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November 13, 2020

COVID Surge Drives New Rules, Relief Efforts

Red = States on Maryland's travel warning list

Maryland is facing a vexing surge of coronavirus, with positive tests and serious cases both driving toward a “danger zone,” in Governor Hogan’s words. His urging for Marylanders to redouble their seriousness was accompanied by new State and county actions. Local jurisdictions are setting tighter standards, and - further still - are promoting new or extended relief programs for local businesses and restaurants. Conduit Street has your coverage – including the discouraging “travel map” of the many states subject to travel warnings. 

CORONAVIRUS SURGE COVERAGE

STATE RESPONSE

Governor Announces $70M in New COVID-19 Response Funding State: CARES Deadline Approaching, Have a Plan, Look to PPE Here Are the States to Avoid Under Maryland’s COVID-19 Travel Advisory MD Rolls Out Statewide COVID-19 Exposure App MD Labor Provides Sweeping Update on Unemployment Benefits MDH Releases K-12 Schools COVID Dashboard

COUNTY RESPONSE

TIGHTER RESTRICTIONS Anne Arundel Acts to Limit COVID-19 Surge Harford Takes Additional Steps to Protect the Public Montgomery Tightens Capacity Limits Amid COVID Surge St. Mary’s Announces Return to Level 3 Pandemic Response Pandemic Prompts Howard’s Spending Affordability Cmte to Bump Up Schedule RESTAURANT RELIEF Allegany Baltimore County Calvert Cecil Charles Frederick Prince George’s Washington Wicomico GRANTS AND OTHER RELIEF Anne Arundel Launches Volunteer Fire Company Grant Program Harford Dedicates $1M to Help Residents Pay Water and Sewer Bills Montgomery Announces COVID-19 Economic Recovery Roadmap Anne Arundel Announces $1M Grant Program to Support Nonprofits

Maryland’s Federal Courts Will Close to Public Amidst COVID-19 Surge Feds Bless SALT Cap Workaround for Pass-Through Businesses Feds Approve MD’s 4-Year Workforce Plan, Hogan Opts to Include Additional Partner Programs

Feds Award Port Infrastructure Grant to Sparrows Point St. Mary’s Announces Broadband Request for Proposal  Montgomery Issues RFI for Electric Vehicle Group Buy Program

State Soil Conservation Committee to Meet November 19 Visit Nationwide’s Virtual Benefit Fair Maryland Board of Public Works – November 18, 2020 Agenda MACo’s Michael Sanderson Completes National High Performance Leadership Academy

Talbot Taps Clay Stamp as County Manager Anne Arundel Public Library to Offer Wi-Fi Hotspot Kits and Chromebooks Prince George’s Launches On-Demand Rideshare Service Anne Arundel, Charles to Receive $100k to Help Low-Income Families with Home Repairs

Hogan Announces Staff Appointments MD Board of Ed Selects Firm to Lead Search for State Superintendent Behavioral Health Provider Coalition Seeks to Create Centralized Crisis Care System Fun Fact: What Maryland City is Known as the Decoy Capital of the World?

Conduit Street Podcast Corner:

BOND RATING BASICS

On the latest episode of the Conduit Street Podcast, Jennifer Diercksen joins Kevin Kinnally and Michael Sanderson to discuss the ins and outs of municipal bond ratings — including the role of ratings agencies in assessing creditworthiness; the factors that influence interest rates, investment appetite, and bond pricing; and the differences between short-term and long-term debt ratings. LISTEN

Listen to any Conduit Street Podcast Episode: www.mdcounties.org/Podcast

Counties In Action

Montgomery Montgomery celebrates new mural in tribute to former slave community and their fight for access to basic infrastructure, like streetlights

Allegany Allegany honors the late Alex Trebek, who once filmed a segment on trains for Jeopardy at the Western MD Scenic Railroad

Baltimore County Balt Co employees and Harford Park Community Association remove trash and debris from a local stream during community clean up event

Corporate Partner Corner

Cigna Hosts MACo Winter Web Series Session on Building Resiliency

MACo's Platinum Corporate Partner Cigna, sponsored today's session on "Building Resiliency for Tomorrow"

Speaker Sandra Shaklan, LCSW-C and Clinical Behavioral Account Manager for Cigna, presented a live webinar today on building resilience. Using Cigna's Resiliency Study, Shaklan presented data and trends showing how the COVID-19 pandemic has affected mental and behavioral health. She discussed the hallmarks of resiliency, how to cultivate it among employees and managers, tools available, and the dire and costly effects of ignoring low-resilience in your workplace and community. Interested in learning more about resiliency? Visit CignaResilience.com Missed today's live session but want to catch the recording? Register for MACo's Winter Web Series

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