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• Baltimore Council’s American Rescue Plan oversight bill will become law without mayor’s signature - Baltimore Sun

  10-01-2022 23:56 via baltimoresun.com
  Baltimore Council’s American Rescue Plan oversight bill will become law without mayor’s signature  Baltimore Sun
  
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• Animal Welfare Violations at the University of Maryland–Baltimore: PETA Statement - PETA

  10-01-2022 23:40 via peta.org
  
  Animal Welfare Violations at the University of Maryland–Baltimore: PETA Statement  PETA
  
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• Baltimore Mourns Loss Of Herman Williams, City's First Black Fire Chief - CBS Baltimore

  10-01-2022 23:38 via baltimore.cbslocal.com
  
  Baltimore Mourns Loss Of Herman Williams, City's First Black Fire Chief  CBS Baltimore
  
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• Baltimore City works through COVID outbreaks at schools - wmar2news.com

  10-01-2022 23:26 via wmar2news.com
  
  Baltimore City works through COVID outbreaks at schools  wmar2news.com
  
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• Herman Williams Jr., Baltimore’s first African American fire chief who oversaw record lows in deaths, dies - Baltimore Sun

  10-01-2022 23:07 via baltimoresun.com
  Herman Williams Jr., Baltimore’s first African American fire chief who oversaw record lows in deaths, dies  Baltimore Sun
  
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• Car Explodes After Crashing Into Middle River Home, Authorities Say - CBS Baltimore

  10-01-2022 22:50 via baltimore.cbslocal.com
  
  Car Explodes After Crashing Into Middle River Home, Authorities Say  CBS Baltimore
  
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• Preakness Stakes And MICA Hold Joint Art Contest To Celebrate Upcoming Race

  10-01-2022 22:41
  
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — A thoroughbred horse racing entertainment company and the Maryland Jockey Club has partnered with the Maryland Institute College of Art (MICA) to hold submissions for The Art of Racing, a contest in which artists contribute original visual art depicting unique elements of thoroughbred horse racing and the Preakness Stakes.
  As the second jewel of the Triple Crown Series starts its planning phase, the Art of Racing opens for submissions, starting on Monday, Jan. 10, and end
  
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• Preakness Stakes And MICA Hold Joint Art Contest To Celebrate Upcoming Preakness Horse Race

  10-01-2022 22:41
  
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — A thoroughbred horse racing entertainment company and the Maryland Jockey Club has partnered with the Maryland Institute College of Art (MICA) to hold submissions for The Art of Racing, a contest in which artists contribute original visual art depicting unique elements of thoroughbred horse racing and the Preakness Stakes.
  As the second jewel of the Triple Crown Series starts its planning phase, the Art of Racing opens for submissions, starting on Monday, Jan. 10, and end
  
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• Baltimore Doctors Transplant Pig Heart Into Patient In Experimental, Last-Ditch Effort To Save His Life

  10-01-2022 22:21
  
  BALTIMORE (AP) — In a medical first, doctors transplanted a pig heart into a patient in a last-ditch effort to save his life and a Maryland hospital said Monday that he’s doing well three days after the highly experimental surgery.
  While it’s too soon to know if the operation really will work, it marks a step in the decades-long quest to one day use animal organs for life-saving transplants. Doctors at the University of Maryland Medical Center say the transplant showed that a h
  
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• Maryland Weather: The Coldest Air Of The Season Has Arrived, Courtesy Of Greenland

  10-01-2022 22:00
  
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — An Arctic air mass has arrived, traveling all the way from Greenland over the past week! Our weather team ran NOAA’s Air Resources Laboratory HYSPLIT computer model earlier to trace the most likely trajectory of this bitter blast of air, and we were able to trace it back to Greenland 7 days ago!
  This is the coldest air of the season so far, and we haven’t even entered the coldest time of the year, on average for the Baltimore area. The coldest time of the year
  
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• Baltimore Sun’s high school Athletes of the Week (Jan. 3-9): Mount Carmel’s Luke Bamgboye and Patterson Mill’s Madison Knight - Baltimore Sun

