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3 years

Maryland reports zero Covid-19 deaths for the first time since October. Positivity rate hits record low of 0.72 percent.

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Senate votes 30-16 to override Gov. Hogan's veto of a bill that creates a paid family leave program in Maryland. Advocates have been pushing for a program for more than a decade.

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New: Gov. Hogan announces that masks will be required in state buildings. The state’s largest union pushed for the mask mandate during recent negotiations. Hogan rejected it. Today he instituted it, along with paid leave for state employees to get booster shots

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Some personal news: I’m leaving The Post at the end of the month. I decided to accept the buyout offer. The decision is bittersweet but I’m excited about what’s ahead. For now, it involves some serious me time.

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Moms Demand Action gather in Annapolis to lobby for bill to ban untraceable ghost guns. The easy access firearms are sold online as kits.

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2 years

.⁦ @iamwesmoore ⁩ signs his first executive orders on his first full day in office. He is releasing $69 million in funds that were authorized by the GA, and creating a new state department that emphasizes service.

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.⁦⁦ @iamwesmoore ⁩ embraces ⁦ @TomPerez ⁩ at a Democratic Party unity rally in Silver Spring. The event is the first since Moore won the Democratic nomination, besting Perez in what ended up a two-way race.

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5 years

Maryland Senate unanimously passes bill to allow sports betting. Among the venues eligible for a license: Redskins stadium.

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3 years

Breaking: Circuit court judge issues a temporary halt to @GovLarryHogan ’s order to stop unemployment benefits. Says plaintiffs proved “immediate, substantial, irreparable harm.” Today was the last day of benefits.

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7 years

Breaking: Gov. Hogan calls for removal of Taney statue from statehouse grounds

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3 years

Mental health law named for Rep. Raskin’s late son takes effect in Md. next week. ⁦ @RepRaskin , a former state senator,⁩ returned to Annapolis to talk about the measure (via ⁦ @Meagan_Flynn ⁩)

Mental health law named for Rep. Raskin’s late son takes effect in Md. next week

Under new program, counselors will check in regularly with people who are struggling with their mental health.

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3 years

Breaking: The Md data is back. And we’re over 10 percent positivity, a sharp increase in the past two weeks.

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3 years

. @GovLarryHogan on Fox Sunday says he will not impose new restrictions in Md even though the state is expecting "the worst surge we've seen in our hospitals throughout the entire crisis" in the next 3 to 5 weeks.

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6 years

Before heading into the rally, @BenJealous and Sen. Sanders spend some time on the basketball court outside the community center in Prince George’s County

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4 years

Maryland House Speaker Adrienne Jones supports repeal of police officers bill of rights

Maryland’s most powerful Black politician targets the nation’s strongest police protections

Jones, the first Black person and first woman to serve as speaker, wants to repeal the Law Enforcement Officers’ Bill of Rights.

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2 years

Inbox: ⁦ @JheanelleW ⁩ will become the new chair of the the Md Legislative Black Caucus in Maryland, the largest black caucus in the country.

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7 years

Every vote counts.

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6 years

Ben Jealous endorsed by Sen. Elizabeth Warren in Md. race

The Massachusetts Democrat joins a growing list of national progressives backing Jealous’s gubernatorial bid.

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6 years

U.S. Sen Gillibrand endorses ⁦ @BenJealous ⁩ in his gubernatorial bid

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6 years

Gov. Hogan and the congressional delegation at presser following closed door meeting. The state has the largest class of women in the General Assembly this year. But this picture of the all-male delegation reflects the lack of representation in the state's delegation

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6 years

⁦ @VanJones68 ⁩: “You’ve got somebody who is willing to fight for you. We should do all we can to fight for him. Vote for Ben Jealous”

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4 years

Senate passes Anton’s Law with a vote of 30-17. The bill reforms the state’s MPIA laws to allow an officer’s record to be accessible to the public. The bill is named in honor of a black teenager who died in 2018 after a police interaction

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6 years

⁦ @ErinatThePost ⁩ is pretty amazing. Two A1 stories today. And did I mention she’s 8 months pregnant?

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2 years

Underneath his palm as he swears to “bear true allegiance to the State of Maryland” will be a Bible that once belonged to Frederick Douglass, a Marylander born into slavery and became a leading voice of abolition (via ⁦ @JoeHeim ⁩)

Wes Moore to be sworn in as Md. governor on Frederick Douglass’s Bible

Wes Moore chose to honor family, history in boundary-breaking moment for Maryland.

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4 years

. @jillpcarter gets a standing ovation after @StateSenMaryW notes that she has been a crusader on police reform efforts for years.

