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Maryland’s economy just hit a COVID-19 brick wall. Businesses are struggling, baseball stadiums are empty, and employees are being furloughed and laid off statewide….

Although city officials appear to be resisting the idea, 25 organizations, under the umbrella group the Baltimore Right to Water Coalition, have written to…

In his role as head of the National Governors Association, Gov. Lawrence J. Hogan Jr. (R) pushed back Monday against the notion that the…

With government budgets soon to be depleted by the COVID-19 pandemic and some vital services likely to be scaled back, more than 40 nonprofit…

Now that President Trump has ordered General Motors to begin manufacturing ventilators for COVID-19 patients at auto plants, Baltimore County Executive John A. Olszewski…

Budgets are frozen and new employees aren’t being hired, Gov. Lawrence J. Hogan Jr. (R) said Friday afternoon, moments after the state’s comptroller painted…

U.S. Sens. Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) and Benjamin L. Cardin (D-Md.) are calling for bipartisan cooperation as lawmakers begin to craft the next COVID-19…

Maryland is dramatically ramping up its ability to process unemployment insurance claims, drawing employees from across state government, upgrading its computers and expanding hours…

Maryland is expected to receive almost $5 billion in federal assistance to respond to the COVID-19 pandemic, including substantial chunks of money to bolster…

Maryland’s unemployment figures continued to skyrocket on Thursday, and the figures are expected to continue rising as social-distancing remains in place and additional workers…