  10-01-2022 21:38 via baltimoresun.com
  Baltimore Sun’s high school Athletes of the Week (Jan. 3-9): Mount Carmel’s Luke Bamgboye and Patterson Mill’s Madison Knight  Baltimore Sun
  
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• Republican-turned-Democrat Laura Neuman joins race for Maryland governor - Baltimore Sun

  10-01-2022 21:26 via baltimoresun.com
  Republican-turned-Democrat Laura Neuman joins race for Maryland governor  Baltimore Sun
  
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• Neuman Announces Bid For Maryland Governor As Democrat

  10-01-2022 21:20
  
  (AP) — Former Republican Anne Arundel County executive and entrepreneur Laura Neuman announced her bid for Maryland governor as a Democrat on Monday.
  Neuman, who serves on the Maryland Commission for Economic Development, is the only woman in the field of 10 Democratic candidates. She served the remainder of John Leopold’s county executive term after his 2013 misconduct in office conviction, but lost a bid to serve a full term.
  “I grew up in East Baltimore, spent 19 years pushi
  
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• Budget Surplus, Pot, COVID-19, Climate, Top Issues In Maryland Ahead Of Legislative Session

  10-01-2022 21:10
  
  ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — Maryland lawmakers will be gathering for their annual 90-day legislative session this week with an enormous budget surplus, while legalizing recreational marijuana, battling COVID-19 and measures to address climate change will be among the major issues before them in an election year.
  The Maryland General Assembly, which is controlled by Democrats, will be grappling with how to best manage more than $4.5 billion in surplus for the current and next fiscal years —
  
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• After four decades, Baltimore retailer Race Pace Bicycles sold to Trek Bicycles - Baltimore Sun

  10-01-2022 21:03 via baltimoresun.com
  After four decades, Baltimore retailer Race Pace Bicycles sold to Trek Bicycles  Baltimore Sun
  
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• Police Release Funeral & Procession Arrangements For Officer Keona Holley

  10-01-2022 20:54
  
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — A wake and funeral service will be held on Tuesday morning for Keona Holley, the Baltimore police officer who died last month after she was shot in the line of duty.
  The funeral service for Officer Holley is set to begin with a wake at 9 a.m. at the Baltimore Convention Center on West Pratt Street, followed by a 10 a.m. service. The officer will be buried at King Memorial Park.
  Holley, a 39-year-old mother of four, died Dec. 23 after she was removed from life support at S
  
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• Mayor and Health Department to Launch Baltimore Vs. COVID PSA Commercial - Mayor Brandon M. Scott

  10-01-2022 20:47 via mayor.baltimorecity.gov
  Mayor and Health Department to Launch Baltimore Vs. COVID PSA Commercial  Mayor Brandon M. Scott
  
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• Baltimore councilman, teachers union, parent organization discuss in-person learning amid omicron surge - WEAA

  10-01-2022 20:42 via weaa.org
  
  Baltimore councilman, teachers union, parent organization discuss in-person learning amid omicron surge  WEAA
  
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• Mayor Scott & BCHD Release COVID-19 PSA Commerical - CBS Baltimore

  10-01-2022 20:33 via baltimore.cbslocal.com
  
  Mayor Scott & BCHD Release COVID-19 PSA Commerical  CBS Baltimore
  
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• Mayor Scott & BCHD Release COVID-19 PSA Commerical

  10-01-2022 20:33
  
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — The Baltimore City Health Department is partnering with the Mayors Office and the Office of Performance and Innovation to air a COVID-19 vaccine awareness PSA as part of the Baltimore vs. COVID Campaign.
  The commercial will air starting on Monday, Jan 10, and will continue throughout the next few weeks.
  “This is about showing that we are all in this together,” Mayor Brandon Scott said. “With the recent rise in cases and the heavy burden being placed
  
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• Baltimore Mourns Loss Of Herman Williams, City’s First Black Fire Chief

