New Maryland law expands composting on campus and beyond
The law aims to prevent waste before it occurs, feed people and animals, recycle non-edible food waste and reduce greenhouse gasses emitted from landfills.
UMD graduate student’s research helps turn Trans Health Equity Act into state law
Dual juris doctorate and master’s of public policy candidate Riley Grace Roshong has been working on LGBTQ+ issues in Maryland for several years.
Two Maryland AFSCME union councils to merge, represent 45K workers
The unification began in April after the AFSCME International Union and executive boards of Council 3 and Council 67 voted in its favor.
UMD faculty member takes passion for human development to state delegate seat
Sarah Wolek, a senior faculty specialist in this university’s business school, filled a vacant District 16 delegate seat at the beginning of April.
Education takes priority in Maryland’s 2024 fiscal year budget
The budget’s investments in public education are “historic,” according to the Maryland State Education Association, the state’s largest teachers’ union.
‘A small win’: Maryland advocates praise passage of bill expanding gender-affirming care
The state legislature passed the Trans Health Equity Act this session, which would require Maryland Medicaid to expand its coverage of gender-affirming treatments if Gov. Wes Moore signs it into law.
Maryland lawmakers passed hundreds of bills this year. Here are the highlights.
Gov. Wes Moore and other state leaders’ priority legislation, including cannabis, gun control and abortion bills, successfully passed.
Maryland legislature finalizes framework for cannabis legalization
The bill’s passage came two days before the end of the 2023 legislative session.
Maryland attorney general releases report detailing sex abuse in Baltimore Archdiocese
156 people who were Catholic priests or associated with the Archdiocese of Baltimore had allegedly sexually assaulted more than 600 children over an 80-year period.
Maryland joins growing list of states pursuing TikTok bans for government devices
A bill passed unanimously in the Maryland House of Delegates this month that would prohibit the installation and use of TikTok on all state government networks and devices.