March 15, 2021 News of the Day

State and Local News

Maryland AG’s office confirms that Hogan’s executive order repeals local control but says counties can still have stricter COVID measures: https://bit.ly/3vnJU78

Baltimore Mayor Scott to keep city’s tighter COVID restrictions, despite Gov. Hogan’s push to reopen further: https://bit.ly/30JDlOo

Maryland has spent millions on emergency contracts to improve COVID vaccine rollout, but few details made public: https://bit.ly/3qVfYw1

Maryland House Approves Sports Betting Implementation Bill: https://cbsloc.al/38DQxIJ

Franchot Calls on Legislature to Create a Commission to Probe All COVID Spending: https://bit.ly/3rMBO5Z

Hogan’s Political Group Releases Ad Urging Support for His Highway Plan: https://bit.ly/3libaj6

MDOT ‘Promises’ Bill Divides Budget Panel, Montgomery Legislators: https://bit.ly/3qJG44N

Ambitious Climate Bill Voted Out of Maryland Senate: https://bit.ly/3vrbuAm

Public Health Bills That Address an Array of Challenges Pass in House: https://bit.ly/3tcM4EO

House Passes Sports Betting, Advances State Song Repeal: https://bit.ly/3cxQBeb

Former Anne Arundel County executive, well-known philanthropist Robert Pascal dies: https://bit.ly/3vrneTx

Maryland opens online registration portal for COVID mass vaccination sites. Here’s how to sign up.: https://bit.ly/3rZMEpv

To help tenants amid COVID, Baltimore County is covering their back rent — if landlords agree to discount the bill: https://bit.ly/2Ng1VmG

Federal News

Biden invokes LBJ as Democrats aim to expand welfare state: https://politi.co/3lfY6ue

Trump was supposed to be a political Godzilla in exile. Instead, he’s adrift.: https://politi.co/3tiwvvh

Fauci urges Trump to tell supporters to get COVID vaccine: https://bit.ly/3vmPyGP

Many in Jackson, Mississippi without water a month after weather outage: https://bit.ly/3czPCu2

Stacey Abrams: Georgia bills restricting voting access “a redux of Jim Crow”: https://bit.ly/2OQbBos