  10-01-2022 20:26
  
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — The Baltimore City Fire Department is mourning the loss of Herman Williams, Jr., the city’s first African-American fire chief.
  The city fire department tweeted about Williams’ death on Sunday, calling him a “champion, pioneer & agent of change” who will be “truly missed.”
  Williams’ son, TV host Montel Williams, was among those who paid tribute to the former chief, saying his father was a man “whose shoes were truly too b
  
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• MD Sportsbooks Contribute $469K To State In First Month Of Operation

  10-01-2022 20:24
  
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — In their first month of operation, sportsbooks at five Maryland casinos contributed $469,297 to the state’s coffers, Maryland Lottery and Gaming said Monday.
  MGM National Harbor Casino received the state’s first sports wagering license and opened to the betting public on Dec. 9. Both the Horseshoe Casino Baltimore and Live! Casino and Hotel opened sportsbooks the following day.
  Players bet $16,552,430 in December, including promotional wagers, and won $13,882,
  
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• Attorney General Frosh Announces 2022 Legislative Priorities

  10-01-2022 20:09
  
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — Attorney General Frosh announced his priority legislation for the 2022 General Assembly session on Monday.
  The agenda will focus on public safety, environmental laws, tenet protection and anti-wage theft measures.
  “Our legislative agenda is focused on protecting the health and safety of Marylanders and of our environment,” said Attorney General Frosh.  “Our proposals eliminate the dangerous and growing threat of ghost guns, bolster efforts to p
  
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• Constellation reveals its board of directors - Baltimore Business Journal - Baltimore Business Journal

  10-01-2022 19:54 via bizjournals.com
  Constellation reveals its board of directors - Baltimore Business Journal  Baltimore Business Journal
  
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• Baltimore Ravens QB Lamar Jackson says he's focused on getting healthy, not a new contract - ESPN

  10-01-2022 19:46 via espn.com
  
  Baltimore Ravens QB Lamar Jackson says he's focused on getting healthy, not a new contract  ESPN
  
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• MDE Offers Various Activities For Radon Gas Awareness Month - CBS Baltimore

  10-01-2022 19:34 via baltimore.cbslocal.com
  
  MDE Offers Various Activities For Radon Gas Awareness Month  CBS Baltimore
  
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• MDE Offers Various Activities For Radon Gas Awareness Month

  10-01-2022 19:34
  
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — January is Radon Gas Awareness Month and the Maryland Department of the Environment (MDE) is working to educate residents on the dangers of radon with a variety of activities.
  “Radon is the leading cause of lung cancer among non-smokers,” Ben Grumbles, Environment Secretary said. “It’s important for people to test their homes now, in the coldest time of the year, when radon levels can build to unhealthy levels when doors and windows are k
  
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• Towson University Requires Students & Faculty To Get Booster Shots - CBS Baltimore

  10-01-2022 19:32 via baltimore.cbslocal.com
  
  Towson University Requires Students & Faculty To Get Booster Shots  CBS Baltimore
  
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• Towson University Requires Students & Faculty To Get Booster Shots

  10-01-2022 19:32
  
  TOWSON, Md. (WJZ) — Towson University is mandating COVID-19 booster shots for all students, staff and faculty who are eligible to receive them.
  The university’s administration notified the campus community of the changes in a letter Friday, saying all students, staff and faculty would be required to submit proof of their vaccination status by Jan. 31 or within 14 days of them becoming eligible for the booster shot.
  The change falls in line with a measure from the University System of
  
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• Hogan Expands ‘Refund The Police’ Initiative, Plans To Reintroduce 2 Crime Bills That Have Failed To Pass

  10-01-2022 19:13
  
  ANNAPOLIS, Md. (WJZ) — As lawmakers return to the State House for the 2022 legislative session, Gov. Larry Hogan said he is expanding his “re-fund the police” program and reintroducing two anti-crime measures he has unsuccessfully tried to get through the legislature.
  In October, the governor announced his “re-fund the police” initiative, pledging $150 million to raise salaries, help agencies with recruitment, pay for body cameras and de-escalation training, and oth
  
