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Darryl Barnes

A longtime advocate for legalizing marijuana writes that the state needs to learn from its failures in standing up the medical cannabis industry and sports gaming.

Two months after viral videos showed police violence against a group of Black teens on the Ocean City boardwalk, a panel of state and…

House Speaker Adrienne A. Jones said Friday that she will support a referendum on the 2022 ballot to decide whether marijuana should be legalized….

State Sen. Douglas J.J. Peters (D), a veteran Prince George’s County lawmaker who finished just out of the running in the intense, behind-the-scenes battle…

Alarmed at the prospect that needy families will be hurt by Gov. Lawrence J. Hogan Jr.’s decision to end supplemental unemployment benefits in early…

Sports Betting

“Those who ignore history are doomed to repeat it.” This past legislative session, the Maryland General Assembly made history in passing what House Speaker…

The House Ways & Means Committee approved a sports betting bill on Friday that backers say would clear the way for more minority and…

Gaming companies — and those hoping to climb aboard the sports gambling bandwagon — on Thursday urged a House panel to greatly expand the…

Following a year fraught with social unrest wrapped in a global pandemic, members of the Legislative Black Caucus of Maryland have their eyes focused…

With Martin Luther King, Jr.’s birthday just in the rearview mirror and most of the 2021 Maryland General Assembly Legislative Session ahead, I cannot…