Maryland renews state travel advisory amid coronavirus case surge
Maryland is renewing its travel advisory amid a marked increased in COVID-19 cases, Gov. Larry Hogan announced in a news briefing Thursday evening. Residents are being asked to avoid travel to and from states with a 10% positivity rate or higher. If they do travel to or from states above that threshold, Hogan said they …
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MARYLAND: OCEAN CITY HOPES MULTI-STATE WIND DEAL BRINGS MORE COLLABORATION TO LOCAL LEVEL
Last week Gov. Larry Hogan announced that Maryland, Virginia and North Carolina would work together to develop the offshore wind industry off the three states. Now Ocean City is hoping that same collaboration trickles down to their level. The agreement between the three Mid-Atlantic states will form a joint partnership called the Mid-Atlantic Regional Transformative …
Pet Valu closing all 358 U.S. stores, including dozens in Maryland
Pet Valu Inc. will close all 358 of its U.S. stores and warehouses, as well as its Pennsylvania headquarters, citing the severe impact from Covid-19. The Wayne, Pennsylvania-based specialty retailer of pet food and supplies has locations across the Northeast and Midwest, including 32 in Maryland. As of Wednesday, online sales on the retailer’s website had been …
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87% Of Maryland’s Mail-In Ballots Have Been Received; Nearly 600K Left To Count, Officials Say
Election officials in Maryland have received the majority of mail-in ballots but still have to count nearly 600,000 of them, the state Board of Elections said Thursday. A spreadsheet the board provided showed that as of Wednesday, the most recent available data, there were a total of 590,778 mail-in ballots left to count. On its …
Henrico County registrar admits thousands of absentee ballots found on mislabeled memory card
Thousands of absentee ballots were misplaced in Henrico County on Election Day. A social media post by the Virginia Public Access Project said the votes were saved on a computer memory stick and mislabeled “provisional ballots.” The project said that more than 14,000 absentee ballots were overlooked in the county on election night. Henrico County General …
All Chesterfield students can return to in-person classes on Monday
All students in Chesterfield County Public Schools can return to class in-person on Nov. 9 if they choose. Following a recommendation from the school board’s public health committee, the final group of students, called Cohort 4, was approved to return to the classroom for the county’s hybrid learning plan. Cohort 4 includes all students in grades 6 …
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Virginia could join popular vote push as some states pledge to do away with electoral college
All eyes are on the Electoral College this week as former Vice President Joe Biden and President Donald Trump race—slowly—towards the 270-vote finish line. Meanwhile, a group of states is trying to do away with the centuries-old structure and switch to a popular vote system ahead of future presidential races. The question is will Virginia …