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House introduces bill establishing a service year program – one of Moore’s priorities

HB 546, the Serving Every Region Through Vocational Exploration Act of 2023, was introduced Thursday. It marks the next step in Moore’s goal of making Maryland a state of service and lays out the expectations for participants, as well as administrators.

Cannabis regulations proposed ahead of legalization deadline

Maryland lawmakers introduced legislation Friday to create the framework for a legal cannabis market ahead of the July 1 start of legalization. Identical, cross-filed bills introduced in the House and Senate create a regulatory structure for Maryland’s new cannabis industry that includes rules for licensing, taxation and equity, among other things. 

State Roundup: General Assembly turns attention to cannabis, gun safety, bamboo overgrowth

Maryland lawmakers need to pass regulations in order for the state’s recreational cannabis program to begin, and lawmakers are expecting a proposal to be introduced soon, as early as Friday.

Race, Racism, and Guns: The Case Against the Gun Safety Act of 2023

The graphic shooting of Philando Castile in 2016 shocked many of us and reminded us of the interplay between race, racism, and law. Castile was a Black man in Minnesota who had a permit for his firearm, when he was shot and killed by a police officer during a traffic...

Maryland lawmakers propose choking off invasive running bamboo

Running bamboo grows so fast and is so invasive that it’s rooting up headstones in cemeteries, crossing neighborhood property lines and becoming a “major issue” in Maryland parks. 

State Roundup: Moore touts service to form ‘a more perfect state;’ U.S. Chamber joins fight against Maryland digital ad tax; GOP expected to introduce crime package

In first State of State, Gov. Moore emphasizes service to form ‘a more perfect state;’ U.S. Chamber joins fight against Maryland digital ad tax; and GOP legislators expected to introduce criminal justice package

Moore emphasizes service in first State of the State speech

Moore used his speech to spotlight several Marylanders who exemplify a commitment to service. Those honored included Jefferson Vasquez-Reyes, an 18-year-old son of El Salvadoran immigrants and an aspiring physician attending Montgomery College, whose experience with a Latino doctor shaped his goals. 

State Roundup: Bill seeks to fill gaps in health insurance marketplace; lawmakers consider reforming medical parole; more students qualify for reduced price meals, raising cost of education reform law

Lawmakers, advocates hope to fill gaps in health insurance marketplace; bill would reform medical, geriatric parole law for state prisoners; and more students qualify for reduced price meals, raising the cost of state’s education reforms.

State Roundup: Biden announces $4B to replace Baltimore tunnel; Senate OKs funds for suicide hotline; safe harbor bill would protect child trafficking victims

President Biden announces $4B to replace Baltimore train tunnel; Maryland Senate OKs funds for suicide hotline; safe harbor bill would protect child trafficking. victims

Message to Duckpin’s Brian Griffiths: Don’t Oppose Gov. Wes Moore great ideas because he is a Democrat

Recently in his blog Duckpin, long-time Republican operative Brian Griffiths wrote a piece attacking Governor Moore's Executive Order to create the “Department of Service and Civic Innovation” as making Government bigger and being unnecessary. While, one could...

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