Cynthia Prairie, Author at MarylandReporter.com

Collins: Buttering up Trump might work better than roasting him

Maryland’s elected Democrats at all levels seem to be unified in their outspoken denunciations of President Trump. They may want to consider, however, that their actions will have consequences.

State Roundup, March 27, 2017

Gov. Hogan proposes $23.7 million for Baltimore City Public Schools; Hogan blasts ed reform bill as “misguided and horrible”; lawmakers push to OK bills targeting heroin, opioid problems in state including treatment, education and crisis hotline; bills to update sexual assault laws advance through General Assembly; fracking ban continues to move forward; bail bond industry flexed its financial muscle during 2017 session; as crab season gets under way, watermen hope to see more flexible regulations; poll finds a third of Marylanders thinks corruption is a problem in Annapolis as ethics measure moves through General Assembly; and City Mayor Pugh vetoes minimum wage law she once embraced.

Legislature braces for ACA repeal despite Congress’s failure

The Maryland House of Delegates on Friday adopted its version and a Senate version of the Maryland Health Insurance Coverage Protection Act to plan for the potential loss of $4 billion in annual Medicare and Medicaid dollars that flow to the state annually, should the Republican-controlled Congress succeed in repealing the Affordable Care Act.

Rascovar: Hogan dodges Trump bullet; thoughts on fracking, Pugh

Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan can thank his lucky stars the bitter and intractable Republican disputes in Washington sabotaged plans to do away with the nation’s current healthcare plan, the Affordable Care Act. Passage of the Trumpcare alternative – imposing horrific added costs on older Americans, endangering Medicare funding and removing healthcare coverage for 14 million citizens next year – would have had cataclysmic effects in Maryland and placed Hogan on an untenable political hot seat.

State Roundup, March 24, 2017

The Maryland Senate OK’s its revised version of the $43.5 billion budget; Democrats, Bay advocates blast Gov. Hogan for silence on Trump administration cuts to Bay program but Hogan staff say he supports Bay; Hogan ups funding to police, colleges but not for Baltimore City schools; Senate OKs redistricting reform that kicks in if others states do so; state may add medical marijuana growing licenses; bill to limit authorities from asking about immigrant status to go before Senate panel; state OKs Arundel hospital for first open heart surgery program; Hogan steps away from earlier criticism of Montgomery County officials over school rape as protesters rally against federal Ed Secretary DeVos; O’Malley must testify on congressional redistricting; and Venable attorney considers run for governor.

Reprieve coming for towns overpaid by comptroller

Maryland jurisdictions that received $21 million in overpayments of income tax receipts between 2010 and 2014 will not have to pay it back under a bill headed towards passage in the Maryland General Assembly.

Dems blast Hogan’s silence on Bay cleanup cuts; administration fires back

Democrats in Annapolis Thursday railed against Republican Gov. Larry Hogan for not doing enough to protect the Chesapeake Bay under the Trump administration’s proposed cuts to the Bay cleanup plan and under a new EPA administrator historically hostile to environmental regulations. The administration fires back with sarcasm over partisan politics and past Democratic cuts to Bay restoration.

State Roundup, March 23, 2017

Gov. Hogan meets with Trump administration cabinet secretaries to push for health care, transportation and housing priorities; Hogan’s plan for redistricting reform falls in Senate; fracking ban continues to advance while bill to compensate landowners for loss of mineral rights dies; cash bail reform effort fails; Senate zeroes out acting Planning secretary’s salary after Hogan withdraws her nomination; Senate votes to restrict suspensions of pre-K through Grade 2 pupils; and Montgomery official blasts Hogan over claim county isn’t cooperating in rape probe.

Opinion: Baltimore’s ‘most elegant’ new community not fit for a fish

It has been his joy and anguish through the last five decades to keep track of little Dipping Pond Run, a rare and trouty tributary of Baltimore’s central drainage way, the Jones Falls, says environmental writer Tom Horton. He details the fate of brook trout and other trout that might be wiped out by development.

Opinion: Opioid epidemic requires treatment for addicts

The opioids addiction epidemic sweeping this country is staggering. It’s a travesty, and it doesn’t discriminate. It affects us all. A big part of dealing with this overwhelming issue is to support and encourage people addicted to opioids to seek professional medical help on their path to recovery.

Cynthia Prairie

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