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Maryland Gov. Wes Moore, AG Anthony Brown applaud Supreme Court upholding abortion medication access
June 14, 2024 -

Gov. Wes Moore declared Thursday’s U.S. Supreme Court decision to continue to allow access to a contested drug approved to provide medication abortions “a win” for reproductive justice. “Let me be clear: reproductive freedom is non-negotiable,” Moore, a Democrat, said in a statement. In early 2023, the Supreme Court began to grapple over the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s long-standing approval of the medicine mifepristone (meh FE’ pri-stone) — one of two pills prescribed in medication abortions.

 

Read More: Baltimore Sun
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Expect ‘theater’ in House Appropriations hearing, says Maryland Rep Steny Hoyer
June 13, 2024 -

Grab some popcorn and gather around your laptop late Thursday morning for a truly unique D.C.-style show. Former House Majority Leader and Maryland Democrat Steny Hoyer tells WUSA9 he’s prepared for “theater” during Thursday’s House Appropriations Committee markup of the FY ’25 Financial Services and General Government budget bill.

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G7 leaders huddle in Italy, escaping political peril at home
June 13, 2024 -

When the Group of 7 posed for its ritual family photo Thursday on the rocky Adriatic coast of Italy, the image was not of leaders at the height of their political strength. Instead, nearly to a person, the leaders assembling at a luxury resort in Puglia find themselves weakened at home by elections, scandal or waning influence.

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Immigrant advocates, congressional Dems press Biden for permanent protections
June 13, 2024 -

Ashly Trejo Mejia is eager to attend medical school, but she’s not sure she can pursue that dream because of an upcoming court decision that could end the Obama-era program meant to temporarily protect immigrants like her who were brought into the country illegally as children. “You’re frozen in time,” she said.

 

Read More: Maryland Matters
Wes Moore, Pete Buttigieg to mark Port of Baltimore reopening Wednesday
June 12, 2024 -

State and federal leaders will gather Wednesday at the Port of Baltimore to celebrate the full reopening of the channel — marking a new chapter in the Francis Scott Key Bridge disaster and the end of what officials now estimate as a roughly $100 million salvage and response effort. The shipping channel reopened in its entirety on Monday night for the first time since the Key Bridge collapsed March 26, killing six men and leaving 50,000 tons of debris in the water. (Photo: Jerry Jackson/Baltimore Sun)

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Unions, elected officials launch campaign against property tax measure
June 12, 2024 -

Elected officials, union groups and progressive activists launched a coordinated campaign Tuesday against a proposed measure to cut Baltimore’s property tax rate, calling themselves the “Baltimore City Is Not For Sale” coalition. The charter amendment they oppose, pushed by a group of politicos and economists, would gradually reduce Baltimore’s property tax rate each year through 2031. The movement organizes and fundraises under the moniker Renew Baltimore.

 

Read More: The Baltimore Banner
House, Senate plan hearings on problems at Division of Parole and Probation
June 12, 2024 -

Four House and Senate committees are planning joint hearings into the death of a parole and probation agent in Montgomery County last month, the first agent killed in the line of duty. Leaders in both chambers said members of the House Appropriations and Judiciary committees will join with Senate Budget and Taxation and Judicial Proceedings to review issues related to the May 31 death of Agent Davis Martinez, including budget and staffing, and policies governing supervision of offenders on release.

 

Read More: Maryland Matters
For Jamie Raskin, Democratic warrior wit, the hits just keep on coming
June 12, 2024 -

In Annapolis on Friday, Jamie Raskin was a rockstar. If he only got a raucous, welcoming round of cheers when he walked into a Democratic breakfast club meeting, it was because the appreciative audience was mostly silver and may have preferred not to stress their aging knees. But the spirit was there. “Our last great Republican president, Abraham Lincoln, didn’t know whether Americans could long survive half slave and half free,” said the congressman from Montgomery County, former state senator, constitutional scholar, ranking verbal pugilist on the powerful, fractious House Oversight Committee and unexpected TikTok sensation.

 

 

Read More: The Baltimore Banner
Council will hold four hearings examining city’s response to overdoses
June 11, 2024 -

The Baltimore City Council will hold at least four oversight hearings examining the city’s response to its unprecedented overdose epidemic, two city councilors announced Monday. Councilman Mark Conway announced that he had scheduled his previously announced hearing for July 10, where top officials under Mayor Brandon Scott are slated to testify.

 

Read More: The Baltimore Banner
Baltimore opted out of Maryland’s opioid settlement. Now it’s getting $45 million.
June 11, 2024 -

Baltimore has reached a $45 million settlement with pharmaceutical company Allergan related to the city’s lawsuit tied to the opioid epidemic. It’s a big sum compared to what the city would have received had it joined Maryland in a similar agreement. City leaders took a gamble in 2023 when they became the only jurisdiction in the state to opt out of Maryland’s settlement with drug companies in hopes of securing a larger payout.

Read More: The Baltimore Banner

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