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During the 2019 Annual Legislative Awareness Day earlier this fall, Kelby Brick, executive director of the Governor’s Office of the Deaf and Hard of…

During the first year of the Hogan administration, I was asked by the governor to chair the Maryland Bicycle/Pedestrian Advisory Committee. This came at…

During the Health Holly scandal many asked why wasn’t then-Baltimore Mayor Catherine Pugh removed from office? Under the Maryland Constitution, state and local elected…

If an alien dropped down from outer space and asked a Baltimorean to take me to your leader, the Baltimorean wouldn’t know where to…

Our aging society is a daily topic of conversation, where dealing with ailments seem a normal occurrence – but sometimes it shouldn’t be. Imagine falling…

The Justice Policy Institute has released a report, “Rethinking Approaches to Over Incarceration of Black Young Adults in Maryland.” In the report, the institute…

One of Billie Holiday’s greatest hits was the 1949 jazz standard, “Crazy He Calls Me.” It’s a happy song, one of the few in…

As a Republican executive in a dark blue state, Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan has one of the toughest balancing acts in the country. Gov….

Every now and again, Gov. Larry Hogan exhibits the need to buff up his Republican bonafides as he often governs like a Democrat. One…

The Maryland General Assembly will be asked during its upcoming session to place a $375 million bet on the future of horse racing in…