Imhotep Simba and Abdul Brannum may have had a brush with the law, but now they’re turning their lives around thanks to UMBC’s Choice Program that gives troubled teens new opportunities.
Maryland
Amid Controversy, D.C. Marijuana Law Goes Into Effect
Initiative 71 makes it legal for anyone over 21 in Washington, D.C. to possess up to two ounces of marijuana and to grow up to six marijuana plants in their homes. The marijuana must be consumed on private property and cannot be sold, but rather must be traded or shared.
House Committee Hears Bills on Decriminalization, Legalization of Marijuana
Other Bills Would Change College Sexual Assault Policies, Reform Rape-Kit Processing
Bill Requires 25 Percent of State’s Energy to be From Renewable Sources by 2020
Businessmen, religious leaders and environmentalists pushed for the expansion of clean energy in Maryland at the Senate Finance Committee Tuesday.
The bill, sponsored by state Senator Brian Feldman, D-Montgomery, would increase the use of renewable energy to power the state. Known as the 2015 Maryland Clean Energy Advancement Act, it would require 25 percent of Maryland’s energy to come from renewable sources, such as solar or wind power, by 2020.
Hogan Announces Initiatives To Combat State’s Heroin and Opioid ‘Crisis’
Governor creates task force and inter-agency council to fight heroin epidemic
A Call for Congress to Support Gender Equality in the Workplace
Advocates and congresswomen push for laws and policies for equality for women in the workplace.
Tracking, Recording, Detecting: Trio of Data-Gathering Measures Presented at House Economic Matters Hearing
A trio of bills on snooping dominated the agenda at a Maryland House Economic Matters Committee hearing Wednesday.
The Governor’s Breakfast
Since 1969, Maryland Governors eat at Chick and Ruth’s in Annapolis, MD, the morning after their inauguration.
Maryland Politicians React to State of the State
Republican and Democratic Senators and Delegates react to Governor Hogan’s first state of the state address.
Mikulski, Female Colleagues Call for Crackdown on Human Trafficking
WASHINGTON–Calling human trafficking a “vile and violent issue,” Sen. Barbara Mikulski joined her female colleagues before the Senate Judiciary Committee Tuesday to call for more aid for victims and a crackdown on traffickers. Mikulski, along with the 19 other women…