Politics

Meghan Marsh calls fighting for the rights of people with disabilities her purpose. After volunteering at a Head Start program and then completing an internship at a children’s psychiatric hospital, she developed the desire to “fight systemic problems” that she saw through her work at both agencies. Marsh, 53, has spent 30 years as a disability rights advocate. In 2020, she was awarded the Benjamin L. Cardin Public Service Award by the Maryland Carey Law Alumni Board.

In the race for U.S. Senate, Rep. David Trone (D-6~th) announced seven endorsements this week from state and local officials, as well as endorsements from new endorsements from 35 members of Congress and four former representatives.  The campaign said it brings their total endorsements up to 111 in the race. “I couldn’t be more proud to have the support of 111 of my friends and colleagues in this race.

Baltimore will spend $5 million in American Rescue Plan Act money in an effort to help city employees return to the office early next year, almost three years since many were asked to work remotely amid the coronavirus pandemic. Mayor Brandon Scott announced last month that city employees who have been working remotely will be asked to return to the office for at least three days a week.

Baltimore’s spending board is poised to approve a $48 million settlement in a case of three men who spent a combined 108 years in prison for a murder they did not commit — a span their attorneys argued is more years served for a wrongful conviction than any in American history The “Harlem Park Three” — Alfred Chestnut, Andrew Stewart and Ransom Watkins — were freed in 2019 by the Baltimore City State’s Attorney’s Office after each served 36 years in prison for the notorious 1983 murder of a Baltimore junior high school student over a Georgetown University basketball jacket.

The 1776 Project political action committee, which financially supported the BMW Slate of Tara Battaglia, James Miller and Steve Whisler during the 2022 campaign for school board, has been fined $20,250 for failing to identify itself as having paid for 13,879 text messages sent to Carroll County voters on or around Nov. 1, the Maryland state prosecutor announced Thursday.

Maryland received a C grade for its recent redistricting effort, according to a new report released by Common Cause that is critical of the Maryland General Assembly’s role in the process. The report praises the efforts of a commission appointed by former Gov. Larry Hogan (R). The grade is dragged down by criticisms of a legislative effort the group found was highly partisan and lacked public transparency.

Amid strikes across the United States in industries ranging from health care to entertainment to automotive manufacturing, members of the Senate Finance Committee met Tuesday to review the landscape of collective bargaining powers for Maryland’s state employees and to discuss where opportunities may expand in the upcoming 2024 legislative session. Outgoing Senate Finance Committee Chair Melony Griffith (D-Prince George’s) noted that the meeting was intended to give an overview of the current state of collective bargaining in Maryland.