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House Bill 488, sponsored by Del. Jessica M. Feldmark (D-Howard), would allow local governments to expand public campaign finance programs.
Winners will be chosen, the governor said, and everyone who gets primary vaccines, boosters in Md. will automatically be registered to win.
“I am just as excited and hopeful as I drive to Annapolis in 2022 as I did when I was first sworn-in in 2003,” Kaiser said.
"Even Learning While Black is not safe from hate," said Lecia Brooks, an official at the Southern Poverty Law Center. The FBI investigates.
Speaking to reporters, the governor said he intended to spend his last 12 months in office focused squarely on running state government.
Anne Arundel Republicans blocked a push for a public campaign financing system. This would’ve funded some elections with county money.
But in a surprise move, the committee put off consideration of James F. Ports Jr., Hogan's pick to serve as transportation secretary.
Seeding of the river with hatchery-reared oysters began last year, but the start of reef construction has been held up since fall.
Hollingsworth in an interview said she's excited to join Gansler's campaign, noting their combined skill is needed to address issues.
Parents, students "eagerly envision a return to normal" in the schools, the author, a board of education candidate, says.
The board is comprised of nine elected and four appointed members who serve alongside a student member, who can vote on certain issues.
Eckardt won the Senate seat by ousting then-Sen. Richard Colburn in the 2014 Republican primary, after serving in the House for 20 years.
The article and commentary, while both well-researched, the author, a Joppa resident, says, also are "both largely missing the point."
“It was absolutely bizarre,” Hawker, who worked as a special education aide in Frederick County Public Schools for 13 years before, said.
It occurs as our state's county leaders have been announcing their processes for establishing a local police accountability board.
The chief medical examiner expects to have a backlog of 300 autopsies as of next week.
Frosh told the Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee Maryland has a high eviction filing rate, and aims to deter "serial eviction filings."
The author, a Democratic Congressional candidate, outlines views on how his party needs to succeed in the nation's rural communities.
Opponents believe such measures can create pressure on people with illness to end their lives, to avoid being a burden on loved ones.
It would expunge the conviction of anyone previously found guilty of simple possession, if that charge was the only one against them.