Maryland lawmakers draft emergency bill to help Baltimore port workers

Plan aims to cover workers' salaries, with state senate leader saying 15,000 people rely on port to put food on the table'

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State house and senate leaders in Maryland have drawn up plans for emergency legislation to cover the salaries of port workers hit by shutdowns in the wake of Tuesday's collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge.

Bill Ferguson, president of the Maryland senate, said more than 15,000 people in the region rely on the Port of Baltimore to put food on the table".