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Several counties delay easing bans, as Md. stay-at-home order ends Friday 05/14/2020 10:24pm • The Chesapeake Bay Bridge is seen in 2015. (WTOP/Colleen Kelleher) More from: Prince George's County | Montgomery County | Calvert County | Charles County | Anne Arundel County With Maryland slated to move into Phase One of its coronavirus recovery plan Friday, several counties are de Officials lift lodging restrictions for Ocean City 05/14/2020 09:26pm • On April 28, Ocean City extended the restriction to last until May 22, but officials said if Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan lifted his stay-at-home order, they would repeal their rules. (Getty Images/iStockphoto/abriggs21) More from: Montgomery County | Prince George's County | Calvert County | An Charles County looks to move into Phase 1 of reopening May 29 05/14/2020 06:44pm • More from: Prince George's County | Montgomery County | Calvert County | Anne Arundel County The Charles County Board of Commissioners voted Thursday to postpone entering Phase One of Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan's reopening plan until May 29. The emergency meeting was called in response What's allowed, what's not in Anne Arundel Co. as Md. aims to reopen 05/14/2020 06:30pm • St. Anne's Episcopal Church is seen in the distance from Main Street in Annapolis, Md., Tuesday, March 31, 2020. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh) More from: Prince George's County | Montgomery County | Calvert County | Charles County With Maryland looking to start easing pandemic-related restri Maryland budget forecast: Continued gloomy 05/14/2020 04:30pm • It could have been worse: Last month, the coronavirus pandemic was projected to destroy $2.8 billion in revenue in Maryland by the end of the fiscal year June 30. On Thursday, the projection was changed to $925 million. That's because of continued federal aid and the lifting of Gov. Larry Hogan's Could cutting work hours save jobs? US lawmaker wants to offer more small business help 05/14/2020 03:51pm • FILE — Sen. Chris Von Hollen, D-Md. talks to reporters in Washington, Thursday, Jan. 16, 2020. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File) Small businesses and their employees would get new federal assistance to share payroll costs, to help the firms keep running and save jobs during the coronavirus pandemic 'It's a big problem': Lt. Gov. Fairfax calls for task force to examine pandemic's racial disparities 05/14/2020 03:05pm • FILE — In a Monday, Jan. 20, 2020 file photo, Virginia Lt. Gov. Justin Fairfax speaks during the ninth annual wreath laying and ceremony at the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial in Washington. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana, File) As Virginia Lt. Gov. Justin Fairfax works to ensure the health of 'We need to be careful': Montgomery Co. keeping coronavirus restrictions in place 05/14/2020 02:10pm • Medical personnel from Montgomery County, Md., check patients arriving for a COVID-19 drive-in testing in Silver Spring, Md., Tuesday, April 21, 2020. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta) More from: Prince George’s County | Calvert County | Anne Arundel County | Charles County Montgomer Prince George's County stay-at-home order extended through June 1 05/14/2020 01:15pm • People wearing masks walk past a facility set up for COVID-19 testing in a parking lot of FedEx Field, Monday, March 30, 2020, in Landover, Md. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik) More from: Montgomery County | Calvert County | Anne Arundel County | Charles County Saying the coronavirus pandem Georgetown U. takes steps to address $50M shortfall due to the coronavirus crisis 05/14/2020 10:11am • D.C.'s Georgetown University is facing a $50 million shortfall and will make belt-tightening moves, such as withholding merit raises and stopping contributions to employee retirement plans, as it responds to the financial impact of the coronavirus pandemic. In a recent letter to the school commun Loudoun United seeks rent deferral, citing pandemic; county treasurer says 'not fair' 05/14/2020 09:29am • Loudoun United has asked the county to defer its 2020 rent payments, since what would have been the team's first full season in its Leesburg stadium has been affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. (WTOP/Neal Augenstein) In what would have been its first full season in its new Leesburg, Virginia, soc AP PHOTOS: Coronavirus alters way Turks mourn and bury their dead 05/14/2020 03:39am • ISTANBUL (AP) — In a special section of Istanbul’s Baklaci cemetery set aside for COVID-19 victims, a gaggle of workers well outnumbered the three mourners — the maximum number of relatives allowed to attend the burial of Munever Kaya. Their unenviable task was to intervene and remind the b Maryland labor secretary says more than 25% of unemployment claims still pending 05/13/2020 11:53pm • Maryland's labor secretary said she takes responsibility for the department's failure in the implementation of a program that was supposed to make filing unemployment claims smoother. Asked who was responsible for the glitches in the BEACON portal the department used, Labor Secretary Tiffany Robi Virtual vigil honors 307 officers added to National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial 05/13/2020 10:59pm • A virtual vigil Wednesday night celebrated the 307 officers added to the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial in D.C. Intermingled with stories of family survivors, the online vigil included a reading of each of the names etched this year into the stone memorial at Judiciary Square. "Thi Hogan: Maryland to relax stay-home order starting May 15 05/13/2020 10:31pm • Fish Taco restaurant workers talk to a customer, left, in front of the restaurant in Bethesda, Md., Monday, May 11, 2020. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta) Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan said Wednesday that the stay-at-home order originally put in place to deal with the coronavirus pandemic would be lif