By Megan Sayles, AFRO Business Writer, msayles@afro.com JPMorgan Chase recently celebrated the anniversaries of the Chase Business Banking mentorship program in Washington, D.C. and Baltimore. The three to six-month programs, […]
Category: Politics
Biden’s student loan forgiveness program remains on pause, many borrowers hope for relief
By Andre Ash, The Michigan Chronicle President Joe Biden and the U.S. Department of Education announced their three-part plan to provide assistance to working and middle-class families struggling to pay […]
Supreme Court weighs tech giants’ liability in terror case
By The Associated Press The Supreme Court weighed in this week on whether Facebook, Twitter and YouTube can be sued over a 2017 Islamic State group attack on a Turkish […]
Four-day work week bill aims to give workers and businesses more flexibility
BY GREG MORTON, Capital News Service ANNAPOLIS, Md. – On March 30, 2020, amid a national emergency and rising numbers of COVID-19 cases in Maryland, then-Gov. Larry Hogan issued an […]
White House hosts Black Press for debrief of State of the Union
By Megan Sayles, AFRO Business Writer, msayles@afro.com The Biden-Harris Administration invited members of the Black Press to the White House on Feb. 10 for a debriefing of President Biden’s 2023 State […]
Jimmy Carter, 39th US president, enters hospice care at home
By BILL BARROW, Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — Former President Jimmy Carter, who at 98 years old is the longest-lived American president, has entered home hospice care in Plains, Georgia, […]
BREAKING NEWS: Gov. Wes Moore issues executive order regarding MBE program
By Tashi McQueen, AFRO Political Writer, tmcqueen@afro.com and Alexis Taylor, AFRO Managing Editor The 70 agencies beholden to state requirements aimed at increasing minority business contracts have 60 days to […]
Maryland legislature to analyze gambling expansion
By MICHAEL CHARLES, Capital News Service ANNAPOLIS, Md. – The Maryland Senate began hearings Wednesday on a bill to remove some of the last blocks to unfettered gaming statewide — […]
#ThingsILoveAboutBaltimore: Paul Taylor and the beauty of Baltimore
By Beverly Richards “Baltimore is a unique, approachable, eclectic, and culturally rich city,” said Paul Taylor, director, Mayor’s Office of Minority and Women Owned Businesses, and “advanced amateur” photographer. “You […]
Maryland senators and delegates race to introduce legislation before the deadline
By Tashi McQueen, AFRO Political Writer, tmcqueenafro.com Throughout the week of Feb. 6, Maryland legislators scurried to submit legislative proposals to the General Assembly ahead of administrative deadlines. Feb. 6 […]
First round of Gov. Moore’s department head appointments appear before the Senate
By Tashi McQueen, AFRO Political Writer, tmcqueen@afro.com On Feb. 6, Gov. Wes Moore’s nominations for department heads of his advisory boards and commissions were considered by the Executive Nominations Committee […]
TBE# 6 – President Biden responds to National Urban League priorities in State of the Union Address
By Marc H. Morial, President and CEO, National Urban League “Imagine what it’s like to lose a child at the hands of the law. Imagine having to worry whether your […]