Wes Moore lays out plan to fight child poverty in Maryland

Maryland Gov. Wes Moore presented legislation he’s championing to address child poverty to state lawmakers on Wednesday, laying out a locally focused plan to attack the root causes of concentrated poverty statewide. Moore, who served as the CEO of one of the nation’s largest poverty-fighting organizations before he was governor and has made addressing child poverty a top priority of his administration, testified on one of his signature measures this legislative session.