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4 years

The Senate voted unanimously to get rid of the state song, Maryland, My Maryland. Previous efforts dating back to the 1970’s have failed. The song urges the state to join the confederacy to go against the “Northern scrum.”

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3 years

Senate overturns Gov. Hogan's veto of a bill that requires access to counsel to children who are being interrogated. @jillpcarter , the bill sponsor, said she was proud to override the veto on behalf of those children who were harmed by coercion.

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5 years

Exclusive: Redskins owner Daniel Snyder met with legislative leaders on Tuesday to persuade them give him a gambling license at a future Redskins stadium in Maryland (with ⁦ @ErinatThePost ⁩)

Snyder wants legalized gambling at a future Redskins stadium in Maryland

The team owner met with legislative leaders in Annapolis to push for a license.

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1 year

Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-Md.) says he will not run for U.S. Senate

The high-profile lawmaker’s decision will shape the contest to replace Sen. Ben Cardin (D-Md.).

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6 years

Inbox: ⁦ @BenJealous ⁩ receives endorsement from former President Obama

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2 years

. @iamwesmoore tells @wbalradio that he disagrees with Gov. Hogan - that Dan Cox doesn't have a chance to win the governor's seat: "He won the Republican primary. You can not take him lightly. We are going to compete in this race the same way we competed in our primary."

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1 year

U.S. officials pick Greenbelt, Md., for new FBI national headquarters

The FBI raised concerns about the site-selection process for the massive project in recent months, a person familiar with the internal discussions said.

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4 years

Several hundred people lined up for first day of early voting in Bowie. Talked to a woman who got to the poll at 5:30. There were about 50 people in front of her.

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5 years

Diagnosed with autism at 3, this young man became a ⁦ @pgcps ⁩ high school valedictorian⁩. Today he graduates from ⁦ @TowsonU ⁩

Diagnosed with autism at 3, this young man became high school valedictorian. Today he graduated...

Montel Medley, of Prince George’s County, Md., majored in math and computer science at Towson University.

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5 years

Michigan has released racial breakdown numbers. @Nick_Mosby is calling for the same in Md. African Americans make up 14 percent of Michigan’s population. It accounts for 40 percent of its coronavirus deaths.

Kat Stafford

@kat__stafford

5 years

NEW: Michigan is now reporting the racial breakdown of COVID-19 cases. So far, 10,791 positive cases have been reported & 417 deaths. Of that, African Americans account for 35% of cases & 40% of deaths. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, just 14.1% of MI’s population is black.

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5 years

With a vote of 138-1, Del. Adrienne Jones is elected the first black and first woman to serve as Maryland Speaker of the House

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10 years

National Guard members prepare to leave the armory in Reisterstown for the streets of Baltimore http://t.co/a0dUsL4Izs

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4 years

BREAKING: A Maryland political titan has died. Former Senate President Thomas V. Mike Miller passed away this afternoon.

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4 years

Md. House speaker wants to repeal Civil War-era state song

Maryland House speaker wants to repeal Civil War-era state song

The song has been the subject of debate for more than four decades.

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4 years

This amendment would bring Md in line with almost every other state regarding the budget process. Hogan opposed the change.

Erin Cox

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4 years

There's a wonky constitutional amendment in Maryland that has far-reaching implications, and it's also seeing really strong early support - 1.3 M for, 450k against. If it holds, Maryland's state lawmakers will assume more control over state spending, the gov less.

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4 years

In 2014, Hogan said: “I like to call them the Washington Redskins and I don’t think the government has any business whatsoever trying to tell a private enterprise what they should call themselves.” Today: “The time is probably right” to change the name and agrees it is a slur.

Erin Cox

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4 years

Md @GovLarryHogan said he "absolutely" agrees "Redskins" is a slur, and that he thinks the team should change the name. "The time is probably right ... I understand it's a hurtful name, and in today's context it probably should be changed."

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3 years

BREAKING: Katie Curran O’Malley, retired judge and former first lady, launches bid for Maryland attorney general

Katie Curran O’Malley, retired judge and former first lady, launches bid for Maryland attorney...

If she is elected — in addition to becoming the first woman to hold the office — O’Malley and her father would be the first father-daughter duo to serve in the position.

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4 years

New seat for covering the Maryland Senate. Did I mention I have a slight fear of heights? This is going to be fun.

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6 years

Add @iamwandasykes to the list of celebrities pushing for Jealous. Jealous and Dave Chappelle met her at her show at the Strathmore

Ben Jealous

@BenJealous

6 years

Proud to join ⁦ @iamwandasykes ⁩ at the Strathmore tonight. Welcomed Wanda home to Maryland and reminisced about the work we did together to make the NAACP a better ally in ending discrimination against the LGBTQ community.

