Danielle Brown

2 weeks ago | wtop.com | Danielle Brown |Jose Umana

This article was republished with permission from WTOP’s news partners at Maryland Matters. Sign up for Maryland Matters’ free email subscription today. After it was stalled for most of the day, a watered-down package of protections for Maryland’s immigrant community was rushed through by lawmakers with just minutes to spare before the midnight end of the legislative session Monday.

2 months ago | citybiz.co | Danielle Brown |William Harris

State officials said Thursday that they have been able to juggle the budget to delay Developmental Disabilities Administration cuts that had been scheduled to take effect in April — but cuts still loom on July 1. The news left advocates grateful for the breathing space, but “concerned” about what the future holds for the state services that help their loved ones.

2 months ago | wtop.com | Bryan P. Sears |Danielle Brown

This article was republished with permission from WTOP’s news partners at Maryland Matters. Sign up for Maryland Matters’ free email subscription today. Maryland Health Secretary Laura Herrera Scott will leave the position she has held since the start of the Moore administration to make room for Meena Seshamani, who until recently was deputy administrator at the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services.

Jan 14, 2025 | bethesdamagazine.com | Danielle Brown

The family and loved ones of slain Parole Agent Davis Martinez called on Maryland lawmakers Monday to boost protections for state employees against violence on the job, saying Martinez should not have died in vain. “This is absolutely the most painful thing that I have ever had to experience — and as much as I wish that I was alone, I know that I’m not,” said Gypsy Barrientos, Martinez’s girlfriend, who spoke on behalf of his family at a vigil honoring him Monday evening.

Jan 11, 2025 | alternet.org | Danielle Brown

Maryland has recorded its first case of bird flu in more than a year, after the virus was confirmed at a Caroline County farm through “routine sampling of a broiler operation,” according to a statement Friday from the Maryland Department of Agriculture. It comes after the Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza A(H5N1) virus was detected recently on two farms in Kent County, Delaware, the department said.