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America faces a great crisis in policing, but within it lies an opportunity. In my more than two decades of public service, including the…
Policymakers across the country are considering large- and small-scale revisions to single-family detached zoning regulations that would allow diversification of housing types in these…
“Those who ignore history are doomed to repeat it.” This past legislative session, the Maryland General Assembly made history in passing what House Speaker…
Misunderstandings about drug use and addiction run rampant, undermining the ability to reverse soaring overdose fatalities — a number that has quadrupled in the…
Unlike in Delaware and a host of other states, in Maryland taxpayers are not allowed to “decouple” their state tax returns from their federal…
Most people think Maryland is a state where all workers have full union rights. Unfortunately, this is not true. Thousands of public employees in…
Ronald Reagan made famous the punchline, “The most terrifying words in the English language are: I’m from the government and I’m here to help.”…
Smallpox has been eradicated from the face of the Earth following a highly effective, worldwide vaccination campaign. Paralytic poliomyelitis is no longer a problem in the…
In March, President Biden unveiled the American Jobs Plan, an historic investment in the United States’ long-neglected infrastructure systems. The plan, which is undergirded…
U.S. House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy of California and former House Republican Conference Chairwoman Liz Cheney of Wyoming are both members of the Republican…