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State Roundup: Hogan vetoes bills banning local governments from aiding immigration enforcement; restaurant Association head sees threat in commodity price hikes
HOGAN VETOES ‘SANCTUARY STATE’ BILLS: Gov. Larry Hogan vetoed bills Wednesday that would have banned the state and local governments from helping with certain aspects of federal immigration enforcement, deriding the measures as “sanctuary state legislation,” Pamela Wood of the Sun reports.
The bill bans local jails from being paid by the federal government to detain people on immigration matters in Maryland. The other measure the Republican vetoed would require state employees to deny inspection of records or use of facial recognition technology by any federal agency seeking to enforce immigration law unless provided with a valid warrant, Brian Witte reports for the AP.
Baltimore County residents can now directly schedule appointments for a COVID-19 vaccine at all county sites, County Executive Johnny Olszewski Jr. announced.
As state, county and local leaders work to make it easier for Marylanders to get a COVID-19 vaccine, they re also working to reach the thousands of people who are still on the fence where they are.|| COVID-19 updates | Maryland s latest numbers | Get tested | Vaccine Info ||County officials said more than 54% of eligible county residents have received at least one shot as of Tuesday, and now is time to chip away at the 46% who have yet to roll up a sleeve.Officials unveiled their newest weapon in the fight against COVID-19, which is basically a mobile vaccination clinic in a box truck. Medical supplies, tables and tents comprise the whole setup that was operational Tuesday afternoon outside the Baltimore County Health Department offices on York Road.Maryland online vaccination site locatorVaccine Data DashboardMaryland vaccination plan FAQsOfficials said they hope the mobile unit will make it easier for more residents to get the vaccine at a time when the number of people doing
Some Maryland residents are insistent about getting the two-dose COVID-19 vaccines produced by Moderna and Pfizer-BioNTech, concerned with the efficacy ratings for the latest approved product. Others just want the ease of the single-shot immunization made by Johnson & Johnson.