State Leaders Announce New Resources to Support Federal Workers

State adds free MARC, bus service to assistance for federal workers at shutdown resource fair

Gov. Wes Moore speaks at a federal government shutdown resource fair in Howard County on Friday. (Photo by Nicole Pilsbury/Maryland Matters)On day 17 of the government shutdown, furloughed Defense Department contractor Glenda Lassiter found herself at a federal government shutdown resource fair in Howard County, looking through loan and insurance information offered to affected federal workers. “I am here in the event that I do need it [resource…

State leaders announce new resources to support federal workers

A room full of people at Howard County's Federal Worker Resource Fair on Friday had tons of stories about the personal impact of the government shutdown.