Anton’s Law was part of a group of police and criminal justice laws that passed in 2021 in the wake of George Floyd’s death and a national reckoning around race and policing.
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More non-prescription meds are coming to vending machines
In 2016, a Regulatory Review and Evaluation Report recommended that the Maryland Department of Pharmacy add a definition to the pain reliever selling exemption to distinguish a vending machine from an automated pharmacy kiosk, which vends prescribed medications.
Rabies: Animal bites can come at a price
In Maryland raccoons, skunks, foxes, bats and woodchucks are among the animals that pose the highest risk for rabies, according to an algorithm developed by the Center for Zoonotic and Vector-borne Diseases, the agency that responds to rabies in the state.
Takeaways from the 2020 census for Maryland, in 5 charts
Maryland counties surrounding Washington, D.C., which house many who commute to the nation’s capital for work, saw an increase in population. Montgomery County is the state’s largest county, with its population accounting for 17.2 percent of all residents.
Redistricting groups faced with uneven population growth
Congressional districts should be as close to zero variance of population as possible, according to Karl Aro, who chairs the Legislative Redistricting Advisory Commission. But at the state level, “equal” doesn’t have to be as exact.
Maryland schools eagerly await COVID vaccine OK for kids
“The expansion of vaccine administration to younger children will help prevent school outbreaks, reduce the numbers of students and staff in quarantine, and continue to keep students and staff in classrooms for full-time in-person learning,” he said.
Maryland residents eligible for free medical equipment
The program hosts 11 donation centers across the state, including three major landfills where people can drop off equipment.
Maryland does not display Native American COVID-19 data
Compared to their non-Hispanic white counterparts of a similar age, American Indian or Alaska Native people are 1.7 times more likely to be infected with COVID-19, 3.5 times more likely to be hospitalized, and 2.4 times more likely to die from the disease, the CDC found.
State ends 2021 with surplus, but some Marylanders struggle
By RACHEL LOGAN Capital News Service ANNAPOLIS, Md. — Maryland has ended its 2021 fiscal year with $2.5 billion in unassigned funds that Comptroller Peter Franchot, D, hopes to reinvest in those still struggling from the effects of the coronavirus pandemic. The extra...
Redistricting groups ponder single vs. multi-member maps
One of Maryland’s two redistricting commissions is tasked with proposing a state legislative map using only single-member delegate districts, but the current mixed system still has significant support.
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