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With the last-minute shuffling at the candidate filing deadline, we find ourselves with yet another vacancy of sorts in Annapolis. The process for filling them is very undemocratic.
A critical federal program that has gone a long way to improving access to affordable health care could expire at the end of the year.
Creating land trusts, improving food access and reparations are some solutions to fixing what ails this Baltimore neighborhood.
An Ellicott City resident supports the General Assembly’s legislative redistricting plan, which keeps Ellicott City whole and will help to focus flood mitigation efforts.
The 2022 legislative session proved successful in advancing policies that aid the more than 110,000 Marylanders with Alzheimer’s and other dementia.
Maryland’s comptroller says the state has the means to provide this kind of immediate relief that won’t have long-term consequences.
Legislation provides for the stay of some eviction proceedings while renters await the resolution of rental assistance.
Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson addressed the issue in her opening statement by stating, ‘I know my role as a judge is a limited one.’
Advocates fear that legislation to fix a loophole in a drunk driving law won’t pass again this year.
The director of a Baltimore-based organization supporting survivors of sexual violence and trafficking says Maryland should join other states in enacting a Safe Harbor bill.