By BRIAN ABATE and EUGENE “JESSE” NASH IV, Capital News Service WASHINGTON – Maryland Democratic Rep. John Sarbanes on Wednesday criticized insulin producers for their lack of transparency in setting prices. […]
Category: Maryland Government
Student to Blanket Congress With Prayers
By Rev. Dorothy S. Boulware, Special to the AFRO There’s no end to the frustration people feel in the light of constant bullying and violence children experience in school as well […]
Speaker Busch to Lie In Annapolis
By AFRO Staff Speaker of the Maryland House of Delegates Michael E. Busch will lie in state April 15 under the State House dome in Annapolis, which will mark the […]
It’s Time!
By AFRO Staff With the recent death of Speaker of the House Michael Busch, the Maryland House of Delegates is left with a yawning void. During the Speaker’s illness, Speaker […]
City Council, Residents Want Pugh to Resign
By Taya Graham and Stephen Janis, Specials to the AFRO At Baltimore’s annual taxpayer’s night Tuesday, where residents have a chance to voice their concerns about how the city is governed, […]
Maryland Leads With Health Care Initiatives
By Renee Foose, Special to the Afro On the final day of the 2019 Maryland General Assembly, history was made with the passage of two bills to establish the nation’s first […]
Legislation Round-Up
By Renee Foose and Hannah Gaskill, Special to the AFRO The AFRO is committed to keeping readers informed of legislation that impacts our community. In the last week of the 2019 […]
A Pill the Senate Needs to Swallow
By Renee Foose and Hannah Gaskill, Special to the AFRO The Maryland House of Delegates took a step forward this legislative session to advocate for lower prescription drug costs by setting […]
Brown, Hogan Agree to Disagree
By Mark F. Gray, AFRO Staff Writer, mgray@afro.com Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan and Congressman Anthony Brown (D-MD) may be on the opposite side of the aisle, but they have come to a […]
Baltimore Mayor Says her $500K Book Deal was a ‘Mistake’
By DAVID McFADDEN, Associated Press BALTIMORE (AP) — Baltimore’s mayor on Thursday described a lucrative arrangement to sell her self-published children’s books to a university-based health care system as a […]
Maryland Becomes Sixth State to Approve $15 Minimum Wage
By BRIAN WITTE, Associated Press ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — Maryland became the sixth state in the nation on Thursday to approve a gradual minimum wage increase to $15 an hour. […]
Supreme Court Hears Arguments on Maryland, North Carolina Redistrict Challenges
By CAROLINA VELLOSO, Capital News Service WASHINGTON – For the second time in as many years, the Supreme Court heard arguments on partisan redistricting cases from Maryland and North Carolina Tuesday, […]