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6 years

Legislative Black Caucus will push to raise the age for buying tobacco to 21 in Maryland

The lawmakers see the issue as particularly important for the black community.

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3 years

.⁦ @GovLarryHogan ⁩ announces that the state will draw a lottery for vaccinated Md residents. Winners could take away a total of $2 million. $40,000 for 40 days. Grand prize: $400,000.

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2 years

Lierman projected winner in Democratic primary for Md. comptroller (via ⁦ @jennaportnoy ⁩)

Lierman projected winner in Democratic primary for Md. comptroller

Maryland Del. Brooke E. Lierman (D-Baltimore City), a civil rights and disability lawyer, was the projected winner of the Democratic primary for state comptroller, according to the Associated Press....

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3 years

Hogan calls the Prince George's school superintendent's decision to return to virtual learning "just outrageous and wrong."

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4 years

Md Senate votes 31-16 on bill that would remove the governor from the parole process for those serving life sentences with possibility of parole. Md is one of three states that gives the governor authority over recommendations made by parole boards.

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5 years

McIntosh, with eyes filled with tears: “I said we need to stay in this room until we get 71 votes. I didn’t get 71 votes. . . My goal was to get to consensus.”

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3 years

Hogan’s response to Trump’s endorsement of Del. Dan Cox in the Maryland gubernatorial primary 👇🏾

Larry Hogan

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3 years

Personally, I'd prefer endorsements from people who didn’t lose Maryland by 33 points.

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4 years

HB670, the repeal and replacement of LEOBR, passes the Senate after impassioned remarks from @jillpcarter who has spent decades pushing for police reform.

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2 years

The family takes a stop on Main Street as they move from Annapolis Dock towards the Statehouse

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10 months

My thanks to the kind and brilliant colleagues that I’ve had the opportunity to work with over the last 20 years, particularly my Annapolis partner, @ErinatThePost , and an immense amount of gratitude to those who trusted me to tell their stories. I’m grateful. ✌🏾

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Just under 3 in 4, or 73 percent, of Maryland voters favor legalizing “the use of cannabis” for people 21 and older, according to Post/U-Md poll

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3 years

Robin Ficker, the 2nd GOP candidate, opened with his plan to cut the sales tax by 2 cents. He ended with “I’m going to be the first Black governor Maryland has ever had.” (Should be noted, Ficker is white).

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6 years

⁦ @BenJealous ⁩ boards bus in Baltimore, talking to commuters about their ride

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3 years

Census data shows Maryland is now the East Coast’s most diverse state, while D.C. is Whiter

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5 years

In just 35 minutes, 600 families picked up food at a pop-up food pantry in Prince George’s.

County Executive Angela Alsobrooks

@CEXAlsobrooks

5 years

Thank you to our partners at Capital Area Food Bank for helping us host pop-up food pantries today in our County. The demand was so great that we served over 600 families in just 35 minutes. We are collaborating to host future pop-ups msoon. #PGCCOVID19 #PrinceGeorgesProud

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4 years

When @SenBillFerg ends the Md session with “stay safe, wear your mask, get the vaccine,” for some reason it reminds me of Bob Barker at the end of Price is Right saying “help control the pet population, have your pets stayed or neutered”

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.⁦ @Willcsmithjr ⁩ and artist Ernest Shaw unveil a portrait of a young Thurgood Marshall. “Symbols matter,” Sen. Smith said during the ceremony.

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Five weeks before Election Day, Democrat and political newcomer ⁦ @iamwesmoore ⁩ holds a 32-percentage point lead over Donald Trump-aligned Republican ⁦ @DanCoxEsq ⁩ in the MD governor’s race, a Washington Post-University of Maryland poll finds.

Wes Moore leads Dan Cox in Md. Gov. race by 2-to-1 margin, Post-UMD poll finds

Voters have much more positive perceptions of Wes Moore (D) than Dan Cox (R), a Post-UMD poll finds; voters give Cox relatively strong marks on the economy.

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5 years

@PeteButtigieg rolls out Md endorsements. They include: @DelegateReznik @LukeClippinger @patyoung44B @DelMaggie43 @JulieVerratti @SusanWTurnbull

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4 years

The Md Lynching Truth and Reconciliation Commission is awarded a $300k grant to do its work, ⁦ @BrianFrosh ⁩ announces

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3 years

Breaking: Judge blocks @GovLarryHogan effort to pull Maryland out of the federal unemployment program

Robbie Leonard

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Just in, we win: Hogan and Robinson are enjoined from taking any action that will prevent the State of Maryland from receiving any and all expanded and/or supplemental benefits available under the CARES Act, ARPA, or any other federal unemployment benefits.

