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Former Maryland Lt. Gov. Kathleen Kennedy Townsend has issued a statement about the lives of her eldest daughter and grandson, who were missing after a witness saw them struggling in a canoe on the Chesapeake Bay.
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The U.S. State Department has coordinated the return of Americans from 74 countries since the end of January. But an untold number of Marylanders and other Americans remain waiting to return from overseas.
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A Pimlico Race Course parking lot will be used as a drive-thru COVID-19 screening site, Baltimore Mayor Bernard C. “Jack” Young announced Friday.
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Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan on Friday said coronavirus cases or clusters of cases have now been identified in 60 different nursing home facilities across the state, as well as in multiple correctional facilities in the state.
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Maryland's Republican state lawmakers are urging Gov. Larry Hogan to keep gun stores open, one day after more than 50 Democrats asked him to shut them down due to the coronavirus pandemic.
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Over two months, Capital Gazette reporters Naomi Harris and Olivia Sanchez talked to almost two dozen black women lawmakers in Annapolis about representation in Annapolis and a bill that recently passed during the shortened session that protects against discrimination of traditionally African American hairstyles.
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Maryland's 27 black women lawmakers passed the Crown Act, which would protect hair texture and protective styles. The effort marks a shift in both legislation and legislators — it’s a bill by black women to protect black women and men. Without them this issue wouldn’t have been a topic of discussion at the State House.
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For fans missing their favorite teams while quarantining at home, some of Maryland’s most iconic sports figures have provided encouraging messages.
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Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan is getting pressure to close down the state’s gun stores, which have been allowed to remain open during the coronavirus pandemic when most other retailers have had to shut their doors.
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Yielding to pressure from voting rights advocates, the Maryland Board of Elections reversed itself Thursday, recommending the state offer at least one in-person voting center in each county for the June 2 primary in spite of concerns about the new coronavirus outbreak.
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The state received 34 percent of the 778,129 face masks it requested, 26 percent of the 421,532 N95 respirator masks it sought, and 43 percent of the 330,540 requested gloves.
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Maryland’s health department has not published data on the racial breakdown of coronavirus cases, despite escalating pressure from black lawmakers.
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Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan will sign into law legislation that makes it easier for doctors to use telehealth to treat patients.
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As of this week, there were only about 260 overdue requests for cleaning a dirty alley or street.
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In nursing homes with vulnerable residents, the coronavirus is cutting a particularly deadly path. And the nation’s lack of testing, coupled with its inability to effectively trace the contacts of those infected, has left local and state health departments blind in the battle to intervene.
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Days after Gov. Larry Hogan's stay-at-home directive was issued, Marylanders still have questions. Here are some answers from his spokesman.
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Maryland’s state government is offering a pay bump to certain state workers required to work through the coronavirus pandemic.
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Baltimore officials expect to end the fiscal year with a $42.3 million deficit as the coronavirus pandemic slows economic activity to a crawl.
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In spite of the ever-tightening grip the coronavirus has taken on Maryland, officials are determined to proceed with the April 28 special general election to fill the seat of the late Congressman Elijah Cummings, now vacant more than five months. But the logistics of pulling off the race, being conducted by mail only, are far from complete.
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The Baltimore Neighbors Network has formed to connect trained volunteers to isolated seniors and connect them with social workers and mental health professionals.
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Three privately funded surveillance planes have been cleared to begin patrolling Baltimore from the sky.
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Maryland Natural Resources Police resumed Saturday an effort to recover former Maryland Lt. Gov. Kathleen Kennedy Townsend’s missing daughter and grandson, who were last seen struggling in a canoe in the Chesapeake Bay on Thursday.
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While the date of this year’s second leg of horseracing’s Triple Crown remains unknown, the 145th Preakness Stakes will not feature InfieldFest at Pimlico Race Course.
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Tens of thousands of medical workers across the United States are suddenly out of work as operating rooms and doctor's offices go dark, casualties of urgent calls to prioritize coronavirus patients at overwhelmed hospitals and of the economic waves the crisis is churning.
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As state-ordered business shutdowns continue during the new coronavirus pandemic, Maryland labor officials have been notified of an increasing number of layoffs.
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Many studies show that widespread mask-wearing might be a very effective complement to hand-washing, social-distancing and other measures. https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/31/opinion/coronavirus-n95-mask.html
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The 24-year-old man who was shot to death early Saturday in Baltimore’s Federal Hill neighborhood was hosting a “game night” party and broadcasting on Facebook Live when his attacker scaled a fence, according to a review of the video and a woman who attended the party.
