Gov. Larry Hogan, center, in black shirt helps unfurl a 150x300-foot American flag on the beach at Ocean City for Memorial Day. Sean Streicher has a neat 45-second video of the unfurling on Facebook. https://www.facebook.com/watch/?ref=search&v=334534101360435&external log id=fa81d914-def0-4f08-9a49-7c0c5874cbb9&q=ocean%20city%20flag
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HOGAN VETOES 30 BILLS: Gov. Larry Hogan vetoed 30 bills Friday, including measures inspired by the coronavirus pandemic that would have tightened rules for emergency purchases by state officials and required the state to draw up a plan for handling the remainder of the pandemic, Pamela Wood of the Sun reports.
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.
State Roundup: Frederick County exec race begins to heat up as Hough, Hagen spar; Gansler running for governor again
The front of the State House. Governor s Office photo
HOUGH, HAGEN SPAR AS FREDERICK COUNTY EXEC RACE HEATS UP: The race for Frederick County executive is only in its early stages but it has already begun to heat up. On Monday, state Sen. Michael Hough (Frederick and Carroll), the only Republican in the race, ripped one of the Democratic candidates as “far-left,” Bryan Renbaum reports in Maryland Reporter.
SALMON 1-YEAR EXTENSION MUDDIES SEARCH FOR NEW SUPER: State laws dating back to the 1860s are making the hunt for Maryland’s next state school superintendent more difficult because the state school board can’t appoint the next leader to a normal four-year term, since Superintendent Karen Salmon accepted a one-year extension to her final term to continue working during the pandemic, Liz Bowie reports for the Sun.
State Roundup: Maryland adds 3,800 jobs in April as unemployment rate stable at 6.2%
Gov. Larry Hogan and wife Yumi participated with the president of the Republic of Korea Moon Jae-In, center, in the groundbreaking for a wall of remembrance at the Korean War Veterans Memorial in Washington on Friday. Governor s Office photo
STATE ADDS 3,800 JOBS; JOBLESS RATE STABLE: Maryland’s economy added 3,800 jobs in April 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 Statistics on Friday morning, Bryan Renbaum reports for Maryland Reporter.
MARYLAND’S ONCE LAGGING VAXX RATES NOW UP: Maryland’s coronavirus vaccination rates, which lagged behind those in most states at the start, now ranks among the nation’s best, Alex Mann of the Sun reports.
Forty daily drawings for $40,000 each and a $400,000 Fourth of July jackpot. Get at least one jab and youâve got a shot.
Marylandâs latest effort to encourage people to get vaccinated will shower cash â a total of $2 million â on top of protection against COVID-19 for those who roll up their sleeves. Any Maryland resident 18 or older who received a coronavirus vaccine shot in the state at any point will be entered automatically to win the prizes, which the Maryland Lottery will pay from its marketing and promotional budget.
âGet your shot for a shot to win,â Gov. Larry Hogan said Thursday while announcing the VaxCash Promotion at a news conference outside the governorâs mansion in Annapolis. Hogan, wearing sunglasses in the late spring heat, was flanked by state Health Secretary Dennis Schrader, Maryland State Lottery and Gaming Control Director Gordon Medenica and a man dressed in a lotto ball costume.