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Goucher Poll Shows There’s Still Vaccination Hesitancy In Maryland
One year into the pandemic and about two months since the vaccine first became available, some Marylanders are still hesitant to get a shot.
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Del. Sheila Ruth: Maryland Residents Need Transportation Equity
The Red Line cancellation "was only one in a long line of discriminatory transportation decisions in Maryland," Ruth states.
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Opinion: Four Fantastic Ways To Improve Vote By Mail In Maryland
Like everything else in 2020, our elections had to adapt to the COVID-19 pandemic to ensure people could safely vote.
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Child Care Workers Say Lack Of State Effort Leaves Them To ‘Scramble’ For Vaccines
After weeks of trying and failing to get a vaccination appointment, child care worker Christy Braddock said she finally got peace of mind.
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Frank DeFilippo: A Second Chance For A Third Party?
Political parties in Maryland, as with most of America, come in two flavors – Democrat(ic) and Republican.
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State Song Could Be Repealed; Democrats Condemn Lyrics
The state song, ‘Maryland, My Maryland,’ could be repealed. One critic said it came from “one of the most racist periods" in state history.
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Hogan Proposes $1K Bonus Payments For State Employees
Maryland state employees could receive a $1,000 bonus in April through a supplemental budget submitted by Gov. Lawrence J. Hogan Jr. (R).
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Earned Income Tax Credit Expansion Quietly Becomes Law
An expansion of Maryland’s Earned Income Tax Credit passed quietly into law when Gov. Hogan Jr. (R) allowed the bill to take effect.
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Bipartisan Coal Transition Bill Withdrawn By House Sponsor
The Maryland Coal Community Transition Act of 2021 was withdrawn during a committee voting session Monday.
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House Rejects Republicans’ Amendments To Expanding Absentee Ballot List
Five Republican amendments to legislation that would let individuals choose to continue voting by mail were shot down.
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Alanah Davis: "Winter Ain’t Over, Dummy"
The author suggests that you might need this to help with the Baltimore-centric African American Vernacular English (AAVE).
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Opinion: General Assembly Must Oversee Preparing For Pandemics
Maryland’s COVID-19 vaccination program has been chaotic, inefficient, and contentious, the author, a former county attorney, states.
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A COVID Year — Looking Back With Maryland Hospital Association CEO Bob Atlas
One year ago, Maryland got its first known case of COVID-19. There have been 7,740 confirmed deaths in Maryland since.
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House Passes Bill That Would Allow Permanent Absentee Voting
The specter of the 2020 presidential election hovered over the House of Delegates as it gave final approval to the bill.
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Advocates Reiterate Call For Lawmakers To Pursue Meaningful Reform As Policing Bills Move To The House
A sea of gloved fists — white with knuckles painted blood red — floated above bowed heads outside the State House recently.
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Get Ready For The Big Legislative Fight Of 2023
Sometimes, in Annapolis, a major legislative fight can be seen far off on the horizon.
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House Panel Expands And Approves Sports Gambling Bill
Ways and Means approved a sports betting bill backers say would clear the way for more minority and female entrepreneurs.
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Maryland Senate Begins Discussions On Sweeping Climate Bill
It began preliminary discussions on a sweeping climate action plan that calls for net-zero statewide greenhouse gas emissions by 2045.
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Opinion: Equity, Opportunity And The Return On Investment Of A College Education
Talent is spread evenly across our population — across all genders, races and socioeconomic backgrounds. But opportunity, sadly, is not.
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Opinion: Time To End Neglect In Maryland Nursing Homes
Maryland "is complicit in fleecing our elderly residents of their life savings, for the benefit of out-of-state corporations" -- Carroll.