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Criminal record expungement, parole reform measures signed into law

1 day ago | marylandmatters.org | Steve Crane

Gov. Wes Moore (D) signed a suite of justice reform bills into law Tuesday that will make it easier for long-serving inmates to apply for parole, make age and illness a factor in parole considerations and streamline the process for people seeking to expunge their records after serving their time.
Report: Up to 100,000 Marylanders could lose coverage if Medicaid imposes work requirements

6 days ago | marylandmatters.org | Danielle J. Brown

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.
10 years after Freddie Gray, officials, advocates debate what’s changed

6 days ago | marylandmatters.org | John Rydell

Melvin T. Russell, the retired chief of the Baltimore Police Community Division, said he remembers the lack of empathy among police commanders in the wake of Freddie Gray’s death after an arrest 10 years ago. That’s when he knew “our city was really in trouble.”“I didn’t see any remorse, there was no real concern within the department,” Russell said.
College isn’t for everyone. Good pathways to good jobs are good options

1 week ago | marylandmatters.org | Kalman R. Hettleman |Steve Crane

WARNING: This column may be hazardous to the comfort level of many readers. It’s easy to get lost in the bureaucratic weeds of the many agencies at the center of the world of Career and Technical Education (CTE), as I have in my research. Still, please give the column a try. We must struggle to understand the serious growing pains that threaten CTE’s success.
Piedmont power line company heads to court, as landowners refuse access for property surveys

1 week ago | marylandmatters.org | Christine Condon

More than 100 property owners in Central Maryland have refused to let power company PSEG onto their land to survey for the proposed Piedmont power line project, the company said in a legal filing Tuesday. In a 53-page filing with the U.S. District Court for Maryland — at least 14 pages of which is a listing of defendants — the New Jersey-based company is seeking an order that would let it access the properties with a minimum of 24 hours notice, and prohibit the property owners from interfering.
Board of Nursing has cleared hundreds of cases of questionable documentation for nurses

1 week ago | marylandmatters.org | Danielle J. Brown

The Maryland Board of Nursing said it has cleared almost all of the 259 nurses and nursing applicants who may have obtained a Maryland license using fraudulent documents from a scheme revealed in Florida more than two years ago.
Study: Marylanders could save hundreds on electric bills if grid undergoes reform

1 week ago | marylandmatters.org | Christine Condon

Maryland ratepayers could save hundreds of dollars a year on their electric bills if the regional power grid operator could speed up approval of energy projects, some of which have languished for five years in the current system. That is main finding of a new report on PJM Interconnection, the grid operator that distributes power in Maryland, the District of Columbia and 12 other states, stretching from the mid-Atlantic to parts of Illinois.
A new trash wheel for Back River: Baltimore funds projects after wastewater woes

1 week ago | marylandmatters.org | Christine Condon

The Baltimore region could get a new trash wheel, one of 21 environmental projects for which Baltimore City is providing funding to compensate for pollution caused by the failure of two city wastewater treatment plants during the pandemic. The projects, announced Tuesday, will be funded by $1.7 million from the city under a consent decree with the Maryland Department of the Environment.
Black legal pioneer George L. Russell Jr. dies at age 96

1 week ago | marylandmatters.org | William Ford

George L. Russell Jr., a pioneer in the Black legal community who became the first Black to sit on an appellate court in Maryland, first Black city solicitor and first Black president of the Baltimore City Bar Association, died Saturday at the age of 96. “He was a giant. He was a pioneer. He was somebody who paved the way for so many Black attorneys in this state,” said Del. Malcolm Ruff (D-Baltimore City), an attorney at the firm Murphy, Flacon & Murphy in Baltimore.
Nonprofit's report calls for broad-based approach to improving reading scores

1 week ago | marylandmatters.org | William Ford

Alice Tickler tries to stay positive when it comes to educating young children, but the longtime teacher admits there are some things that can make it hard — and it’s not anything the students do. Things like the legislature’s failure to fund a training program, specifically for reading and math teachers. As a teacher for 28 years, she’s seen the benefits of what educators call a “coaching program” can have.