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Analysis: Why Dennis Schrader Sailed Through His Senate Confirmation
But a Goucher College survey revealed a significant, contradictory split in public opinion, the report indicates.
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Opinion: How To Expand School Health Care Support
It's the middle of a busy day when you get that call. “This is the school nurse, everything is fine, but …” You worry.
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Hogan Allows ‘Kirwan 2.0' To Become Law Without His Signature
Citing fiscal concerns, Gov. Hogan (R) will not sign the complementary bill to the Blueprint for Maryland's Future.
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Opinion: Treat Drug Use Like The Public Health Risk That It Is
Too many people who use drugs end up in jail instead of getting the help they need. Here's one way to fix that.
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House And Senate Move Closer To Sending Cohesive Police Reform Package To Governor
The House and Senate took major steps toward codifying hard-fought, historic shifts in state policing policy recently.
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Josh Kurtz: Slicing And Dicing The Democratic Vote For Governor
The goal is to get 50 percent of the vote plus one — or, in a multi-candidate field, to get one more vote than everybody else.
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Sen. McCray: Ensuring The Health Of Our Public Transit System
As we chart the path forward, reimagining life post-COVID-19, my family – my wife and four kids – are especially excited to travel again.
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Schrader Wins Senate Confirmation To Be Health Secretary, 45-2
Gov. Lawrence J. Hogan Jr. (R) first nominated Dennis R. Schrader to become secretary at the Maryland Department of Health four years ago.
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Audit: Hogan Administration Spent $11.9 Million On South Korean COVID Tests
Maryland spent more than $11.9 million for 500,000 COVID-19 testing kits from South Korea during the early weeks of the pandemic.
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Hogan Environment Secretary Backs House Version Of Climate Bill
The Hogan administration endorsed the House version of a climate bill that is working its way through the General Assembly.
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General Assembly Passes $52.4 Billion Budget Plan With Broad Support
The Maryland General Assembly approved a $52.4 billion budget that House Appropriations Chairwoman McIntosh tabbed "The Recovery Act."
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Opinion: Why Johnson & Johnson Throwing Out 15M Vaccine Doses Shouldn't Alarm You
Human errors at a manufacturing plant in Baltimore forced Johnson & Johnson to throw out 15 million doses of its COVID-19 vaccine.
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Budget Negotiators: Private School Voucher Program Fully Funded, Pre-Release Facilities To Close
Negotiators from the Maryland Senate and House of Delegates finalized details of the state's 2022 budget on Thursday.
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Senate Rejects House Request For Conference Committee To Negotiate Police Reform Package
House Judiciary Committee Chairman Luke H. Clippinger (D-Baltimore City) made a motion Friday to reject amendments the Senate made.
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State's First Black Sheriff Dies At 81
Joseph Lee Somerville, the first Black sheriff in St. Mary's County as well as in Maryland, died on Thursday of undisclosed causes, at 81.
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Opinion: Sheriffs And Police Chiefs Sound Alarm On Reform Plan
The author discusses proposed police reform legislation from the law enforcement point of view.
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Opinion: Clock Is Ticking For Legislation For The Climate Solutions Now Act
The Maryland Legislative Coalition, and its sister organization, the MLC Climate Justice Wing, strongly support the Senate version.
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‘They Almost Gutted The Bill,' Pinsky Says As House Panel Amends Climate Legislation
A House subcommittee has drastically scaled back ambitious climate legislation, proposing a spate of amendments.
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List Of ‘Mass-Vax' Locations Grows; Hogan Defends Adviser Redfield
All Marylanders age 16 and up are now eligible to pre-register with the state for a COVID-19 vaccine, Gov. Hogan Jr. (R) announced Thursday.
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State, Environmentalists Announce $650K Pollution Settlement With Shuttered Paper Mill
The W. Maryland shuttered mill will pay $650,000 to settle a lawsuit over pollution from “black liquor” and associated contaminants.
