Maryland’s General Assembly passed over a thousand bills in the 2024 session, including the Juvenile Law Reform and the Maryland Protecting Opportunities and Regional Trade (PORT) Act, which were signed into law by Gov. Wes Moore.
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Kelvin Brown speaks on his run for Ward 7’s D.C. Council seat
Kelvin Brown, a veteran and former educator, is running for the Ward 7 D.C. Council seat, promising to be a voice for the people of Ward 7 and to use his experience in housing to bring about systematic changes and improve conditions for small business owners.
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Baltimore Mayor Brandon Scott unveils preliminary fiscal year 2025 budget
Baltimore Mayor Brandon M. Scott released his preliminary fiscal year 2025 budget, which covers the gap between the operating and capital plans while also funding school construction, building upgrades, and ADA enhancements.
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Baltimore City Council Committee hears bill on strengthening renter safety
Baltimore City Council’s Economic and Community Development Committee held a hearing on the Strengthening Renters’ Safety Act, 23-0357, which aims to add enforcement actions on buildings with repeated code violations and allow renters to anonymously submit their apartments for priority inspections.
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Federalsburg, Md. apologizes for discrimination against Black voters
The small town of Federalsburg, Maryland has issued a formal apology for denying African Americans from holding elective office for 200 years, and has pledged to create a Town Unity Committee to foster communications between Black and White residents.
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House Republicans propose budget to cut Medicare, Social Security and ACA while favoring wealthy
House Republicans have proposed a budget that slashes Medicare, Social Security, and the Affordable Care Act while favoring tax cuts for the wealthy, sparking a contentious debate over the future direction of economic policy in the United States.
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Biden and members of Congress work to reduce cost of diabetes medication for all
By Deborah Bailey, AFRO Contributing Editor Diabetes remains at the top of the list as the White House and members of Congress fight to lower prescription drug costs for all diabetic patients. For the second year in a row, President Joseph Biden used this month’s State of The Union address to emphasize his administration’s vow […]
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Maryland U.S. Senate candidates address recent poll at Baltimore forum
By Tashi McQueen, AFRO Political Writer, tmcqueen@afro.com Eight U.S. Senate candidates attended a March 21 forum in Baltimore the day after a Washington Post-University of Maryland poll revealed that Republican frontrunner and former Maryland governor Larry Hogan (R) is leading his Democratic opponents. Before Hogan suddenly entered the race on Feb. 9, Democrats, through Prince […]
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Temporary channel opens as authorities strive to clear Key Bridge wreckage
By Megan Sayles, AFRO Business Writer, msayles@afro.com It is still unclear when the rubble of the Francis Scott Key Bridge and the Dali container ship will be removed from the Patapsco River following the structure’s collapse on March 26. The Unified Command spent 10 hours cutting and lifting a 200-ton piece of the North section […]
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Baltimore Mayor Scott touts success with crime and gun reform during State of the City Address
By Tashi McQueen, AFRO Political Writer, tmcqueen@afro.com Many gathered for Mayor Brandon M. Scott’s 2024 State of the City Address at Baltimore Center Stage on March 25. In it, he highlighted his efforts to implement gun reform and lower Baltimore’s homicide rates. “Now is the time to double down, not to pull back or return […]
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Thousands of women veterans receive Veterans Affairs disability benefits
By Tashi McQueen, AFRO Political Writer, tmcqueen@afro.com The Department of Veteran Affairs (VA) announced that 702,557 women veterans now receive disability benefits, a 26 percent increase from 2019. The Under Secretary for Benefits, Joshua Jacobs, spoke to the press on March 20, saying this accomplishment is due to the VA’s desire to “build a VA […]
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Report finds more than 25 million Black and Latino voters disenfranchised by voter data systems
Black and Latino voters are being disenfranchised in political elections due to biased data systems and lack of community-based data collection, with a new report recommending philanthropic investments to increase community-based data collection and better community-based strategies.
