WHITE MARSH, MD—National Cinema Day is happening this weekend. This Sunday, August 27, you’ll be able to catch a movie for $4 a ticket at participating movie theaters nationwide. Theater owners announced this week that the second annual National Cinema Day, established by The Cinema Foundation, will be held this Sunday. Enjoy $4 tickets all day on Sunday at AMC […]
ANNAPOLIS, MD—Governor Moore delivered the keynote address during the closing session of the 2023 Maryland Association of Counties summer conference in Ocean City over the weekend. The governor spoke about the disciplined approach required to grow Maryland’s economy amid budget shortfalls and the critical value of partnerships to emerge stronger as a state. Excerpts from Governor Moore’s speech as prepared: […]
ANNAPOLIS, MD—Governor Wes Moore this week announced a series of actions to rebuild state government and modernize operations within the Maryland Department of Information Technology. To improve core services, the state will employ its first-ever chief technology officer; first-ever chief digital experience officer; first-ever AI advisor; and first-ever director of accessibility. “The Moore-Miller administration is committed to providing reliable, secure, […]
BALTIMORE, MD—The U.S. Department of Labor’s Bureau of Labor Statistics this week released state jobs and unemployment data. According to the preliminary survey data, Maryland gained 2,000 jobs in July, and the unemployment rate decreased 0.2 points to 1.8%. This is the sixth consecutive month of record-setting low unemployment for Maryland. The Other Services sector experienced the most growth with […]
TOWSON, MD—The Baltimore County Police Department will be hosting a community hiring event on Saturday. The event will be held 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Saturday, August 19, 2023, at New Town High School in Owings Mills. During the event, community members can try out the Department’s Virtual Training System, which combines real-world scenarios with computer-generated content. The Baltimore […]
BALTIMORE, MD—Attorney General Anthony G. Brown this week announced that the State of Maryland and its subdivisions recently received nearly $24 million as the 2023 installments of payments due under consent judgments that the Office of the Attorney General entered into last year with the three largest pharmaceutical distributors in the United States – McKesson, Cardinal Health, and Amerisource Bergen […]
BALTIMORE, MD—The Maryland State Highway Administration and Maryland State Police have scheduled two early morning temporary traffic total traffic stops on all lanes in both directions of I-83 (Baltimore-Harrisburg Expressway) on Sunday, August 20 in Parkton. The traffic delays will allow a telecommunications utility company (Xfinity/Comcast) to safely drag a new transmission cable across all lanes of I-83 at the […]
BALTIMORE, MD—There’s a first time for everything – including winning a big lottery prize. A Parkville bartender discovered this first-hand while trying the Maryland Lottery’s Racetrax game for the first time, winning a $40,044 prize. The 22-year-old bartender told Maryland Lottery officials that he was hanging out with a friend at the Parkton Casa Mia’s and watching the virtual horseraces […]