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2024 Voter Guide - Maryland Matters
Find out everything you need to know about the 2024 election in Maryland, including candidates, races, ballot measures and more. Compare the positions and records of the presidential, Senate and House contenders, and learn about the referendum on reproductive rights.
Advocates plan to push legislation that would rein in random …
1 day ago · Vennieth McCormick said he wasn’t afraid to jump out of planes while in the Army, but he acknowledged there is one thing that has scared him: Being pulled over by police during traffic stops. The 60-year-old business owner from Baltimore City described several times being stopped by …
A time for change in Maryland school start times
1 day ago · Only 22.5% of Maryland’s high school students and 49.4% of middle school students surveyed for the 2022-2023 Youth Risk Behavior Survey self-reported sleeping eight hours or more on a school night, when they need closer to nine to 10 hours of sleep. A major factor in this chronic sleep deprivation is the well-documented biological shift in adolescent sleep cycles, resulting in falling asleep ...
Know your ballot: The five constitutional questions facing …
Oct 27, 2022 · Maryland voters will decide five constitutional amendments on Nov. 8, 2022, including legalizing cannabis, renaming courts, and changing jury trial threshold. Learn the details and implications of each question from Maryland Matters, a nonpartisan news site.
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Nov 21, 2024 · A Md. political tradition upended by Trump’s election — and the calendar BY: Josh Kurtz - November 22, 2024 The Committee for Montgomery legislative breakfast, a highly anticipated ritual in state political circles, was held three weeks earlier than usual this year, which means the talk was more about the election than the upcoming General Assembly.
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Nov 21, 2024 · A Md. political tradition upended by Trump’s election — and the calendar BY: Josh Kurtz - November 22, 2024 The Committee for Montgomery legislative breakfast, a highly anticipated ritual in state political circles, was held three weeks earlier than usual this year, which means the talk was more about the election than the upcoming General Assembly.
Issue 2: Baltimore City (2024 Voter Guide) – Maryland Matters
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The key to Maryland’s growth is not austerity
Sep 3, 2024 · For Maryland’s economy to grow, we need to address the gaps holding us back – unequal access to housing, child care, transportation, education and health care. Budget austerity, by cutting key areas critical to our growth, will only take us backwards.
Poll: Md voters fairly content, seek a bold agenda in upcoming ...
Dec 12, 2023 · A survey commissioned by lobbying and public affairs firms shows that Maryland voters are generally optimistic but concerned about inflation and crime. They support various policies to boost the economy, such as data centers, …