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House Speaker Adrienne A. Jones (D-Baltimore County) was in her Annapolis office the other day, enjoying the solitude. “It’s quiet,” she told a reporter,…
Maryland is ranked third in the nation for best broadband access, with an impressive 86% of households subscribed to the internet compared to 83%…
I greatly appreciate Maryland Matters declaring “Public Health” to be a winner in the 2021 General Assembly session (“General Assembly Session 2021: Winners and…
The 2021 Maryland General Assembly Session contained important legislation for Maryland’s seniors, including the 110,000 Marylanders affected by Alzheimer’s disease – a number that…
Eliot’s April is the cruelest month for Maryland voters. Politicians think about, ponder, pander, ruminate, consider and mull – the foreplay of campaigns. Occasionally…
The historic 2021 Maryland General Assembly session has just adjourned, and among the significant measures passed in this session is House Bill 980 (PG-416-21),…
One of the most persistent myths plaguing our discussion of the housing crisis is that market rate housing “does nothing” for affordable housing or,…
It is a sad time in Maryland, as the major climate bill of the 2021 General Assembly session failed to pass. The Climate Solutions…
For more than a decade, Pew Research Center has reported that public trust in government in the United States to be at historic lows,…
There was a day, back in the 1960s, when The Baltimore Sun was ranked among the 10 best newspapers in America by Time magazine,…