State Roundup: Cardin says U.S. must improve equity with investments into small businesses
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CARDIN: WE MUST DO BETTER ON SMALL BIZ INVESTMENT: U.S. Sen. Ben Cardin, D-Md., Wednesday emphasized the need to ensure that money from a federal program that provides financing to promising small businesses is more equitably distributed to entrepreneurs in underserved communities throughout the nation, Bryan Renbaum reports for Maryland Reporter.
SHORE RESIDENTS URGE STATE TO ADOPT SINGLE-MEMBER DISTRICTS: Eastern Shore residents urged the Maryland Citizens Redistricting Commission to adopt single-member legislative districts at a virtual hearing Wednesday evening, with some charging that the state’s current hybrid model is unfair for voters, Bennett Leckrone reports for Maryland Matters.