Amazon HQ2 is not coming to Baltimore or to Maryland.

It is coming, however, to a Virginia suburb of Washington.

Marylanders will still benefit from this influx of high tech jobs, including students participating in the Maryland Technology Internship Program.

You may remember that I sponsored the bill creating MTIP in 2014, alongside UMBC President Freeman Hrabowski. The

State of Maryland pays part of the salary for a summer internship with a tech company.

The program remained unfunded until this past legislative session.

The day that Amazon announced its expansion plans, I reached out to Governor Hogan. He funded the program, and we expanded it from start-ups to include larger companies, like Amazon, as well as state and local governments.

Nearly fifty interns are now matched with companies across the region. Students represent eleven institutions in various majors, including business, computer science, visual design, engineering, and biotech. 90% of the employers are small to mid-size businesses of under 150 people.

See https://technical.ly/baltimore/2018/09/28/with-state-backed-program-maryland-looks-to-grow-paid-internships-at-tech-companies/

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No doubt you’ve read of the person who yelled “Heil Hitler! Heil Trump!” at a performance of Fiddler on the Roof at the Hippodrome Theatre downtown Wednesday night.

That prompted me to buy tickets for this weekend.

The show must go on! It’s tradition.