During a press conference yesterday, Governor Hogan announced further restrictions on hospitals, restaurants, retail, and other establishments. These actions include the following: Effective Friday, November 20 at 5 p.m. – Emergency Order Bars, restaurants and places where food and alcohol are served must close by 10 p.m. and can’t reopen until 6 a.m. Takeout and [...]
Governor Hogan held a press conference this afternoon to set further restrictions on hospitals, restaurants, retail, and other establishments. The Governor stated that Maryland is now in the red zone. The State has gone 13 straight days with more than 1,000 new cases being reported each day. Maryland's positivity rate is now 6.85% in 20 [...]
Governor Hogan recently announced that he has named Chris Shank as director of external affairs and interagency initiatives and promoted press secretary Shareese Churchill to deputy director of interagency communications. Chris Shank is returning to the administration from the private sector. In 2015, Shank first joined the Hogan administration as the executive director of the Governor’s [...]
Maryland's Secretary of Health Robert R. Neall is set to retire effective December 1. Secretary Neall has been a part of the Governor's administration since he took office, serving on the Governor's transition team and as director and senior adviser for the Governor’s Office of Transformation and Renewal before assuming his role at the Department [...]
https://youtu.be/Tbv6A2Vb-n4 During a press conference this afternoon Governor Hogan announced an additional $70 million to be used for emergency response initiatives to battle COVID-19. Federal CARES funding is being released to fund these initiatives. The $70 million is being allocated as follows: $20 million to continue to build and maintain the state's strategic stockpile [...]
https://youtu.be/EfE29sS7p0Y Prince George's County Executive Angela Alsobrooks has joined other local jurisdictions in imposing stricter COVID-19 restrictions as case loads continue to increase across the State. Restrictions, which take effect Sunday at 5 p.m., are similar to those imposed in Anne Arundel County and Baltimore City. The order does the following (Press Releaseand Health Directive): [...]
Governor Hogan announced the tightening of capacity for in-door dining and strongly advised against out-of-state travel and large gatherings during a press conference earlier this week. Three jurisdictions, Baltimore City and Anne Arundel and Montgomery Counties, have announced more stringent COVID-19 restrictions under Governor Hogan's community-based approach that empowers individual jurisdictions to impose more strict [...]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q5p739sU7tE&feature=youtu.be Governor Hogan announced today that effective 5 pm, tomorrow, Wednesday November 11, indoor dining capacity at restaurants across the State will drop from 75% to 50%. Restrictions limiting parties to no more than 6, prohibiting standing in bars and requiring all patrons to be seated remain in place. Updated Executive Order The Governor also [...]
Senate President Bill Ferguson and Speaker of the House Adrienne Jones both announced operations plans for their respective chambers yesterday. To develop these plans, General Assembly leadership consulted public health officials and experts in the infectious disease field; other state legislative leaders from across the country; contractors who specialize in air flow and surface cleaning; [...]
While ballots continue to be counted in several states, Maryland's races have largely been decided. Details below summarize the outcome of major races. As reported by the Baltimore Sun, Vice President Joe Biden easily won the Maryland Presidential Race. "The state has not voted Republican in a presidential election in 32 years." Congressional incumbents also [...]
