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Maryland Among States Poised to Allow College Athletes to Profit Off Their Name, Image and Likeness
June 8, 2021 -

A seismic shift will rock college sports next month, when a handful of new state laws go into effect allowing student-athletes to make money off their personal images. It’s been against the rules governing collegiate sports for student-athletes to make a profit off their name or image — a practice that’s commonplace in professional sports. But a flurry of states has forged ahead with laws granting college athletes the rights to their own “name, image and likeness,” arguing that it’s a matter of fairness for student-athletes. Statutes in five states, including Georgia and Florida, will go into effect July 1.

Read More: Maryland Matters
Maryland among first in U.S. to limit how police use genealogy websites
June 7, 2021 -

Detectives were stumped by the 2010 shooting of Michael Anthony Temple in Odenton. The gunman left DNA on a cigarette and coffee cup, but a search of the police database found no match. Five years passed, the case went cold, and Temple died of his injuries. The breakthrough came when investigators submitted the DNA to consumer genealogy websites. Nine years after the shooting, they charged Fred Lee Frampton Jr.

Read More: Baltimore Sun
As deadline for veto override approaches, Baltimore Council President Nick Mosby pitches security deposit grants
June 7, 2021 -

Baltimore City Council President Nick Mosby will introduce an emergency measure to offer grants to people to help pay security deposits in the wake of Mayor Brandon Scott’s veto of a deposit alternatives bill. Mosby, a Democrat, wrote a letter Friday to Scott about his plan to introduce the legislation next week. Mosby described grants of up to $2,000, based on renters’ incomes, to aid them in making security deposits.

Read More: Baltimore Sun
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Vote on Maryland toll lanes will move forward Tuesday
June 4, 2021 -

A public-private project to build toll lanes on the Capital Beltway and Interstate 270 will take the next step in Maryland’s review process despite a predevelopment agreement being in dispute between the state and a losing bidder. Plans to build express lanes on lower Interstate 270 and part of the Capital Beltway will go before the Maryland Transportation Authority board on Tuesday for a vote that would open a 30-day period of public and legislative review before final approval.

Read More: Washington Post
Perez to Become a Partner at Venable But That Won’t Affect His ’22 Deliberations
May 28, 2021 -

When the powerhouse Baltimore-based law firm Venable LLP announced Thursday that former Democratic National Committee chairman Tom Perez was coming aboard as a partner, the Maryland political world was puzzled. Did Perez’s new and presumably remunerative job mean he wasn’t planning to run for governor in 2022?

Read More: Maryland Matters
Ep. 10: History Has Its Eyes on You with Senator Craig Zucker (MD-14) and Quinton Askew
May 28, 2021 -

The 2021 Legislative session is over and The Lobby is still packed.

We’ve heard from some of the architects of the biggest stories in Annapolis this year and asked them what they’ve accomplished during a period when Marylanders have needed them most. In episode 10 of The Lobby, Damian reconnects with Senator Craig Zucker (MD-14) and Quinton Askew of Maryland 2-1-1 about The Thomas Bloom Raskin Act, the work to help Marylanders through COVID, the increase in overdoses, and 2-1-1 Maryland’s partnerships with NAMI Maryland and RALI Maryland.

Session never really ends, we hope to see you soon in the Lobby.

Read More: Center Maryland
Doug Gansler announces run for Maryland governor
May 27, 2021 -

Former Maryland Attorney General Doug Gansler is running for the Democratic nomination to be the next governor. Gansler, who joins a growing field of contenders, told 11 News his experience separates him from all of the candidates in both parties. He vows Baltimore will be one of his top priorities. “What I bring to the office is experience and a proven track record of progressive values, getting things done, seeing a problem and being able to fix it,” Gansler said.

Watch Doug Gansler Video “Not a Moment to Waste”

Read More: WBAL
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Harford schools wants unvaccinated band members to wear masks to march in parades. A delegate says that’s discriminatory.
May 24, 2021 -

Harford County Public Schools’ ruling that marching band members who are not fully vaccinated must mask up during Independence Day parades is drawing opposition from a state delegate. Making unvaccinated people, particularly children, wear masks in certain situations is akin to treating them “like they’re some kind of leper,” according to Del. Lauren Arikan, who has called for the resignation of the county’s school superintendent and health officer over a recent recommendation.

Read More: The Aegis
Months after Jan. 6, many PACs still shun pro-Trump election objectors, including Maryland’s Andy Harris
May 21, 2021 -

Months after the attack on the U.S. Capitol, many deep-pocketed corporations say they are continuing to withhold campaign donations to 147 Republican lawmakers — including Maryland’s Andy Harris — who refused to certify last year’s presidential election results. Big political players such as Exelon Corp., Comcast Corp., and Eli Lilly and Co., which collectively donated $15,000 to Harris during the 2019-20 election cycle, told The Baltimore Sun they aren’t ready to lift the indefinite funding pauses imposed after the Jan. 6 Capitol occupation by a mob loyal to former President Donald Trump.

Read More: Baltimore Sun
State’s attorney launches community-focused carjacking task force in Prince George’s
May 21, 2021 -

The Prince George’s County state’s attorney’s office has launched a carjacking task force that will work with local lawmakers, school personnel and community organizations on prevention and public awareness of the rising crime — especially among the region’s young people. Carjacking crimes have spiked over the past year and a half locally and nationally, as the pandemic brought economic hardship upon many Americans and virtual learning left children and teenagers with more free time.

Read More: Washington Post

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