‘The Checks Are So Miserly’ | Maryland Comptroller Peter Franchot Says State’s COVID Relief Stimulus Checks Aren’t Enough

If you qualify for the State’s COVID relief stimulus, you could see a check in the mail or in your bank account by the end of the week. Andrew Farantos is a third-generation Owner of G&A Diner in Highlandtown. He said the pandemic hit Baltimore restaurants particularly hard. “When you open up a restaurant, and you’re used to making a certain amount of money, the margins are already thin, and this just makes it thinner,” he said. Gov. Larry Hogan signed a $1 billion COVID relief plan into law intended to provide tax relief of up to $9,000 for small businesses.