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Officials cite spiking COVID-19 cases and high testing positivity rates

The Maryland State Board of Ed votes for a statewide in-school masking mandate. Baltimore County prepares to reopen schools amid a county-wide State of Emergency. And in Garrett County, the vaccine clinic at the county fair meets with skepticism.

Baltimore’s Inspector General recommends tightening telework policies after a city worker is discovered holding two jobs. Hogan criticizes other Republican governors for bans of school mask mandates. Plus, a conversation with the head of a hospital in Maryland’s Garrett County, where the vaccination rate is only 38 percent.

Last week, in response to the alarming rise of COVID-19 cases, Gov. Larry Hogan ordered all state employees who can telework to do so. “Effective…