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Governor Hogan will provide a COVID-19 update to Marylanders at 2:00pm...
In a tweet on October 24th from Kata D. Hall (Deputy Communications Director & Senior Speechwriter):
No details yet on what this update will include...
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News for Carroll County and Howard County on October 26th: Redistricting meeting in Howard, Town Hall in Carroll, Information from the latest Goucher Poll and more
I have a lot of recent news updates for Carroll County and Howard County. Here is a quick recap of what I talked about today (October 26th) in the video: Councilmanic Redistricting Public Hearing in Howard County Town Hall in Carroll County Fatal multi-vehicle collision in Laurel Heroin and Crack recovered in Taneytown Goucher College Polling data Maryland Court...
Howard County’s COVID-19 community transmission rate is now considered moderate by the CDC
From Howard County Executive Calvin Ball on October 25th: Howard County continues to see a decline in our COVID-19 cases and hospital utilization metrics. As of 9:00 a.m. today, our 7-day average positivity rate is 2.31% and our 7-day average case rate per 100,000 of our population is 6.5. There are currently 10 COVID-19 patients in both ICU and Acute...
Governor Hogan will provide a COVID-19 update to Marylanders at 2:00pm on October 25th
In a tweet on October 24th from Kata D. Hall (Deputy Communications Director & Senior Speechwriter): No details yet on what this update will include but I am guessing we will hear more about booster shots: Here is a look at the latest COVID-19 from the Maryland COVID-19 Data Dashboard: You should be able to watch this update on Governor Hogan's Facebook...
Guest Post: Should minors have a binding vote on Maryland school boards?
The Maryland Court of Appeals has graciously agreed to decide this important issue on Tuesday November 9th. School Boards are governmental bodies that make impactful policy decisions such as, 'should teachers be mandated to get vaccines', 'what are the quarantine policies', 'should police officers be in schools'? These issues have long-term consequences and in Howard County, a minor student is...
News for Carroll County and Howard County on October 23rd: Booster updates, Main Street in Sykesville closed this afternoon for an event, Chamber letter about minimum wage legislation and...
I am continuing to track some of the recent news updates for Carroll County and Howard County. Here is a recap of what I talked about today in the video: COVID-19 Vaccine Booster Updates from: Governor Larry Hogan Howard County Health Department Carroll County Health Department In Sykesville: Main Street will be closed at Church Street down to Baldwin...
Carroll County Football: Week 8 scores and standings from October 22nd plus updated power rankings
Week 8 of Carroll County High School Football is in the books. Here is my video recap of the Scores, Standings, Power Rankings and comments from the games on October 22nd: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6_lJFzR8I-8 Here are slides I used in the video: Scores: Standings: Power Rankings from Scott E's Blog: Schedule for Week 9 (October 29th): Here are links I mentioned in the video: County Sports Zone information from...
Howard County Councilmanic Redistricting: Address Lookup and Demographic Data now available
Here are some updates about the Councilmanic redistricting proposals (watch the video for details and comments): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gGxFC5wBNN4 Here are some links you might find useful: Redistricting page: https://cc.howardcountymd.gov/About-Us/Commissions-Task-Forces-and-Special-Reports/Councilmanic-Redistricting-2021 Interactive Map of Redistricting Proposals Demographic data for Redistricting Proposals Redistricting Search Tool To view the plans, click to open. Plan A Plan B Plan C Plan D Maps can also be viewed in the Lobby of the George Howard Building ### Scott E
News for Howard County and Carroll County on October 22nd: CDC Expands Eligibility for COVID-19 Boosters, Check your onions, Legislation to Establish Police Accountability Board in HoCo
I have some important updates this morning to the articles on the blog related to Howard County and Carroll County. Here is a recap of what I talked about today in the video: Update to "Howard County shares update about COVID-19 boosters; FDA approved Moderna and J&J but administration cannot begin until the CDC authorizes use" CDC Expands Eligibility...
Carroll County Health Department provides information about recall and illnesses linked to whole, fresh onions from ProSource Produce and Keeler Family Farms
Shared by the Carroll County Health Department on October 21st: SALMONELLA OUTBREAK: The FDA, along with CDC and state and local partners, is investigating a multistate outbreak of Salmonella Oranienburg infections linked to whole, fresh onions. FDA’s traceback investigation is ongoing but has identified ProSource Inc. (also known as ProSource Produce, LLC) of Hailey, Idaho as a source of potentially contaminated...
Howard County shares update about COVID-19 boosters; FDA approved Moderna and J&J but administration cannot begin until the CDC authorizes use
Shared by Howard County Executive on October 21st: Last night, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved the use of COVID-19 boosters for the Moderna and Johnson & Johnson vaccines. While the FDA has approved the use, administration cannot begin until the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) authorizes use, which is expected in the coming days. This chart...
