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Laurel resident Elizabeth Clayborne, an emergency room physician and a mother of two, is attempting to more effectively treat a common frustration for children and elderly adults: nosebleeds. Despite the relatively low risks associated with nosebleeds, Clayborne said that there are a surprising number of people who go to the emergency room for them. “We actually see about 500,000 ER visits annually in the U.S. for nosebleeds, which is kind of hard for people to believe,” she said in an interview with Maryland Matters.

Maryland Gov. Wes Moore announced an ambitious plan to reshape state government and better measure the progress toward serving residents during his second State of the State address in Annapolis Wednesday. The Democratic governor said he’ll issue a “state plan” that will lay out performance goals for state government and how they will be tracked. He plans to hold a meeting with tens of thousands of state workers on Thursday to explain it, and eventually there will be an online dashboard for the public to view progress.

A day after City Council President Nick Mosby’s ex-wife was found guilty on charges that also implicated him, he said he is intent on running for re-election and argued Baltimore residents shouldn’t conflate mistakes he’s made in his personal life with his work in City Hall. Nick Mosby hasn’t been charged with any crimes, but claims made by federal prosecutors in open court that he committed perjury on his tax returns have clouded his political future just months out from May’s Democratic primary.

In Maryland’s version of the president’s illustrious State of the Union speech, Gov. Wes Moore delivered his State of the State address in Annapolis on Wednesday, telling hundreds of state lawmakers and other dignitaries that he needs their help to tackle his long list of audacious goals. For Moore, a Democrat serving his second year in elected office, the speech served as both a celebration and a path forward.

The Frederick County Conservative Club is hosting a bipartisan debate for candidates running to represent Maryland’s 6th District in Congress. The debate is scheduled for 6 to 9 p.m. on Feb. 12 at the Frederick Elks Lodge on Willowdale Drive. The first hour will be set aside for a candidate meet-and-greet. Light refreshments will be sold. According to event coordinator Patti Worsley, all declared candidates for both the Republican and Democratic nominations are invited to participate.

Stung by news that one of the two companies that was planning to install wind energy turbines off the coast of Ocean City is reassessing its projects, House leaders are drafting legislation designed to shore up the state’s offshore wind industry. House Economic Matters Chair C.T. Wilson (D-Charles) and Vice Chair Brian M. Crosby (D-St. Mary’s) will introduce a bill later this week to buttress USWind, the one company fully committed to building wind installations in federal waters near Maryland, and encourage more players to enter the marketplace.

The House Judiciary Committee reviewed proposals Tuesday focused on public safety and protecting elected officials. The bills are part of Gov. Wes Moore’s (D) legislative agenda and come in response to increased threats and attacks, around the nation, on government officials as well as a shortage of law enforcement officers. Eric Luedtke, the governor’s chief legislative officer, testified on House Bill 585 (Protecting Election Officials Act) that would create a new misdemeanor charge in state election law for threats against election officials or someone in their immediate family.

Two weeks after the family of Pava LaPere celebrated what would have been the noted Baltimore entrepreneur’s 27th birthday, her parents settled in to a hearing room full of lawmakers and spoke of two everlasting missions — preserving their daughter’s professional legacy, and preventing the kind of violence that led to her death.

For the past decade, the Maryland General Assembly has authorized $1 million annually for the African American Heritage Preservation Grant Fund, which provides grants for projects that restore and preserve African American history in the state. But last year the state quintupled its contribution, upping funding to $5 million to be spent on buildings, communities and sites that are integral to Maryland’s African American experience.