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Ben Kramer

With “Crossover Day” fast approaching in the Maryland General Assembly — the deadline to guarantee that a bill that has passed out of one…

A bid to expand bargaining rights to all employees at Maryland’s 16 community colleges advanced for the second time in the last eight years….

Climate Change

The 2020s will be defined by how we come together to address the major issues that we face, such as public health, inequality and…

Vote by Mail

Like everything else in 2020, our elections had to adapt to the COVID-19 pandemic to ensure people could safely vote. The pandemic has laid…

A bill that would have required polluters to pay for their greenhouse gas emissions, and invest that revenue into education and green infrastructure, was…

Climate

It is far from an understatement to say that we are truly running out of time to take serious and bold action against the…

Texas is suffering under its worst winter storm in history, and millions of homes are without power this week. The images are stark, the…

Renewable Energy

As President Biden moves fast on climate change, with a slew of executive orders in his first weeks in office, Maryland lawmakers are considering…

Animal Welfare

It is already clear that the 2021 Maryland legislative session will be like none other: Our session opened with plexiglass and protocols, increased security…

Montgomery County may slash an annual inventory fee for businesses in an effort to help hard-hit retailers and restaurateurs in the midst of the…