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Marking American Wetlands Month, Sens. Ben Cardin, D-Maryland, and Lindsey Graham, R-South Carolina, have reintroduced legislation aimed at continuing conservation programs at two dozen coastal areas, including the Chesapeake Bay.
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For more than a decade, educators, environmentalists, and dozens of policymakers have struggled to spur congressional action on Maryland Democratic Rep. John Sarbanes’s No Child Left Inside Act, which would allocate federal funding to environmental education initiatives.
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PointsBet sports book terminated its marketing deal with the University of Maryland in late April, according to published reports, and all parties are silent on the fallout from the end of the contract.
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MDE’s water-related enforcement actions and identification of major polluters plummeted during former Gov. Larry Hogan’s time in office. During this same period, water quality standards in the Chesapeake Bay declined significantly, falling to the same levels as those observed in the early 1990s, according to data from Chesapeake Progress.
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As of 2021, the United States has over 750 military bases in 80 countries across the world, the Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft reported. The military bases still exist in the countries and territories explored in this exhibit: Cuba, Guam, the Philippines and Puerto Rico.
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So far, one Democrat – Montgomery County Councilmember Will Jawando – has announced his candidacy to replace Cardin, which most political observers consider a safe Democratic seat.
Other potential Democratic candidates are Maryland Reps. Jamie Raskin and David Trone, Prince George’s County Executive Angela Alsobrooks and Baltimore County Executive Johnny Olszewski.
Sen. Ben Cardin, D-Maryland, has reintroduced his bill to ban racial and religious profiling in all levels of law enforcement, just months after protests over the death of Tyre Nichols, a Black man who died of injuries after being stopped and beaten by Memphis Police officers.
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President Joe Biden’s infrastructure program so far has funneled $2.6 billion over the last two years to projects in Maryland, according to White House data.
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Democratic Sens. Chris Van Hollen of Maryland and Brian Schatz of Hawaii have reintroduced a bill to get rid of the national debt limit set by Congress.
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Five months after receiving his cancer diagnosis, Maryland Democratic Rep. Jamie Raskin announced Thursday that he completed chemotherapy treatment and his cancer is “in remission.”
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