COVID-19

Maryland residents between the ages of 12 and 17 years old who get the COVID-19 vaccine are eligible to win one of 20 $50,000 college scholarships.

Maryland's top court has upheld a temporary restraining order requiring Gov. Larry Hogan's administration to continue issuing pandemic-related unemployment benefits until July 13.

New data from the Maryland Department of Commerce reveals disparities in how the state distributed grants and loans to small businesses.

The Maryland unemployment insurance program's work search requirement, which resumes effect on July 3, will not force anyone to take an unsuitable job, Labor Department officials say.

We’ve all felt the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic these last 15 or so months. A new survey quantifies those impacts, especially for people who were struggling financially before the pandemic began. And NAACP leaders call for suspending the police officers involved in recent violent arrests of Black teens in Ocean City — and maybe a boycott of Ocean City businesses.

The end of the state of emergency also brings the end of all state mask mandates and the end of the suspension of rules related to driver's licenses and evictions.

Baltimore Mayor Brandon Scott, City Council President Nick Mosby and Comptroller Bill Henry said in a letter Monday that ending the federal expanded unemployment benefits program two months early will disproportionately hurt Baltimore.

Hospitality workers say they still can't find work, and they rely on the unemployment benefits set to end next month.

Masks are no longer required indoors except on public transportation and in schools and healthcare settings.

Gov. Larry Hogan is lifting all pandemic-related capacity restrictions on businesses beginning Saturday.