Book sales to Kaiser Permanente come on top of Mayor Pugh’s book sales to the University of Maryland Medical System while she was on the board there. (Kevin Richardson / Baltimore Sun video)Book sales to Kaiser Permanente come on top of Mayor Pugh’s book sales to the University of Maryland Medical System while she was on the board there. (Kevin Richardson / Baltimore Sun video)Health provider paid Baltimore Mayor more than $100,000 to buy about 20,000 copies of her “Healthy Holly” children’s books during a period when the company was seeking a lucrative contract to provide health benefits...…Book sales to Kaiser Permanente come on top of Mayor Pugh’s book sales to the University of Maryland Medical System while she was on the board there. (Kevin Richardson / Baltimore Sun video)Book sales to Kaiser Permanente come on top of Mayor Pugh’s book sales to the University of Maryland Medical System while she was on the board there. (Kevin Richardson / Baltimore Sun video)Health provider paid Baltimore Mayor more than $100,000 to buy about 20,000 copies of her “Healthy Holly” children’s books during a period when the company was seeking a lucrative contract to provide health benefits...WW…

AdvertisementBy Baltimore SunAug 15, 2020 at 4:09 pmMaryland Gov. Larry Hogan’s new chief of staff and the Maryland Environmental Service are for the first time publicly defending the six-figure payout he received when he left the independent state agency, after he and agency officials had refused since Wednesday to comment on the severance.Amid the backdrop of General Assembly plans for an oversight hearing, Roy McGrath is calling the severance “a standard business practice” and the agency said such payments fit “a private sector like pay structure.”AdvertisementIn a post on his Facebook...…AdvertisementBy Baltimore SunAug 15, 2020 at 4:09 pmMaryland Gov. Larry Hogan’s new chief of staff and the Maryland Environmental Service are for the first time publicly defending the six-figure payout he received when he left the independent state agency, after he and agency officials had refused since Wednesday to comment on the severance.Amid the backdrop of General Assembly plans for an oversight hearing, Roy McGrath is calling the severance “a standard business practice” and the agency said such payments fit “a private sector like pay structure.”AdvertisementIn a post on his Facebook...WW…

AdvertisementAssociated PressApr 18, 2020 at 12:35 pmMADISON, Wis. — A 16-year-old high school sophomore alleged in a federal lawsuit against a Wisconsin sheriff on Thursday that she was threatened with jail if she didn’t remove social media posts saying she had COVID-19. filed the lawsuit against Marquette County Sheriff Joseph Konrath and a patrol sergeant. The lawsuit alleges that the sergeant went to the home of Amyiah Cohoon of Oxford, Wisconsin, last month and demanded that her Instagram posts be deleted or she and her parents would face arrest.AdvertisementNo one was threatened with...…AdvertisementAssociated PressApr 18, 2020 at 12:35 pmMADISON, Wis. — A 16-year-old high school sophomore alleged in a federal lawsuit against a Wisconsin sheriff on Thursday that she was threatened with jail if she didn’t remove social media posts saying she had COVID-19. filed the lawsuit against Marquette County Sheriff Joseph Konrath and a patrol sergeant. The lawsuit alleges that the sergeant went to the home of Amyiah Cohoon of Oxford, Wisconsin, last month and demanded that her Instagram posts be deleted or she and her parents would face arrest.AdvertisementNo one was threatened with...WW…

AdvertisementBy Baltimore SunMay 05, 2020 at 4:31 pmMedical staff at the University of Maryland School of Medicine have begun injecting the first few people with a potential vaccine for the coronavirus as part of an accelerated international effort to have a vaccine ready to begin use in some people as early as this fall.The trial at the university’s Center for Vaccine Development and Global Health and three other sites in the United States and Germany is for four separate but similar vaccine candidates developed by the pharmaceutical giant Pfizer Inc. and the German biotech company...…AdvertisementBy Baltimore SunMay 05, 2020 at 4:31 pmMedical staff at the University of Maryland School of Medicine have begun injecting the first few people with a potential vaccine for the coronavirus as part of an accelerated international effort to have a vaccine ready to begin use in some people as early as this fall.The trial at the university’s Center for Vaccine Development and Global Health and three other sites in the United States and Germany is for four separate but similar vaccine candidates developed by the pharmaceutical giant Pfizer Inc. and the German biotech company...WW…

AdvertisementBy Baltimore SunApr 29, 2020 at 7:00 amRay Alcaraz has been eating well during the pandemic. Homemade ravioli at Chiapparelli’s, the meatballs from Joe Benny’s, lemony veal piccata from Aldo’s, and of course, cannoli from Vaccaro’s: Alcaraz, who grew up in Little Italy, is on a one-man mission to patronize the neighborhood’s restaurants in crisis.“I have gone to almost every restaurant to get a meal and I’m still not done,” said Alcaraz, president of the promotion center for Little Italy.AdvertisementThere’s not much else to do but eat, these days, here, or anywhere else. The...…AdvertisementBy Baltimore SunApr 29, 2020 at 7:00 amRay Alcaraz has been eating well during the pandemic. Homemade ravioli at Chiapparelli’s, the meatballs from Joe Benny’s, lemony veal piccata from Aldo’s, and of course, cannoli from Vaccaro’s: Alcaraz, who grew up in Little Italy, is on a one-man mission to patronize the neighborhood’s restaurants in crisis.“I have gone to almost every restaurant to get a meal and I’m still not done,” said Alcaraz, president of the promotion center for Little Italy.AdvertisementThere’s not much else to do but eat, these days, here, or anywhere else. The...WW…

