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Baltimore Bridge Collapse

Maryland legislators hope to help port workers and others affected by the bridge collapse

by Nancy Marshall-Genzer
Apr 1, 2024
More than 15,000 people work directly at the port, and more than 140,000 additional jobs are connected to it.
With the port's main shipping channel closed, small business owners as well as restaurant and hotel staff working near the port could soon find themselves out of work.
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Pelosi ‘at the table’ even after Trump scrapped virus talks

by Associated Press
Oct 8, 2020
“Lives are at stake,” Pelosi said at the Capitol. “This is deadly serious.”
U.S. Speaker of the House, Nancy Pelosi, Democrat of California, leaves after her weekly press briefing on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., on Oct. 8, 2020.
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COVID-19

Aid for state, local governments a sticking point in federal COVID-19 relief

by Sabri Ben-Achour
Oct 6, 2020
Republicans and Democrats disagree about how much aid to give to state and local governments.
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer talk in July. President Trump tweeted Tuesday stimulus talks with Congress are put on hold until after the election.
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