BALTIMORE — On Friday, the Maryland House of Delegates sent Governor Larry Hogan a letter asking him to terminate Labor Secretary Tiffany Robinson and to cease his defense against lawsuits that are seeking to continue enhanced federal unemployment benefits.
Today, we renewed our call for the Governor to stop his efforts to end the additional federal unemployment benefits and asked for new leadership at the Maryland Department of Labor. Struggling Marylanders deserve better. pic.twitter.com/2Jpnz3Gy2K
— MD House Democrats (@mdhousedems) July 9, 2021
Governor Larry Hogan's communication director said that this letter "smacks of total desperation."
.@GovLarryHogan's communications director @riccimike issued a response to the letter from House Democrats writing: "It smacks of total desperation." -->@wmar2news #Maryland #unemployment https://t.co/0GARrz9L6K pic.twitter.com/3M8ouxtd5y
— Mallory Sofastaii WMAR (@mal_sofastaii) July 9, 2021
The unemployment hearing that was originally scheduled for Friday, July 9, at 2 p.m., has been postponed to Monday at 9:30 a.m.
The order moving today's joint hearing on the motions for preliminary injunction to Monday at 9:30 a.m. -->@wmar2news #Maryland #unemployment pic.twitter.com/9aWoJYitGS
— Mallory Sofastaii WMAR (@mal_sofastaii) July 9, 2021
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