Black Marylanders most often targeted by hate crimes and bias incidents in 2021
By Jon Meltzer Hate crimes and incidents of bias in Maryland victimized Black residents more than any other identity group
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Federal banking rules make funding Maryland cannabis industry tricky
With less than a week left in Maryland’s legislative session, most elements of Maryland’s plan to create a legal market for cannabis have been decided. Bills on track to pass establish details like licenses to be allotted, the types of operators allowed, and provisions to create an equitable market for a likely billion-dollar industry.
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Lawmakers consider legislation to limit Maryland universities’ sports betting agreements
The University of Maryland College Park is the only school in the state with a betting sponsorship. Its partner is PointsBet, the same company that had a deal with the University of Colorado. And, in a twist of contract law, the legislation will not apply to UMCP.
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Hate crime package aims to curb Maryland’s rising antisemitic incidents
With the number of hate crimes rising rapidly in the United States, Maryland state Sen. Ben Kramer, D-Montgomery, introduced a package of five bills in the General Assembly that aim to combat bias incidents.
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Wider access to overdose-reversing drug could ease deadly toll of opioid crisis, experts say
Wednesday’s Food and Drug Administration authorization of a life-saving drug that reverses overdoses could reduce the deadly impact of the ongoing opioid epidemic in Maryland and dozens of other states, according to health experts.
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Legislators work to make Maryland Rye official state spirit
The Baltimore Oriole. The Diamondback Terrapin. Lacrosse. The Blue Crab. Black-eyed Susans. Marylanders soon may be toasting those state symbols with a new one – Maryland Rye, the proposed state spirit.
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Maryland’s Cardin, other Democrats, push to include dental coverage under Medicare
“Oral health is integral to overall health and well-being,” Cardin said Wednesday at the year’s first hearing of the Senate Finance Committee’s health care subcommittee, which he chairs. “It can make worse an underlying health condition, impacting overall healthcare costs. It can impact a person’s ability to get a job and be well enough to work. It impacts a person’s ability to go to school, impacting the local and national economy.”
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Maryland voters to see reproductive rights on 2024 ballot
SB 798 will place a referendum on ballots during the 2024 general election, allowing voters to decide whether the reproductive rights amendment should be added to Maryland’s Constitution. It doesn’t need to be signed by Gov. Wes Moore, although he has said he supports it. The House vote was 98-38.
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Maryland’s Moore fights national hype to stay focused on state business
One month almost to the day after Moore officially took office, he appeared on “DMV Zone” on Fox5 – a top station in a top-10 national media market, and was asked by anchor Marina Marraco, “You’ve been in office for 23 days and people are already raising your name as a potential Democratic nominee for 2024. What do you say to the constituents who voted you into the State House in Annapolis that you could potentially be leaving in the next year?”
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New House caucus pushes for ratification of Equal Rights Amendment
Democratic Reps. Cori Bush of Missouri and Ayanna Presley of Massachusetts unveiled a new congressional caucus Tuesday with the goal of establishing the Equal Rights Amendment as the 28th Amendment to the United States Constitution.
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