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‘A turning of the page’: Maryland doctors, leaders reflect on end of COVID public health emergency

The influenza pandemic of 1918 and 1919 sickened a third of the world’s population and killed 1 in every 36 people — 50 million in all. But in the outbreak’s aftermath, history shows those who survived generally didn’t want to talk about it. Americans had plenty else to talk about: the recent conclusion of the First World War, a faltering economy and race riots in dozens of cities around the country.

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BSO receives $500,000 state grant to put on free or low-cost concerts in eight Maryland counties this summer

The Baltimore Symphony Orchestra will receive a $500,000 state grant that will allow it to perform free or low-cost concerts in eight Maryland counties this summer, Maryland Gov. Wes Moore announced Thursday. The grant will approximately double the concerts performed last year during the inaugural season of the orchestra’s “Music for Maryland” tour, which aims to offer performances in all 24 Maryland counties over three summers.

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Where to toast King Charles III’s coronation in DC, Maryland and Virginia

King Charles III’s coronation, dubbed Operation Golden Orb, begins Saturday at 6 a.m. Eastern in London. Several spots in the D.C. area are ready to mark the historic event. King Charles III and his procession will start at Buckingham Palace with a horse-drawn gilded black Diamond Jubilee State Coach through central London to Westminster Abbey, where cameras will capture the crowning of England’s new king.

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Baltimore City jail remains far from finishing court-mandated overhaul of mental health, medical system, monitors say

The Baltimore City Booking and Intake Center is nowhere close to meeting a court-imposed deadline for making major improvements to the medical and mental health care it provides to people incarcerated in the facility, according to documents filed in federal court Thursday. As part of a 2016 settlement of a case the American Civil Liberties Union brought against the state, the Maryland Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services — which operates the city jail —agreed to overhaul its delivery of health care there and make the facility more accessible for people with disabilities.

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HUD allocates $5.4M to help Md. produce affordable housing

Maryland was awarded $5,428,249 million Wednesday from the Housing Trust Fund (HTF), an affordable housing production program that complements existing federal, state and local efforts to increase and preserve the supply of affordable housing for extremely low- and very low-income households, including families experiencing homelessness.

Poll: Less than one-quarter of Marylanders plan to bet on sports

Less than a quarter of Marylanders are interested in gambling their money in the state’s still-growing sports betting industry, according to a new poll. Among 800 people surveyed by Goucher College Poll in partnership with The Baltimore Banner, 23% said they were likely to place a bet on sports over the next year, either in person at a casino or online.

FCPS recommends redistricting maps for city schools, ‘a massive shuffling of students’

Frederick County Public Schools officials on Wednesday presented Superintendent Cheryl Dyson’s recommended maps for a redistricting project that could see nearly 2,500 students switching schools. The project is referred to as the Crestwood Area Redistricting Study, because it’s being prompted by an upcoming addition to Crestwood Middle School that will boost capacity there by 300 seats.

Baltimore City Board of Estimates approves contract to upgrade ‘panic button’ system for courts

The Baltimore City Board of Estimates approved a contract from the Maryland Administrative Office of the Courts on Wednesday that is expected to improve the emergency system at the Baltimore City Sheriff’s Office. The Administrative Office of the Courts is looking to upgrade its early alert “panic button” system to improve the sheriff’s office response times to emergencies for circuit court and the Juvenile Justice Center.

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