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• Alertus Technologies Expands Baltimore, Maryland, Operations - Area Development

  10-01-2022 18:57 via areadevelopment.com
  Alertus Technologies Expands Baltimore, Maryland, Operations  Area Development
  
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• Anger and anxiety, after Baltimore makes abrupt shift to virtual learning for nearly 40% of schools - Baltimore Brew

  10-01-2022 18:31 via baltimorebrew.com
  
  Anger and anxiety, after Baltimore makes abrupt shift to virtual learning for nearly 40% of schools  Baltimore Brew
  
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• WJZ’s Furever Friend: Maggie - CBS Baltimore

  10-01-2022 18:28 via baltimore.cbslocal.com
  
  WJZ’s Furever Friend: Maggie  CBS Baltimore
  
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• WJZ’s Furever Friend: Maggie

  10-01-2022 18:28
  
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) – This week’s WJZ Furever Friend is Maggie.
  She is just over one-year-old and is a very sweet and loving dog.
  Maggie came up from a shelter in the south.
  She arrived with skin issues, was infested with fleas, and was terribly malnourished.
  After tender loving care from her foster family, Maggie now weighs twice as much as she did when she came into rescue.
  She is available for adoption through Saving Grace Animal Rescue of Maryland.
  To learn more about Maggie, you can
  
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• MDOT MVA Highway Safety Office Accepting Applications For Traffic Safety Grants To Reduce Roadway Crashes

  10-01-2022 18:22
  
  GLEN BURNIE, Md. (WJZ) — The Maryland Department of Transportation Motor Vehicle Administration’s (MDOT MVA) Highway Safety Office is currently accepting applications for traffic safety program and project grants.
  Through these applications, the Highway Safety Office aims to help reduce crashes, deaths and injuries on Maryland roadways.
  The application window is open from now through Feb. 25. Applicants are invited to submit grant requests for programs and activities from Oct 1,
  
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• What happens to Baltimore's recycling? - WYPR

  10-01-2022 18:01 via wypr.org
  
  What happens to Baltimore's recycling?  WYPR
  
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• Riverside Business Targeted In Smash-And-Grab ATM Theft

  10-01-2022 18:00
  
  (BALTIMORE) WJZ — A Riverside business was targeted early Monday morning in a smash-and-grab ATM theft.
  It happened about 3:21 a.m. Monday the Garden American Eatery near the corner of Light Street and Fort Avenue, Baltimore Police said.
  Police said four men backed a van into the storefront, then removed the ATM from the business and took off.
  The owner told WJZ he was tipped off by calls from his alarm company and a neighbor who overheard the commotion.
  After backing the van into the
  
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• Maryland Commerce Approves New Enterprise Zone In Kent County - CBS Baltimore

  10-01-2022 17:53 via baltimore.cbslocal.com
  
  Maryland Commerce Approves New Enterprise Zone In Kent County  CBS Baltimore
  
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• Maryland Commerce Approves New Enterprise Zone In Kent County

  10-01-2022 17:53
  
  KENT COUNTY, Md. (WJZ) — The Maryland Department of Commerce approved the designation of a new Enterprise Zone in Kent County on Monday.
  The program is a joint effort between state and local governments, offering residents state income tax concessions in hopes that businesses will secure investments and residents will find jobs.
  The zone will span across more than 1,500 acres of Kent County, including Town of Rock Hall.
  “We are so excited to approve this designation for Kent County a
  
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• Federal Hill Business Targeted In Smash-And-Grab ATM Theft

  10-01-2022 17:39
  
  (BALTIMORE) WJZ — A Federal Hill business was targeted early Monday morning in a smash-and-grab ATM theft.
  It happened about 3:21 a.m. Monday the Garden American Eatery near the corner of Light Street and Fort Avenue, Baltimore Police said.
  Police said four men backed a van into the storefront, then removed the ATM from the business and took off.
  The owner told WJZ he was tipped off by calls from his alarm company and a neighbor who overheard the commotion.
  After backing the van into
  
