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This state senator is busier than ever — June 24, 2020
June 24, 2020 By: Cheryl C. Kagan Read the full article here. I’m often asked how I’m spending my free time since the Maryland state Senate adjourned early for the first time since the Civil War. The implication is that[...]
read moreConduit Street Podcast: A View From the Senate
June 26, 2020 By: Kevin Kinnally Listen to the Podcast here. On the latest episode of the Conduit Street Podcast, Senator Cheryl Kagan joins Kevin Kinnally and Michael Sanderson to discuss the 2020 legislative session and what may on tap for 2021.[...]
read moreHouse of Delegates Speaker Jones: Civil War-themed state song, ‘Maryland, My Maryland,’ needs to go
June 23, 2020 By: Pamela Wood and Emily Opilo Read the full article here. Maryland House of Delegates Speaker Adrienne A. Jones is pushing to repeal the state song, which many Marylanders do not realize is a bloody call to[...]
read moreMaryland House speaker wants to repeal Civil War-era state song
June 23, 2020 By: Ovetta Wiggins Read the full article here. Maryland House Speaker Adrienne A. Jones (D-Baltimore) said Tuesday that she plans to lead the chorus in calling for the repeal of the state’s Civil War-era state song, which[...]
read moreState to Put Off Implementation of Styrofoam Ban Until Oct. 1
By: Elizabeth Shwe June 12, 2020 View the full story here. The deadline for Maryland schools and restaurants to stop using polystyrene foam food containers and cups has been extended from July 1 to Oct. 1, the Maryland Department of[...]
read moreConduit Street Podcast: Unemployment, From Every Angle
June 11, 2020 Listen here. On the latest episode of the Conduit Street Podcast, Kevin Kinnally, Drew Jabin, and Michael Sanderson discuss why an unprecedented number of COVID-19-related unemployment claims are putting tremendous pressure on all levels of government, what Congress has[...]
read moreLawmaker Presses State Education Dept. on Telehealth for Students
By Elizabeth Shwe June 5, 2020 View the full story here. While school systems throughout Maryland rapidly transitioned to online and distance learning in mid-March, school-based health centers have not been able to shift to telehealth with the same speed.[...]
read moreThis Montgomery County school board race has more candidates, and more conflict, than usual
By Donna St. George Baltimore Sun May 31, 2020 Read full story here. Schools across the country may be shut down, but school board politics has rarely been as heated in suburban Maryland. Thirteen people are in the running in Tuesday’s[...]
read moreFour years ago, the primary for Baltimore mayor was plagued by problems. Could it happen again?
By Luke Broadwater and Emily Opilo Baltimore Sun May 30, 2020 Read full story here. Louise Keelty begged elections officials for months to send her a ballot so she could vote in the Baltimore mayor’s race ― just as she[...]
read moreOpinion: Nursing Homes Were Ill-Equipped to Handle Pandemic
By Guest Commentary Maryland Matters May 27, 2020 Read full story here. Getty Images photo In October 1966, three weeks of rain poured onto a mountain of discarded coal shale that rose a hundred feet over the mining town of[...]
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