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Maryland House GOP unveils package of bills to aid small business 02/19/2021 08:54am • This content was republished with permission from WTOP’s news partners at Maryland Matters. Sign up for Maryland Matters’ free email subscription today. House Republican leaders on Thursday identified five pieces of legislation that they are embracing as a package to help small businesses str Maryland Democratic senators detail additional COVID-19 relief plans for state 02/18/2021 04:14am • Democrats in Maryland's senate are out with their plan to help the state recover from the coronavirus pandemic and to prepare for any future health crisis. In a virtual conference, several pieces of legislation were discussed. Senate President Bill Ferguson and other members of the Democratic After heated debate, Maryland Senate advances bill to extend tax credit to undocumented immigrants 02/18/2021 12:02am • The Maryland Senate. (Maryland Matters/Bruce DePuyt) This content was republished with permission from WTOP's news partners at Maryland Matters. Sign up for Maryland Matters' free email subscription today. After a lengthy partisan debate on the Senate floor Wednesday, Democratic senators move Rush Limbaugh dies at 70 02/17/2021 12:33pm • Rush Limbaugh, the talk-radio kingpin credited with transforming conservative politics, has died after battling cancer, his wife, Kathryn, said on his show Wednesday. He was 70. Marriott CEO Arne Sorenson has died after battle with cancer 02/16/2021 09:39am • Arne Sorenson. (Courtesy Marriott International) Bethesda, Maryland-based Marriott International says CEO Arne Sorenson unexpectedly passed away Feb. 15, after a nearly two-year long battle with pancreatic cancer. Sorenson was 62. Sorenson, only the third chief executive to run Marriott an New U.Md. degree aims to tackle vulnerability and violence reduction 02/15/2021 09:30pm • The University of Maryland is starting a new program that aims to tackle violence reduction. Citing the pandemic underscoring race-based violence, domestic violence, political violence and others, the University of Maryland Graduate School in Baltimore has partnered with the Centre for Trust Peac Hogan signs billion-dollar RELIEF Act into law 02/15/2021 05:41pm • Gov. Lawrence J. Hogan Jr. (R) was joined by Senate President Bill Ferguson (D-Baltimore City) and House Speaker Adrienne A. Jones (D-Baltimore County) as he signed The Recovery for the Economy, Livelihoods, Industries, Entrepreneurs, and Families (RELIEF) Act on Monday. Also at the ceremony were H First 100 days of the new administration focuses on vaccine distribution, economic relief 02/15/2021 04:18pm • President Biden has embarked on an ambitious agenda for his first 100 days in office, facing the challenge of ramping up vaccine distribution during the pandemic and providing financial assistance to millions of struggling Americans. His $1.9 trillion Covid relief package has been advancing in co DC led the nation in green building in 2020 02/15/2021 08:56am • U.S. Green Building Council’s LEED Platinum-certified headquarters at 2101 L St. NW in D.C. (Courtesy A.E. Landes Photography) If D.C. were a state, it would have topped all states in 2020 for LEED-certified green building, based on square feet per capita. The U.S. Green Building Council, w Why you don’t want to be an executor 02/15/2021 07:00am • Being asked to be an executor is an honor you might want to pass up. Settling an estate typically involves tracking down and appraising assets, paying bills and creditors, filing final tax returns and distributing whatever’s left to the heirs. At best, the process is time-consuming. At worst, i President's Day brings new book on George Washington's complex legacy 02/15/2021 03:16am • Are you looking for a new book on American history to read this President's Day? Check out "George Washington: The Political Rise of America’s Founding Father." "The quality of Washington that made all the difference was he wasn't power mad," author David O. Stewart told WTOP. "When the Maryland pays tribute to head coach Brenda Frese after 500th win with Terps 02/14/2021 07:34pm • Maryland pays tribute to Brenda Frese after 500th win with Terps originally appeared on NBC Sports Washington Since taking the Maryland women’s basketball job in 2002, Brenda Frese has cemented herself as the greatest coach in program history. Winning the national championship with the Bill proposes tax credits for donations to diaper banks 02/13/2021 02:15pm • There’s a proposal in Maryland that would grant tax credits to those who donate to diaper banks across the state. The bill was introduced last month in Maryland’s House, and a hearing on the matter was held this past Thursday in front of the Ways and Means Committee. “The tax credit woul US charges son in civilian Navy staffer's killing in Bahrain 02/13/2021 07:06am • DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — U.S. prosecutors have charged the son of a civilian Navy staffer in Bahrain over her stabbing death in the Mideast island kingdom. Federal court documents accuse Giovonni Z. Pope, 27, of stabbing his mother to death at her off-base apartment on Jan. 31. Contac Md. House withdraws proposal for broader stimulus checks, General Assembly passes billion-dollar RELIEF Act 02/12/2021 08:31pm • This content was republished with permission from WTOP’s news partners at Maryland Matters. Sign up for Maryland Matters’ free email subscription today. After the House of Delegates nixed a last-minute provision that would’ve included broader stimulus checks for Maryland taxpayers, Gov. L