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• Winterfest returns to New Baltimore in February - New Baltimore Voice Newspapers

  10-01-2022 17:11 via voicenews.com
  
  Winterfest returns to New Baltimore in February  New Baltimore Voice Newspapers
  
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• AFSCME To Hold Press Conference On ‘Dangerous Conditions’ Inside State Facilities

  10-01-2022 16:45
  
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — The American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employers (AFSCME) is speaking today on growing concerns about the dangerous conditions inside Maryland State Correctional Facilities.
  Since 2016, facilities have suffered staffing shortages brought on by low pay and poor working conditions. This shortage is exasperated by the pandemic.
  Members of the AFSCME will speak on the fire that injured at least two dozen inmates, the facilities’ COVID-19 response an
  
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• COVID-19 In Maryland: More Than 12K Marylanders Have Died Since Start Of Pandemic

  10-01-2022 16:30
  
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — More than 12,000 Marylanders have died since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to the latest data from the state health department.
  The state reported 47 more people died from COVID-19, raising the death toll to 12,016 since the start of the pandemic.
  Maryland reported 9,683 new COVID-19 cases on Monday while the statewide positivity rate remained flat and hospitalizations increased,
  Hospitalizations increased by 78, bringing the total of Marylanders curr
  
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• Baltimore Ravens: Ravens 2022 Roster Preview - russellstreetreport.com

  10-01-2022 16:30 via russellstreetreport.com
  
  Baltimore Ravens: Ravens 2022 Roster Preview  russellstreetreport.com
  
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• Car Explodes After Crashing Into Middle River Home, Authorities Say

  10-01-2022 15:46
  
  MIDDLE RIVER, Md. (WJZ) — Two people were hurt after a car barreled into a Baltimore County home Monday morning and exploded, authorities said.
  It happened about 8:45 a.m. at a home on Ramble Run Road off Campbell Boulevard in Middle River, according to the Baltimore County Fire Department.
  Upon arrival, crews found a car inside the home and heavy flames coming from the residence, where an explosion was also reported.
  No one was inside the home at the time, but two people inside the car we
  
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• Car Crashes Into Middle River Home, Igniting House Fire, Authorities Say

  10-01-2022 15:46
  
  MIDDLE RIVER, Md. (WJZ) — A Middle River home went up in flames Monday after a car crashed into the residence, authorities said.
  Crews were called to the home on Ramble Run Road on Monday morning in response to the incident, the Baltimore County Fire Department said.
  The fire department said two people inside the vehicle were hospitalized with unspecified injuries and the home sustained significant damage.
  Additional details about the incident weren’t immediately released.
  WJZ has a
  
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• Maryland Weather: It’s Cold, But How Long Will This Chill Stick Around?

  10-01-2022 15:22
  
  Hi everyone!
  It’s cold. OK, I get it, as do you, that the winter season is just that, cold. But just as in summer, when temperatures are hot you can have real hot days, well right now, today and tomorrow, it is real cold. Have a little slice of the polar vortex with your lunch this afternoon, dinner tonight and every meal tomorrow. This is easily the coldest air of the season so far. Wind chills dayside around 20°, if that. And at night wind chills around 8°, if that.
  Then, just as
  
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• 3 impressive Steelers performances against Baltimore - Still Curtain

  10-01-2022 15:11 via stillcurtain.com
  
  3 impressive Steelers performances against Baltimore  Still Curtain
  
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• Waste Watch | Purchase of 3 Baltimore Police helicopters lacks transparency - Fox Baltimore

  10-01-2022 14:54 via foxbaltimore.com
  Waste Watch | Purchase of 3 Baltimore Police helicopters lacks transparency  Fox Baltimore
  
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• BMW Championship nets $53M economic impact for Greater Baltimore - Baltimore Business Journal - Baltimore Business Journal

  10-01-2022 14:39 via bizjournals.com
  BMW Championship nets $53M economic impact for Greater Baltimore - Baltimore Business Journal  Baltimore Business Journal
  
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