Maryland adds 13,100 jobs in March, unemployment stays at 6.2%: labor report

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Maryland adds 13,100 jobs in March, unemployment stays at 6.2%: labor report

@BryanRenbaum Maryland’s economy added 13,100 jobs in March and the state’s unemployment rate remained at 6.2%, according to preliminary data released by the U.S. Department of Labor’s Bureau of Labor…

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Despite pandemic, business startups are booming in Maryland

The number of business startups is surging across the U.S., and especially in Maryland. As the COVID-19 crisis ravaged the U.S. economy, countless numbers of businesses shut down and millions…

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Timeline: 1 year into the COVID-19 pandemic in DC, Maryland and Virginia

More than a year ago, reports began circulating about a mysterious new illness in the central Chinese city of Wuhan. It seemed like a world away, and it was —…

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Pandemic could change Maryland oyster industry for good

The pandemic-affected oyster season has been difficult for the industry in Maryland, causing farmers and watermen to rethink how they sell their product and changing how programs conduct oyster restoration.…

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COVID-19 hospitalizations in Maryland drop below 1,000 for first time since Nov. 16

MARYLAND — Governor Larry Hogan announced that COVID-19 hospitalizations in Maryland have dropped below 1,000 for the first time since November 16. COVID hospitalizations are down by more than half…

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Rep. Brown: ‘Maryland can’t get better than a D’ on COVID-19 vaccine distribution

@BryanRenbaum U.S. Rep. and former Lt. Gov. Anthony Brown (D-Md.) Monday slammed Gov. Larry Hogan’s administration’s stewardship of coronavirus vaccine distribution, saying the state has a “broken system.” “I think…

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Maryland confirms case of Covid-19 variant from South Africa

Vaccine makers Pfizer, Moderna, Johnson & Johnson and Novavax have all said their vaccines have been less effective against the strain. Variants of more transmissible strains of the virus from…

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South African COVID-19 variant found in Maryland

A Maryland resident has contracted a potentially more infectious variant of COVID-19 that was originally identified in South Africa. A Maryland resident has contracted a potentially more infectious variant of…

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Maryland speeding up vaccination rollout, moving into phases 1B and 1C within next two weeks

ANNAPOLIS — Gov. Larry Hogan provided an update on Maryland’s COVID-19 vaccination plan Thursday. Hogan stated Maryland is moving into Phase 1B of the state’s COVID-19 Vaccination Plan. On Jan.18,…

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Jury trials in Maryland will be suspended through April 23 of next year

MARYLAND — Jury trials in Maryland will be suspended through April 23, 2021, per an order from the state’s chief judge, due to the surge in COVID cases. The Maryland…

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