells Point neighborhood during a hearing Thursday, expressing concerns about whether other city neighborhoods saw less police protection as a result.
- Maryland state government offices and many local government agencies will be closed Friday to observe the new Juneteenth National Independence Day.
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- Carroll Community College is opening its doors to summer learners again this year. Whether five or 85 years old, CCC officials say students are excited for the education offered at the camps.
- Paul B. Lukacs, a longtime Loyola University Maryland English professor whose specialty was 19th-century American literature, was also an oenophile, wine columnist and gourmand.
- Celebrity Edge will depart Fort Lauderdale, Florida, at 6 p.m. Saturday with the number of passengers limited to about 40 percent capacity, and with virtually all passengers vaccinated.
- Baltimore's travel and tourism industry is looking to regain its footing after being decimated by the coronavirus crisis. Lockdowns and restrictions on travel and gatherings wiped out business, leading to mass layoffs and loss of tourism-related revenue in Baltimore and other destinations.
- Schools like Dulaney High have problems on top of air conditioning but Baltimore County leadership has so far failed to provide adequate answers.
- As homicides and non-fatal shootings mount in neighborhoods across Baltimore, Cherry Hill Safe Streets leaders this week marked an upbeat milestone: One full year without a murder
