Baltimore County students and staff will head back to classrooms next month. Advocates for low income students score a victory against Comcast. State data shows Black Marylanders are getting vaccinated at lower rates. Maryland hospitals say they’re not getting enough second doses of Covid-19 vaccine, and state lawmakers want to know why.

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Amid snow and frigid temperatures, Baltimore’s mayor tries to get more homeless residents into shelter. And Dr. Leana Wen offers her insights on efforts to mitigate coronavirus spread under the new presidential administration.

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The state launches a new campaign to encourage hesitant residents get vaccinated. A local barber is bringing health screeners into barbershops & salons around the city. And a hearing on climate change... that isn’t acrimonious. 

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Republicans in the Maryland House of Delegates propose a new option for parents who are frustrated by their students’ slow return to in-person learning. Baltimore City Council members accuse Comcast of price gouging.  And the President of Harford Community College discusses the pandemic’s impact on enrollment numbers and the overall fiscal health of community colleges, here and across the country.

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Maryland Senate Democrats say the governor’s pandemic plan needs a 520-million dollar overhaul. The MD General Assembly considers a bill to guarantee lawyers for residents facing deportation. School leaders across the state work on plans to open schools for hybrid instruction in March. Governor Hogan says more vaccine supply is on the way, but the slow pace has cast a pall over the initial excitement. And state lawmakers are looking to ban harmful-but-common industrial chemicals that many of us use everyday.

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Governor Hogan says Maryland’s vaccine progress is now bottlenecked by limited supply. Vaccine administrators struggle with a hard-to-reach population of homebound residents. Baltimore City Council demands food delivery apps slash fees on restaurant orders. And council members also take up a bill to protect tenants from unjust evictions.

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Maryland is testing wastewater for Covid-19 as part of an ambitious project to protect the most at risk populations. And Baltimore County officials say their economic outlook is bright, because of residents who still have good paying jobs.

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More details on Governor Hogan’s insistence that Maryland schools offer children the opportunity to return to classrooms by March 1st. And the Maryland Senate pays its respects to late Senate President Thomas V. “Mike” Miller Jr.

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Governor Hogan urges all Maryland schools to return to in-person learning in March.  New tax structures are again up for debate in the Maryland House of Delegates. And a Baltimore teenager shares a first-hand account of what it took to recover from COVID-19.

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Mayor Brandon Scott prepares to lift some Coronavirus restrictions in Baltimore. Baltimore County Public Schools get a mandate on providing vaccinations. And a look at what’s moving some Maryland families closer to the brink of eviction.

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