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The Chesapeake Bay oyster population has been flourishing over the last few years, but a California-based seafood guide disagrees. Seafood Watch, a well-known consumer guide about sustainable seafood, has released its latest draft and is telling people to avoid eating wild caught oysters that come from the Bay. A look at the draft shows the bay as being overfished and poorly managed, adding “current abundance levels in the Chesapeake Bay overall are still low.

Routespring, a Bethesda AI-powered business travel management company, is looking to go up against the major travel agencies, now boosted by a $500,000 investment from the Maryland Technology Development Corp. (TEDCO). Founded by CEO Tarun Upaday and CTO Hitesh Sharma, Routespring uses a proprietary AI algorithm to determine such factors as the length, price and risk in travel routes for companies whose workers must travel for their job, like pilots, travel nurses, truck drivers and cruise ship employees.

Across much of the country, the jobs market is as strong as it’s ever been, and Black women, young people and people with disabilities are among the workers benefiting, recent U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics data show. Twenty states reported an unemployment rate under 3% in April, while 15 states saw record lows, led by South Dakota at 1.9%, followed by Nebraska at 2%, and New Hampshire and North Dakota at 2.1%.

Parking is tight at Baltimore-Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport’s lots ahead of Memorial Day weekend. SkyTeam 11 got a look at BWI-Marshall’s Long Term A parking lot, which is filled to capacity. As of Thursday afternoon, the airport website showed Long Term A was closed and Long Term B had 57% of spaces available.

Past customers are suing AeroVanti, an Annapolis jet company, for allegedly failing to provide services promised for $3 million memberships in its elite “Top Gun” air club. Three individuals — Stephan Gratziani, Jorge Luis De La Concepcion and Alan Rodriguez — and Wishbone Media filed the lawsuit Monday in the Middle District of Florida Tampa division.

A California cannabis brand is expanding into Maryland with the opening of its first cannabis dispensary in Baltimore later this week. Cookies will open a location at 35 E Cross St. in Federal Hill on Saturday, May 27. The dispensary will be open for medical patients, but the company plans to transition to the recreational market, which will go live in Maryland on July 1.

Birmingham, Alabama’s Encompass Health Corp. (NYSE: EHC) is getting ready to open a rehabilitation hospital in Bowie, in a bid to fill a gap in care for Prince George’s County patients. Encompass, which owns and operates rehab hospitals across U.S., said Wednesday the 60-bed inpatient facility is on track to start seeing patients in June.

The world’s oldest sculpture is estimated to have been created about 40,000 years ago. Robert Perless’s “Monad” — a shiny metal blade 32 feet tall — is considerably newer. Perless made it in 1978 for Lakeforest Mall in Gaithersburg, Md. Will it stand the test of time? Forget 40,000 years. Some people worry “Monad” may not be around in four years. Lakeforest Mall closed at the end of March. Its new owners hope to redevelop the 100-acre site.