The historic 2021 Maryland General Assembly session has just adjourned, and among the significant measures passed in this session is (PG-416-21), allowing Prince George’s County to move forward with modernizing the county’s 50-year-old zoning ordinance. The bill, passed by the House as amended by the Senate, will now be forwarded to Gov. Larry Hogan for his signature. The legislation becomes effective on July 1, 2021.Advancing the county’s new zoning ordinances and countywide map amendment process to completion was included as a high priority in the December 2020 joint legislative...…The historic 2021 Maryland General Assembly session has just adjourned, and among the significant measures passed in this session is (PG-416-21), allowing Prince George’s County to move forward with modernizing the county’s 50-year-old zoning ordinance. The bill, passed by the House as amended by the Senate, will now be forwarded to Gov. Larry Hogan for his signature. The legislation becomes effective on July 1, 2021.Advancing the county’s new zoning ordinances and countywide map amendment process to completion was included as a high priority in the December 2020 joint legislative...WW…

The COVID-19 pandemic has created an unprecedented financial burden for Marylanders, with high rates of unemployment, businesses shuttering, and the deaths of family and friends. While we will never be able to repair the deep harms this virus has caused fully, this session of the Maryland General Assembly presents multiple opportunities to alleviate financial harm, particularly in the justice system.There might be no place where the effect of income loss is more potent than the criminal justice system. Indeed, a lack of funds to pay for services can translate into the loss of liberty, as...…The COVID-19 pandemic has created an unprecedented financial burden for Marylanders, with high rates of unemployment, businesses shuttering, and the deaths of family and friends. While we will never be able to repair the deep harms this virus has caused fully, this session of the Maryland General Assembly presents multiple opportunities to alleviate financial harm, particularly in the justice system.There might be no place where the effect of income loss is more potent than the criminal justice system. Indeed, a lack of funds to pay for services can translate into the loss of liberty, as...WW…

Last month, The that nuclear energy behemoth Exelon, owner of Baltimore Gas and Electric Co. and five other utilities, may spin off its electricity-generation business into a new, separate company.The reason for this impulse is obvious: Exelon’s nuclear business is bleeding money and threatens the company’s stock prices. Exelon is desperate to unload its money-losing nuclear power plants as soon as possible.The problem Exelon faces unloading its nuclear business is equally obvious: Investors and creditors also know the reactors are bleeding money — and they won’t let the spinoff move...…Last month, The that nuclear energy behemoth Exelon, owner of Baltimore Gas and Electric Co. and five other utilities, may spin off its electricity-generation business into a new, separate company.The reason for this impulse is obvious: Exelon’s nuclear business is bleeding money and threatens the company’s stock prices. Exelon is desperate to unload its money-losing nuclear power plants as soon as possible.The problem Exelon faces unloading its nuclear business is equally obvious: Investors and creditors also know the reactors are bleeding money — and they won’t let the spinoff move...WW…

Beginning Oct. 1, Maryland will become the first state to ban expanded polystyrene foam, or Styrofoam, food and beverage packaging. There is a growing awareness that Styrofoam is harmful to both our environment and public health.To pass the law, a broad coalition of environmental advocates, students and small business owners — including Trash-Free Maryland, the Maryland League of Conservation Voters and the Maryland Sierra Club — helped communicate the need for a uniform state law to address the significant negative impact of Styrofoam.Made from in factories that spew toxic fumes and...…Beginning Oct. 1, Maryland will become the first state to ban expanded polystyrene foam, or Styrofoam, food and beverage packaging. There is a growing awareness that Styrofoam is harmful to both our environment and public health.To pass the law, a broad coalition of environmental advocates, students and small business owners — including Trash-Free Maryland, the Maryland League of Conservation Voters and the Maryland Sierra Club — helped communicate the need for a uniform state law to address the significant negative impact of Styrofoam.Made from in factories that spew toxic fumes and...WW…

Eleven states plus Washington, D.C., have legalized recreational marijuana. Three of those 11 states are in the Northeast — Massachusetts, Vermont and Maine. The political makeup of these three states is very similar to Maryland, but for some reason we are not able to pass this crucial and progressive legislation.Democrats outnumber Republicans 2-to-1 in the state, and for years Marylanders have screamed at lawmakers to not only legalize marijuana but create racial equity programs to even the playing field when it comes to the distribution of licenses and acquiring loans and grants to open...…Eleven states plus Washington, D.C., have legalized recreational marijuana. Three of those 11 states are in the Northeast — Massachusetts, Vermont and Maine. The political makeup of these three states is very similar to Maryland, but for some reason we are not able to pass this crucial and progressive legislation.Democrats outnumber Republicans 2-to-1 in the state, and for years Marylanders have screamed at lawmakers to not only legalize marijuana but create racial equity programs to even the playing field when it comes to the distribution of licenses and acquiring loans and grants to open...WW…