A Maryland Democrat lawmaker recently complained that her state is “going in the wrong direction” because abortion facilities are closing while the population is growing. The Associated Press published state Del. Ariana Kelly’s comment in an article earlier this week about efforts by the Maryland legislature to expand abortions. A Montgomery County Democrat, Kelly recently introduced … Continued
Maryland state House Democrats proposed a constitutional amendment Monday enshrining abortion rights within the state, the Associated Press reported. The proposal was introduced by state House Speaker Adrienne Jones, who said the Supreme Court “has allowed some of the most restricting abortion legislation we’ve seen in a generation,” according to the AP. Jones appeared to refer to the Supreme … Continued
Maryland’s governor on Feb. 14 dropped his mask mandate for state buildings, citing a reduction in COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations. “Given the dramatic declines in our health metrics, we are now able to take another step toward normalcy in state operations,” Gov. Larry Hogan, a Republican, said in a statement. The 7-day average of COVID-19 … Continued
A newly-released study from the prestigious Johns Hopkins University revealed that the sweeping lockdowns in response to the Chinese coronavirus had “little to no effect on COVID-19 mortality.” According to the Washington Free Beacon, the study was conducted through an analysis of 24 different studies that all focused on government mandates ordering the closure of various … Continued
Twenty-five states, led by Arizona and West Virginia, are urging the U.S. Supreme Court to hear Bianchi v. Frosh, which challenges Maryland’s restrictive Firearms Safety Act of 2013. They’re asking the court to ultimately strike down the law, which the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals upheld last September, in a brief filed with the Supreme … Continued
Twenty-two states increased minimum wages for workers on Jan. 1, according to The Hill. In eight of those states, including California, Delaware, Illinois, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York and Rhode Island, the raises are part of scheduled increases that will eventually reach minimums of $15-per-hour, CNN reports. The city of West Hollywood raised its minimum wage for some … Continued
A Washington area suburb tallied its first homicide of 2022 on Saturday, just hours into the new year. Police responded to reports of a shooting in Clinton, located in Prince George’s County, Maryland just outside of the nation’s capital city at 1:40 am Saturday. Once on scene, they found an unresponsive adult male who had … Continued
A federal judge has ruled that Maryland unlawfully discriminated against a Christian school due to its traditional views on marriage and gender identity when the state denied it access to a voucher program. U.S. District Court Judge Stephanie Gallagher ruled Friday that state officials violated the First Amendment rights of Bethel Christian Academy in Savage when they … Continued
Amid a recent string of violent crime, including strings of high profile homicides that rocked the city over the last two weeks, Maryland’s Republican Governor Larry Hogan made a series of announcements today regarding his office’s efforts to bring crime under control in the beleaguered city. Among other measures, Hogan promised an investigation into the office of … Continued
As Americans continue to suffer under the supply chain crisis that remains unmitigated and even mocked by the Biden administration, Republican governors are taking action to propose a solution to get the country’s goods moving again. “Operation Open Roads” is the name of the plan hatched by 15 Republican governors that aims to alleviate the … Continued
On Friday, House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy hosted a roundtable on the Hyde Amendment and taxpayer funding of abortions as part of an ongoing series about the Build Back Better reconciliation bill. Members of Congress attending the roundtable included House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.), Representative Chris Smith (R-N.J.), Representative Michelle Fischbach (R-Minn.), and Representative … Continued
A Maryland state judge died by apparent suicide on Sept. 10 shortly before he was set to be arrested at his home on federal charges of sexual exploitation of a child, officials said. Caroline County Circuit Judge Jonathan Newell, 50, was pronounced dead at 6:43 a.m. Friday morning, the Department of Justice said in a statement. FBI agents had visited Newell’s residence … Continued
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