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In an effort to provide support for poultry workers infected with COVID-19 — and to slow the spread of the deadly virus in Delmarva’s…

Amidst an unprecedented surge in telework that has taken hundreds of thousands of cars off the road, critics of a state plan to widen…

Maryland is likely to see another massive surge in weekly unemployment numbers on Thursday ― even as the state continues to field droves of…

Democratic members of the General Assembly sent Gov. Lawrence J. Hogan Jr. (R) two letters Wednesday ― one urging the governor to cancel rent…

The COVID-19 pandemic has left Maryland native Emily Freeman confused and adrift — literally. She and more than 90 other North American citizens from…

The greater Salisbury area has one of the fastest-growing COVID-19 infection rates in the nation, and the numbers are expected to climb further, according…

In a clear rebuke of Gov. Lawrence J. Hogan’s cautious plan for reopening Maryland businesses, U.S. Rep. Andrew P. Harris (R) announced on Tuesday…

Maryland Superintendent of Schools Karen B. Salmon said Tuesday that her office has doubled the number of employees working to pay the child care…

Maryland’s Labor secretary said Monday that the state’s launch of a new unemployment benefits website “has clearly fallen short,” but the state was working…

The COVID-19 crisis is creating specific challenges for small business owners. Many have had to shut businesses deemed non-essential. Others are seeing fewer paying…