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7 FORMATIVE STATES A COMPACT QUICK TEST ACHAT: In the absence of a national verification strategy for the new coronavirus pandemic, seven governors, led by Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan in his final days as head of the National Governors Association, have shaped a first of – This type of procurement contract is expected to push corporations that conduct immediate screening to prompt. Array informs Erin Cox for the post office.
THE CHOICE PLAN: Maryland’s most sensible election official responded Tuesday to a surprising letter from the governor describing the steps taken to continue the November vote, Pamela Wood del Sol reports. Linda Lamone, director of the state Elections Council, wrote to Governor Larry Hogan that she works “closely and diligently” with local election forums to plan general elections.
WANTED: 13,000 ELECTIONS JUDGES: Local election officials are scrambling to fill more than 13,000 election judge jobs that remain vacant after Gov. Hogan ordered a more traditional election for Nov. 3 despite health concerns in the COVID-19 pandemic. Bennett Leckrone of Maryland Matters reports that about a third of election judge positions are unfilled across the state, a situation one election official called unprecedented.
FRANCHOT: MD NEEDS CONGRESSIONAL STIMULUS PACKAGE: Comptroller Peter Franchot said the funds in the $1 trillion coronavirus stimulus package that Congress is considering are “very critical” for Maryland’s state and local governments. They are “very critical as far as the state budget and the county budgets and the municipal budgets because we’re all kind of joined at the hip on this,” Franchot told Bryan Renbaum of MarylandReporter.com, adding that “without a federal relief plan for the states we are going to really regret the consequences as far as Maryland goes because … we can’t just write a blank check to ourselves. We have to have a balanced budget.”
REACTION TO HOGAN CURTAILING MO CO SCHOOL ORDER: In this reaction story, Elizabeth Shwe of Maryland Matters writes that after months of deferring to local health officials for reopening decisions, Gov. Larry Hogan issued an emergency order Monday, overturning Montgomery County’s order prohibiting private and religious schools from holding classes on-site, in-person. Reactions were strong and divided. Some say Hogan seems to be contradicting himself.
MO CO SCHOOLS CHIEF STICKS WITH ONLINE OPENING: When the school year begins Aug. 31, students in Maryland’s largest school system will start their online classes at 9 a.m. They will get live instruction regularly, with attendance taken, and their schedules will resemble a traditional school day, Donna St. George of the Post reports.
ALLEGANY SCHOOL: The Allegany County Public Schools Board voted unanimously on Tuesday to start the 2020-2021 school year, Teresa McMinn reports for the Cumberland Times News. Students will begin virtual learning on September 8, and teachers will return from August 19 to 21 and September 2-3 to prepare for the start of the school year.
TALBOT TO PHASE IN SCHOOL YEAR: Connie Connolly of the Easton Star Democrat reports that at a special meeting held Thursday, July 30, the Talbot County Board of Education approved a phase-in model for the 2020-21 school year as presented by Superintendent Dr. Kelly L. Griffith. The board also voted to revise the school calendar to reflect a Sept. 8 start date for students.
JULY COVID CASES MATCH APRIL NUMBERS: Sanya Kamidi of the Sun writes that a Sun data analysis shows that Maryland added nearly as many coronavirus cases in July as it did in April, when the pandemic began to ramp up in the United States. Last month, the Maryland Department of Health reported 20,428 cases of the coronavirus, a sharp rise from June’s case count of 14,591.
RESULTS: Maryland reported its lowest number of daily infections to COVID-19 in a week, reports Greg Swatek of the Frederick News Post. Although the 710 new instances reported Tuesday through the Maryland Department of Health accounted for the smallest accumulation since July 28 (648), the accumulation is still higher than that of the state for much of June and early July, when the daily average of new instances is less than 500.
TERM OF THE TERM OF HOGAN IN THAT NGA COOK: Governor Larry Hogan ends his one-year term today as head of the National Governors Association, writes Pamela Wood for the Sun. As chairman of the group, the Republican governor acted as the de facto spokesman for the country’s governors during the coronavirus pandemic, appearing on cable television shows.
MD GETS $1M TO AID HUMAN TRAFFICKING VICTIMS: U.S. Attorney Robert K. Hur of the District of Maryland Tuesday announced Maryland has received $999,990 from the Department of Justice’s Office of Justice Programs and its component, the Office for Victims of Crime, to provide safe, stable housing and appropriate services to victims of human trafficking, the Daily Record reports.
MARYLAND LED IN EMISSION REDUCTION: Maryland is the nation’s leader in reducing emissions with 38% relief between 2005 and 2017. He cites many points in Maryland’s success, adding the immediate transition from coal to herbal fuel and participation in systems such as the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative that has particularly reduced emissions in the Northeast, reports Alex Butler for Conduit Street.
PUBLIC DEFENDERS UNIONIZING: In an effort to rein in caseloads, improve working condition and have a greater voice in the criminal justice system, the public defenders of Maryland are unionizing, joining the largest union for state government employees, Tim Prudente reports in the Sun.
NON-LUCRATIVE ORGANIZATIONS CREATE PORTABLES FOR THE LEARNING OF VIRTUELOS: As schoolchildren become virtual informed in the fall, an ignored need to report virtually has been an area for school work. Some academics have not done work at home, and others would possibly not have a living room giant enough to be informed without distractions. But, Jacob Calvin Meyer reports to the Howard County Times, a Maryland nonprofit, DreamBuilders, will temporarily move from home renovations to the construction of 120 portable offices that Howard County academics will use to report remotely.
STATE FUNDS SOUGHT TO PROVIDE WATER TO LUKE: Westernport, a town in Allegany County, is seeking approval from the Maryland Board of Public Works for a grant from the state Department of the Environment that will allow it to extend its waterline to Luke, reports Holden Wilen for the Baltimore Business Journal. When the Luke paper mill closed last year, it meant more than just the loss of a major employer. It also supplied water to Luke’s approximately 80 residents.
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