AdvertisementBy Baltimore SunAug 11, 2020 at 10:01 pmA major gas explosion ripped through multiple homes Monday morning in the Reisterstown Station neighborhood in Northwest Baltimore, killing one woman and seriously injuring at least seven other people.The explosion, which occurred around 10 a.m. and could be heard for miles, crumbled three two-story rowhomes in the 4200 block of Labyrinth Road, just behind Reisterstown Road Plaza shopping center near the city-county line. The exact cause of the explosion is under investigation, fire officials said.AdvertisementThe blast pummeled multiple...…AdvertisementBy Baltimore SunAug 11, 2020 at 10:01 pmA major gas explosion ripped through multiple homes Monday morning in the Reisterstown Station neighborhood in Northwest Baltimore, killing one woman and seriously injuring at least seven other people.The explosion, which occurred around 10 a.m. and could be heard for miles, crumbled three two-story rowhomes in the 4200 block of Labyrinth Road, just behind Reisterstown Road Plaza shopping center near the city-county line. The exact cause of the explosion is under investigation, fire officials said.AdvertisementThe blast pummeled multiple...WW…

AdvertisementBy Baltimore SunAug 08, 2020 at 4:33 pmMaryland officials announced 775 new cases of the coronavirus and 11 new deaths Saturday, and reported an increased positivity rate of just over 4%.The additions bring the state’s totals of confirmed cases to 94,581 and of deaths to 3,440. The state has completed nearly 1.4 million tests, with over 20,800 more announced Saturday. Maryland has now tested more than 1 million residents, with about 9% having received at least one positive result.AdvertisementThe state’s reported average seven-day testing postivity rate of 4.03% is up slightly...…AdvertisementBy Baltimore SunAug 08, 2020 at 4:33 pmMaryland officials announced 775 new cases of the coronavirus and 11 new deaths Saturday, and reported an increased positivity rate of just over 4%.The additions bring the state’s totals of confirmed cases to 94,581 and of deaths to 3,440. The state has completed nearly 1.4 million tests, with over 20,800 more announced Saturday. Maryland has now tested more than 1 million residents, with about 9% having received at least one positive result.AdvertisementThe state’s reported average seven-day testing postivity rate of 4.03% is up slightly...WW…

AdvertisementBy Baltimore SunMay 03, 2020 at 8:59 pmMaryland’s governor is asking the attorney general to investigate a politically connected company that contracted to provide the state with millions of dollars’ worth of medical equipment that never arrived.The state signed a $12.5 million deal April 1 with Blue Flame Medical LLC for 1.5 million N95 masks and 110 ventilators. The masks and ventilators were supposed to ship April 14, according to documents provided by the state. AdvertisementThe state paid half of the money up front, according to the documents. The goods never arrived, and...…AdvertisementBy Baltimore SunMay 03, 2020 at 8:59 pmMaryland’s governor is asking the attorney general to investigate a politically connected company that contracted to provide the state with millions of dollars’ worth of medical equipment that never arrived.The state signed a $12.5 million deal April 1 with Blue Flame Medical LLC for 1.5 million N95 masks and 110 ventilators. The masks and ventilators were supposed to ship April 14, according to documents provided by the state. AdvertisementThe state paid half of the money up front, according to the documents. The goods never arrived, and...WW…

AdvertisementBy Baltimore SunNov 18, 2020 at 3:31 pmA federal judge dismissed a lawsuit Wednesday that attempted to challenge Gov. Larry Hogan’s executive orders that limited activities and shuttered businesses to slow the spread of the coronavirus.U.S. District Judge Catherine C. Blake found the plaintiffs failed multiple legal tests in their argument against the orders.Advertisement“Reasonable people, including informed government and public health officials may debate whether the governor’s orders at any moment go too far, or not enough, in protecting the public from this deadly...…AdvertisementBy Baltimore SunNov 18, 2020 at 3:31 pmA federal judge dismissed a lawsuit Wednesday that attempted to challenge Gov. Larry Hogan’s executive orders that limited activities and shuttered businesses to slow the spread of the coronavirus.U.S. District Judge Catherine C. Blake found the plaintiffs failed multiple legal tests in their argument against the orders.Advertisement“Reasonable people, including informed government and public health officials may debate whether the governor’s orders at any moment go too far, or not enough, in protecting the public from this deadly...WW…

AdvertisementBy Baltimore SunAug 17, 2020 at 7:04 pmRoy McGrath, the new chief of staff for Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan who has been criticized for receiving a year’s salary as severance from his previous state job, resigned Monday.McGrath became the Republican governor’s chief of staff on June 1 after 3½ years as head of the Maryland Environmental Service, an independent state agency that does environmental and public works projects, primarily for local governments and the state.AdvertisementThe Baltimore Sun reported last week that as part of his voluntary departure from MES,, including the...…AdvertisementBy Baltimore SunAug 17, 2020 at 7:04 pmRoy McGrath, the new chief of staff for Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan who has been criticized for receiving a year’s salary as severance from his previous state job, resigned Monday.McGrath became the Republican governor’s chief of staff on June 1 after 3½ years as head of the Maryland Environmental Service, an independent state agency that does environmental and public works projects, primarily for local governments and the state.AdvertisementThe Baltimore Sun reported last week that as part of his voluntary departure from MES,, including the...WW…