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Hospitals will begin to limit elective surgeries and increase the state’s staffed-bed capacity as Maryland surpasses 1,200 COVID-19-related hospitalizations, Gov. Lawrence J. Hogan Jr. (R) announced Friday.

Maryland auditors found $190 million in pandemic-related emergency purchases by state agencies that lacked appropriate record-keeping and documentation, a new report released Thursday shows….

Two legislative committees that oversee the Maryland Department of Health plan to grill top state officials about an attack that disabled the agency’s computers,…

Anne Arundel County officials said an incentive program for county employees resulted in hundreds more vaccinations ahead of the deadline at the end of…

Maryland is reporting its first three cases of the omicron variant of the coronavirus, Gov. Larry Hogan announced Friday afternoon.

Next week’s special General Assembly session has a fairly limited agenda. Lawmakers are scheduled to produce a new congressional map for Maryland, consider whether…

Members of the public will be allowed inside the state Senate and House of Delegates chambers during next week’s special session, but admission will…

Reimbursements for at-home rapid COVID-19 tests. Tougher testing requirements for international travelers. More emergency response teams to aid states combating infection spikes. And another…

Indoor Masking

The Maryland State Board of Education voted on Wednesday to direct the State Department of Education to draft a new emergency regulation that would…

Eviction

Rental assistance has contributed to the state’s decline in evictions. As programs speed up that assistance, eviction numbers should remain low.