Cannabis regulations proposed ahead of legalization deadline
By GREG MORTON and DOROTHY HOOD ANNAPOLIS, Maryland – Maryland lawmakers introduced legislation Friday to create the framework for a
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Gov. Wes Moore releases stalled abortion care funds
“Maryland needs to be a state that is a safe haven for abortion rights,” Moore said. “We must as neighbors be able to unite behind the basic principle that all women are entitled to safe health care services.”
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Gov.-elect Wes Moore enters office with a unique perspective in mind
Gov.-elect Wes Moore’s Cabinet choices so far signal that he may deliver on his promise to govern differently than the status quo, but observers say only time will tell if that will last.
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Who Stole all the Grocery Shopping Carts?
A recent Washington Post Magazine article described the pervasive disappearance of shopping carts as a “mystery.” Yet that is no mystery. The sundry knaves of hearts who steal the carts include the elderly, the poor, homemakers, and college students. A more gruesome culprit, known as the “Shopping Cart Killer,” lured women to hotels, murdered them and loaded their bodies into shopping carts.
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Maryland results: Van Hollen wins second term, one US House race may surprise
By COURTNEY COHN, GRACE YARROW and MAXINE FRIEDMAN WASHINGTON – Sen. Chris Van Hollen, D-Maryland, won a bid for a
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Lierman declares victory as Maryland’s first woman chief financial officer
Baltimore City Del. Brooke Lierman, a civil rights attorney and longtime activist, declared victory in the race for comptroller Tuesday night. If Leirman wins, she will become the first woman elected to the position in Maryland’s history.
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Anthony Brown elected new Maryland attorney general
Democratic Rep. Anthony Brown, a longtime Maryland political figure, was elected Tuesday as the state’s new attorney general, taking the place of Democrat Brian Frosh, who retired after holding the position for the past seven years.
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Maryland legalizes recreational marijuana
Question four on the Maryland ballot passed easily, which means Marylanders 21 years and older can expect to legally use, carry and grow recreational marijuana beginning July 1, 2023.
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Maryland Teachers Quitting, Larger Exodus Could Follow
Scores of Maryland public school teachers are saying the same thing, and their departures are creating shortages throughout the state’s education system.
In the last academic school year, 9.1% of Maryland teachers left the profession altogether, according to the state department of education. Consequently, at the beginning of this year, county school systems across the state reported hundreds of teacher vacancies they needed to fill.
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Maryland becomes haven for out-of-state abortion seekers, providers
Off Old Georgetown Road, just south of Interstate 270 and not far from where abortion opponents are known to stand in the median and protest, is one of few abortion clinics in the U.S. that offers abortions in the latter stages of pregnancy.
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