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4 years

The Senate JPR committee in the past hour has reinserted a provision that allows the scrubbing of an officers record after a certain period and took out one that would allow a jurisdiction to create a civilian oversight panel.

Senator Jill P. Carter

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Here we go again! 4th or 5th voting session on sb627 #LEOBRRepeal - all my amendments have been adopted and I fear many now being offered seek to restore the current LEOBR. #MDGA21

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4 years

Several hundred on line in Upper Marlboro at ShowPlace Arena on first day of early voting in Maryland.

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2 years

. @JohnBKing concedes: “While we do not know who will be our nominee, sadly we know it will not be us,” as he thanks his family, volunteers, donors and staff. King received endorsements from several progressive groups

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4 years

Breaking: Maryland reaches deal on sweeping police reform. Deal includes repeal and replacement of LEOBR

MD House Democrats

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The House conferees unanimously support the conference committee report on HB670 to repeal LEOBR and implement a transparent and accountable process for police misconduct!

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6 years

Speaker Busch at an event to endorse Ben Jealous

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4 years

The House voted 94-38 to repeal the Civil War-era state song that urged Md to secede and join the confederacy. ⁦ @CherylKagan , who has been pushing for years,⁩ has a similar Senate bill. Here’s some background:

Maryland House speaker wants to repeal Civil War-era state song

The song has been the subject of debate for more than four decades.

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3 years

Please read this thread from my friend and colleague, @ErinatThePost , who has shown so much strength this past year. I’m awed by her ❤️

Erin Cox

@ErinatThePost

3 years

I keep my personal life off Twitter, but explaining my absence could save someone else’s life. -in April, I had my 3rd child - in July, I had emergency double-bypass surgery, following to a rare type of heart attack that can strike younger, healthy women, often postpartum 1/x

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Hogan: "No, I don't plan to" when asked if he would vote for Donald Trump

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6 years

Breaking: Md Democratic Party elects Maya Rockeymoore Cummings as its new chairwoman. Rockeymoore Cummings will replace Kathleen Matthews #mdpolics

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.⁦ @SpeakerAJones ⁩ is making another attempt to get the confederate plaque removed from the Maryland statehouse. She pushed for it last year. Here is the 2019 story.

‘This has no place here’: New speaker of Md. House calls for removal of Confederate plaque

Adrienne A. Jones, the first African American to lead a Maryland chamber, wrote that ‘there was a right and a wrong side of the Civil War.’

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Md Senate passes bill to provide mental health services - and also was renamed in honor of Tommy Raskin, the son of @RepRaskin who died by suicide on the last day of 2020.

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2 years

. @TomPerez said “Trump-ism is on the ballot and that’s why we need Wes Moore.” Perez, the former chair of the DNC, said when we elect “Wes, Aruna, Anthony and Brooke that’s a big f—— deal.” To those who lost: “get over it.”

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5 years

In other news: Biden announces endorsements in five states, including MD. Backers include 10 Maryland lawmakers, Sens. King, Zirkin, Feldman and Dels. Healey, Stein and Young. Also on list former US Rep. Wynn, former state Sen. Gloria Lawlah and health advocate Vinnie DeMarco

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Ben Jealous out on a solar farm in Baltimore County prior to endorsement from Sierra Club and Maryland League of Conservation Voters

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Md’s 7-day positivity rate drops below 3 percent for the first time since July 30. Hospitalizations at 568, the lowest since mid August.

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4 years

On this #internationalwomensday2021 , I want to shoutout the women who lead the political news coverage in Maryland at @washingtonpost You rock! @ErinatThePost @Rachel_Chason @rebtanhs

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Fiona Apple and Jamie Lee Curtis are among those lobbying for Md to make virtual access to court hearings, which took took root during the pandemic, permanent. (Via ⁦ @kemettler ⁩)

Court watchers, with Fiona Apple’s help, are fighting to keep virtual access beyond the pandemic

Advocates for court transparency are lobbying for a bill before the Maryland legislature that would enshrine the public's right to virtual court access into law.

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Majority of Marylanders support major police overhaul, poll finds

Residents want increased transparency of misconduct records, independent investigations and a statewide use-of-force policy.

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7 years

Former NAACP president Benjamin Jealous expected to announce run for Maryland governor this week with @FenitN

Former NAACP president Benjamin Jealous expected to announce run for Maryland governor this week

Jealous is expected to be one of the most progressive Democrats in a crowded primary field.

