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6 days ago | 
southernmarylandchronicle.com | Danielle Brown |David Higgins
As many as 109,000 Marylanders could get thrown off Medicaid if Congress follows through on a proposal to impose a work requirement for the coverage, according to a new report. The report from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation comes as some lawmakers are looking for ways to cut billions in federal spending in coming years.
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2 weeks ago | 
southernmarylandchronicle.com | Danielle Brown |William Ford |Bryan P. Sears |David Higgins
The governor was disappointed, some of the biggest bills got put off to the last day, last-minute wrangling doomed some bills and saved some others, and it all ended at midnight with balloons and confetti raining down from the galleries to mark the end of 90 days of work. In other words, just another Sine Die. It was a final day that proceeded at the usual hectic pace but with little of the usual drama. When lawmakers convened on Jan.
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Jan 5, 2025 | 
marylandmatters.org | Danielle Brown
All buildings at State Center in Baltimore have been cleared of dangerous levels of Legionella levels in the drinking water, after rounds of closures, water testing and system flushing, state officials announced Friday. Eric Solomon, communications director for the Department of General Services, said in an email that the last affected building in the complex is now cleared, but that testing will still go on. “Our proactive baseline water testing continues.
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Jan 4, 2025 | 
southernmarylandchronicle.com | Danielle Brown
State housing officials, lawmakers and advocates say they hope to build off of legislative successes from last session to move bills across the finish line in the 2025 General Assembly that didn’t make it last year.
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Dec 30, 2024 | 
southernmarylandchronicle.com | Danielle Brown
After years of delays and debate, 2024 was the year when several health initiatives started to move forward. And advocates now worry that 2025 could be the year when those gains move in the other direction. Voters enshrined abortion rights in the state constitution, lawmakers expanded health care access to undocumented immigrants and a long-stalled effort to rein in prescription drug costs for state employees finally got off the ground, among other changes.
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Dec 23, 2024 | 
southernmarylandchronicle.com | Danielle Brown
Enrollment in the state’s health insurance marketplace has already risen during the current open enrollment period, and state officials are optimistic those numbers will increase before enrollment closes this month. Or next. Open enrollment ends Dec. 31 for anyone who wants coverage to start on Jan. 1. But those who miss the end-of-year deadline can still enroll until Jan. 15 – their coverage will just not start until February.
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Dec 18, 2024 | 
theconversation.com | Danielle Brown
In 2024, Gallup reported Americans’ trust in media was at an all-time low. In 1972, only about 6% of Americans said they had no trust at all in mass media. Between 2020 and 2024, that number teetered between 33% and 39%. The issue is worse in the United States than in 46 other countries. The decline has made headlines over and over again. I’ve spent the past 10 years studying problems with journalism that help explain this decline.
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Dec 2, 2024 | 
wtop.com | 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 needs to increase the number of behavior health care workers by about 50% to meet current demands, a “significant problem” that only gets worse in coming years unless the state finds ways to boost the workforce.
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Nov 19, 2024 | 
wtop.com | 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. Maricé Morales said her small law firm has been so busy working immigration cases since news of President-elect Donald Trump (R) returning to the White House that she’s looking to hire extra help. “Everybody is really afraid,” Morales said in a recent interview.
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Nov 6, 2024 | 
moco360.media | Danielle Brown
Maryland voters appeared to overwhelmingly affirm their support for reproductive rights Tuesday, with early returns showing almost 74% of Marylanders voted to enshrine the right to an abortion and other reproductive freedoms into the Maryland Constitution. “Maryland voters have rightly chosen to protect their health and their futures.
