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Maryland General Assembly won’t hold special session in May

ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — The Maryland General Assembly will not reconvene in a special session next month.

House Speaker Adrienne Jones and Senate President Bill Ferguson made the announcement Monday.

The legislature adjourned early last month from its annual 90-day legislative session because of the coronavirus.

Legislative leaders had expressed the hope of reconvening for a special session in the last week of May. Jones said the decision not to reconvene was made after conferring with health experts.

The presiding officers said they will keep evaluating the need and timing of a future special session.

A bipartisan panel of state legislators focusing on the virus will continue to meet.

1 tornado confirmed in Anne Arundel County during Tuesday’s storms

At least one tornado was confirmed by the National Weather Service in Anne Arundel County, Maryland, during Tuesday's storms in the D.C. region. An EF-1 tornado landed in Lake Shore near Patapsco Road at 6:15 p.m. NWS officials determined that the estimated peak winds of the tornado was 100 mph. The twister was on the ground for two minutes as it was around three-quarters of mile long and 160 yards wide.
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