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Rep. Andy Harris, a doctor, says he’s prescribed ivermectin as a covid-19 treatment (with ⁦ @Meagan_Flynn ⁩)

Rep. Andy Harris, a doctor, says he’s prescribed ivermectin as a covid-19 treatment

The Republican congressman from Maryland made the comments last month about the unproven treatment while co-hosting a radio program.

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4 years

Crowded housing and essential jobs: Why so many Latinos are getting coronavirus (via ⁦ @aolivo ⁩, ⁦ @Marissa_Jae ⁩ and ⁦ @Jdharden ⁩)

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2 years

Dan Cox deletes his account on Gab, an online hub known for hate speech, and erases portions of his campaign website in a pivot to the general election (with ⁦ @ErinatThePost ⁩)

Md. GOP nominee Cox deletes account on Gab, site known for hate speech

Dan Cox deleted his Gab account and his campaign site no longer features a prominent endorsement and photo of former president Donald Trump on its main page.

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5 years

“Just because she’s not trying to go around trying to prove she’s the strongest one in the room doesn’t mean that she isn’t” Del. Dereck Davis says of the woman who became Md House Speaker (w/ ⁦ @ErinatThePost ⁩)

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Maryland Democratic Party launches coordinated campaign (with ⁦ @McCartneyWP ⁩)

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Hogan: “We think in two weeks around Easter we’re going to be looking a lot more like New York.”

Governor Larry Hogan

@GovLarryHogan

5 years

The virus is going to dictate the time frame, and we’re going to follow the advice of the scientists and doctors. On @FoxNewsSunday , I told Chris Wallace that cases in the National Capital Region have quadrupled in the past week and we see that continuing to grow exponentially.

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. @LeaderHoyer tells Democratic loyalist that “we have moral responsibility to our country and our state to elect @iamwesmoore as governor

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@OvettaWashPost

4 years

Hogan continued to tout these tests on MSNBC this morning, calling them the “backbone of our testing strategy.” Read this deep dive by @stevesthompson on what really happened to the much-ballyhooed South Korean tests

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Hogan’s first batch of coronavirus tests from South Korea were flawed, never used

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@OvettaWashPost

3 years

The Maryland Hospital Association makes a plea this morning. 👇🏾👇🏾👇🏾

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@OvettaWashPost

6 years

This is the scene across the street from the scene of the Annapolis shooting. Officers lined up outside Nordstrom

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4 years

.⁦ @BrianFrosh ⁩ pushes for moratorium extension on evictions and debt collection actions

Frosh pushes for moratorium extension on evictions and debt collection actions

In a statement, Frosh said that “many Maryland families will be forced out of their homes, with no place to go” if the proceedings are allowed to move forward.

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@OvettaWashPost

3 years

Maryland lawmakers return to Annapolis tomorrow with a full agenda. Here's a peek with my amazing colleague @ErinatThePost . Glad to have her back.

Maryland policymakers gather with legal marijuana, climate change and a multi-billion dollar in...

Maryland lawmakers convene Wednesday with billions of dollars in unexpected revenue and plans to tackle legalizing marijuana, more ambitious goals to mitigate climate change, potential tax relief and...

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Former Lt. Gov. Michael Steele, the first Black lieutenant governor in Md, embraced Attorney General Anthony Brown, the first Black to serve in the role: “We’ve come a long way,”baby.” Steele and Brown arrived to a wreath laying ceremony to begin Inauguration Day activities

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@OvettaWashPost

2 years

Inbox: ⁦ @SenatorSusanLee ⁩ is named Secretary of State, the first Asian American to serve in that role

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@OvettaWashPost

3 years

Attorney General Frosh is not representing @GovLarryHogan in the lawsuit that was filed by unemployed workers. The case is being represented by Venable LLC, a high-priced law firm.

Brian Frosh, Former Attorney General of Maryland

@BrianFrosh

3 years

I warned @larryhogan that cutting off unemployment benefits for Marylanders would have “devastating consequences.” I urged him to reverse course. Now he’s whining that I won’t defend him. No. I’m not Rudy Giuliani.

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Maryland’s top court rejects Hogan move to end enhanced federal unemployment benefits. The ruling is the third action taken by a court in the last couple of days. The case heads back to the circuit court. (via ⁦ @shaverk ⁩)

Court rejects Hogan request to block order preventing end of enhanced federal unemployment benefits

Federal aid will continue while lawsuits fighting the Maryland governor's order to end it return to a lower-court judge.

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