With Delaware already offering legalized sports gambling, and New Jersey planning to follow suit to stay competitive in the gambling-saturated northeast corridor, could Maryland soon join its neighbors and permit sports wagers?
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DC, Virginia Continue to Spurn Gaming As Casino Numbers Explode
With casino approvals expanding down the East Coast into the Mid-Atlantic, two jurisdictions remain resistant to their financial allure – D.C. and Virginia – and that’s not likely to change anytime soon.
Maryland’s All-In Gambling Push May Force Rivals to Fold
Maryland’s incursion into the world of legalized gambling is likely to bring the state millions of dollars in tax revenues, but industry experts predict the decision to allow table games will continue a decades-long tradition of states cannibalizing one another’s markets for personal gain.
Maryland Casinos Draw Mostly Local Crowds
The typical visitor to a non-destination casino lives within about a 30-minute drive of their gambling grounds.
Environmentally-Savvy Nursing Homes
Nine Maryland health care facilities are regularly purchasing and serving local, sustainable beef and poultry to their patients, while reducing their food budgets.
Poorer School Districts Tend to Have Higher Portions of Kids in Special Ed
In poorer public school districts in Maryland, the percentage of students receiving special education is disproportionately higher than in wealthier districts, and has been since early 2000.
Farmers Plow Through Red Tape to Hire Legal Workers
The H-2A program is a federal visa program that brings migrant workers to the U.S. for the agriculture sector, but at a high cost both administratively and monetarily.
Maryland General Assembly Prepares For Spring Legislative Session
An increase in gas taxes, a repeal of the death penalty and a renewed discussion of liability for pit bull owners are some of the issues currently on the table for Maryland’s 2013 legislative session.
Cremation on the Rise as Maryland Veterans Cemeteries See More Burials Than Any Other State
Thoughts of veterans cemeteries conjure images of row after row of uniform, white marble headstones at Arlington National Cemetery. But over the last few years, the reality has proven to be a little different as cremation increased drastically as an option.
Trash Pollution is a Prevalent Bay Threat
John Long, president of Clean Bread and Cheese Creek, is working to combat trash pollution in the Chesapeake Bay.