Support for legislation to restrict the use of great apes in medical research is building on the heels of a report by the nonprofit Institute of Medicine, which concluded that the use of chimpanzees is unnecessary in most circumstances. Maryland policymakers, it turns out, are among its chief proponents
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Cardin Pushes for Transportation Bill to Gain Metro Funding
Metro’s funding for safety improvements could be in jeopardy without passage of the federal transportation bill stranded in the House of Representatives, said Sen. Ben Cardin Tuesday.
Democrats Deadlocked in 1st District; No Concession in Sight
Wendy Rosen leads John LaFerla in the race for the Democratic nomination in Maryland’s 1st Congressional District, which spans the Eastern Shore and some Baltimore suburbs, but LaFerla says uncounted absentee ballots could put him over the top.
Cardin Criticizes Planned Maryland Postal Closures
The United States Postal Service has announced cuts that will affect three mail processing facilities in Maryland and is studying the closure of a third, to Sen. Ben Cardin’s dismay.
Young, Underemployed Graduates Make Pitch for Obama Jobs Program
Braden Dauer has been looking for a government or political job since he graduated from the University of Maryland, College Park in 2009, but despite putting in hundreds of applications he’s still underemployed. He joined other youth in support of President Obama’s jobs program.
Cardin Takes Aim — Again — at Racial Profiling Problem
Sen. Ben Cardin, D-Md., revived a bill to end racial profiling — an idea that won bipartisan support in 2001, but became a casualty of the terrorist attacks that year.