The expansive legislation, which tackles a host of commerce-related issues, including safety regulations, taxes and licensing equity, comes months after voters overwhelmingly passed a constitutional amendment legalizing recreational marijuana.
Lynne Streeter Childress remembers the day her eighth grade history teacher was talking about the Constitution and the class spontaneously broke out in song from a 1975 episode of “Schoolhouse Rock.”
The move comes after an E. Coli outbreak last year in Baltimore’s drinking water and “catastrophic failures” at its two wastewater treatment facilities.
The governor’s proposals range from his promised community service program for young people to improving tax breaks for low-income workers and military veterans.
The former executive, U.S. Army captain and Rhodes scholar invited six guests from across the state. As he tied each person’s history to his administration’s plans, he asked legislators and dignitaries to recognize each Marylander’s accomplishments.
“At a time when civic bonds are frayed, where many feel more disconnected from their neighbors than ever before, service is the antidote to the epidemic of loneliness and otherness.”
Montgomery County police are offering a $10,000 reward for information related to the theft of a gorilla statue from a business in Kensington earlier this month.
“At a time when civic bonds are frayed, where many feel more disconnected from their neighbors than ever before, service is the antidote to the epidemic of loneliness and otherness,” Moore said in his speech before lawmakers.
As educators nationwide face new challenges in teaching about the Black experience, some area teachers are taking it upon themselves to ensure that students are learning about such studies.
”This bill is really about modernizing what criteria are used, the terminology and what the process is for release,” said Del. David Moon, a Democrat who represents Montgomery County.