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Ep. 4: Glass Ceilings with Robin Shaivitz
February 16, 2021 -

On episode 4 of The Lobby, the undeniably groundbreaking Robin Shaivitz, former Vice President & Senior Government Relations Advisor with the erstwhile firm Alexander & Cleaver, joins Damian for a new telling of her remarkably storied career as Annapolis’ original female contract-lobbyist.

Join us for an incredibly insightful conversation about fighting for what you believe in, finding success in chaos, and how to shatter glass ceilings.

We hope to see you soon in the Lobby.

Read More: Center Maryland
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Momentum grows to repeal Maryland Law Enforcement Officers’ Bill of Rights. But how to replace it is up in the air.
February 15, 2021 -

For years, activists and a handful of Maryland lawmakers have tried and failed to nix the state’s Law Enforcement Officers’ Bill of Rights, a 1974 act that enshrines in state law certain job protections and due process rights for police officers accused of misconduct. Now, what long appeared an uphill battle looks increasingly likely to reach its goal: that Maryland’s General Assembly will repeal the law, which critics have said goes beyond guaranteeing due process rights to shielding dirty officers from discipline.

Read More: Baltimore Sun
With Trump gone, Maryland Gov. Hogan becomes one of first governors to attend White House meeting with Biden
February 15, 2021 -

Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan traveled to the White House for a meeting Friday, something he was loath to do during the administration of former president Donald Trump. The Republican governor attended an Oval Office session about COVID-19 relief with President Joe Biden, Vice President Kamala Harris and a bipartisan group of other governors and mayors.

Read More: Baltimore Sun
Help Keep Maryland Safe
February 15, 2021 -
Law enforcement officers dedicate their careers and risk their lives to protect Marylanders across the state. It’s a job like no other—uniquely dangerous and challenging—requiring life and death split-second decisions. When we call them, we expect them to be there. Visit: www.keepmarylandsafe.com to learn more.
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Maryland House Democrats push to expand eligibility for covid relief
February 12, 2021 -

An effort by Maryland House Democrats to expand eligibility for Gov. Larry Hogan’s covid-19 stimulus plan, including to noncitizens, is receiving pushback from the Republican chief executive, who said it could jeopardize passage of the legislation and the help it would provide to others. “Anything they attempt to do to change the bill that’s already been passed unanimously by the Senate . . . it threatens the bill,” Hogan said Thursday.

Read More: Washington Post
Scott: ‘We need to allow local health departments to be the lead’
February 10, 2021 -

“The problem here is two things: It’s the rollout and it’s the lack of vaccines we have to administer,” Baltimore Mayor Brandon Scott told C4 and Bryan Nehman Tuesday morning.  “We need to allow local health departments to be the lead on this because they know how to reach individuals,” Scott said. “They have the connections, they run clinics for flu vaccines.” Scott said local health departments are getting doses, and being told week by week what they’re getting, but private pharmacies can see up to three weeks out.

Read More: WBAL
Maryland Democrats gear up to override dozens of Gov. Hogan’s vetoes
February 7, 2021 -

Maryland lawmakers plan to spend this week undoing dozens of vetoes from Gov. Larry Hogan, reviving measures ranging from programs to boost public schools to a first-of-its-kind tax on digital ads. Democrats hold such significant majorities in both chambers of the General Assembly that they typically can override the Republican governor’s vetoes, even if they lose a few members from the original votes.

Read More: Baltimore Sun
Can Maryland learn from other states’ COVID vaccine rollout and create a single sign-up site?
February 5, 2021 -

It is an online scavenger hunt that often ends in futility, or in some cases, the cold parking lot of a COVID-19 vaccine clinic, turned away without that precious shot in the arm. Almost two months after the first doses of the coronavirus vaccine arrived in Maryland, a sign-up process that involves scrounging through multiple websites for seemingly phantom appointments has everyone from legislators to doctors to a desperate public asking: Isn’t there a way to go on a single site to request and schedule a shot?

Read More: Baltimore Sun
Howard launches commission to look at historical namesakes of county-owned streets, buildings, statues
February 5, 2021 -

For the past year, cities and states across the country have reckoned with racist and historically ignorant namesakes on buildings, street signs and statues. Howard County is now among the jurisdictions intentionally examining whose name gets used and where. Howard County Executive Calvin Ball announced the inception of the Public Facilities and Spaces Commission on Thursday. The 12-person commission is set to examine the names of buildings, streets and statues in the county and decide whether or not to rename them.

Read More: Baltimore Sun
Feldman Pushes Cannabis Legalization, Ferguson Co-Signs
February 5, 2021 -

Senate Finance Committee Vice-Chair Brian J. Feldman (D-Montgomery) has filed legislation to legalize adult-use cannabis and pump funding into communities that have been adversely impacted by its current criminalization. The bill has a powerful set of cosponsors, including Senate Majority Leader Nancy J. King (D-Montgomery), Budget and Taxation Chair Guy J. Guzzone (D-Howard), Judicial Proceedings Committee Chair William C. Smith Jr (D-Montgomery) and Vice-Chair Jeffrey D. Waldstreicher (D-Montgomery).

Read More: Maryland Matters

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