Maryland lawmakers secured $400,000 in funding last month for an Anne Arundel County-based diversion program for youths accused of low-level offenses. The program is called Fresh START (which stands for Fresh Safe, Trauma-Informed, Accountable, Restorative, Transparent).
Maryland’s Cardin and Van Hollen back bipartisan act to ban congressional stock trading
The bill would prohibit members of Congress, their spouses and dependent children from trading stocks.
New calls by Biden, Democrats for assault weapons ban face familiar foe: most of GOP
Gun violence is an epidemic in the United States, and 63% of Americans are dissatisfied with the nation’s gun laws.
While Maryland enacts paid family and medical leave, Congress is stalled
Proponents of family and medical leave reforms, including Maryland’s two Democratic senators, are frustrated with the stalemate.
After House approval of bill legalizing marijuana nationwide, attention turns to Senate
Earlier this month, The House passed a bill legalizing marijuana nationwide. Now the focus shifts to the Senate to see if the Democratic majority passes similar legislation.
Biden taps Jackson to serve as first Black woman on Supreme Court
Jackson, 51, would fill the seat of Justice Stephen Breyer, who announced his retirement in late January. Jackson previously worked as a law clerk for Breyer.
In Maryland, Biden signs order affecting 200,000 workers in federal building contracts
The order would affect an estimated 200,000 workers by requiring federal construction contracts worth over $35 million to use project labor agreements, according to the White House.
Proposed Chesapeake Bay funds aim to curb pollution
As much as $737 million in proposed funding expected to be included as part of the budget reconciliation package being negotiated in Congress would be used toward reducing pollution in the Chesapeake Bay watershed.
Van Hollen, Cardin push pilot program to curb military vehicle rollover deaths
The senators’ measure would create a pilot program requiring data recorders to be placed on Army and Marine Corps tactical vehicles.
Chesapeake Bay area lawmakers urge EPA to enforce pollution standards
Pennsylvania and New York fell short in meeting their pollution reduction goals to reduce Chesapeake Bay pollution sources by 2025. Lawmakers are pushing the Billion for the Bay Initiative to obtain more federal funding for Bay cleanup.