State Roundup: Legal pot, taxing wealthy among bills that might return in 2022; Hogan signs dozens of bills into law
Newly elected leaders of the House Republican caucus visited Gov. Larry Hogan in his office Tuesday. The new minority leader is Del. Jason Buckel of Allegany County, right, and the minority whip is Del. Christopher Adams of the Eastern Shore. Governor s Office photo
FAILED BILLS THAT MAY RETURN NEXT SESSION: The 2021 legislative session of the Maryland General Assembly will probably be most remembered for the enactment of landmark police reform legislation but there were many other proposals championed by progressive lawmakers that failed to gain traction, such as marijuana legalization and changes to the way the state taxes its most wealthy residents. And those proposals are poised to return next session, reports Bryan Renbaum of Maryland Reporter.
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Baltimore City Council approved a 30% salary increase for the head of the Department of Public Works Monday night, setting up the position to be the third-highest paid in the city.
Updated on March 3, 2021 at 11:55 pm
Throughout the pandemic, there has been much-deserved praise for frontline essential workers in health care, education, law enforcement and more. NBC Connecticut is shining a light on some of the other critical workforces that have persevered in order to keep Connecticut moving during these difficult times.
Kelli Madigan, assistant customer service manager at Big Y supermarket in West Hartford, said she has tried to keep smiling under her mask - and under pressure – for the past year. You would be ringing a register and you d look up and your line would be 15 people deep,” said Madigan. The fear of not being able to get food or supplies. The fear of getting the virus or giving the virus,” were some of the thoughts that would go through her mind.
A Baltimore County effort to supply food banks and homeless shelters with produce grown at a Cockeysville agriculture center has wasted more than $1 million and yielded a fraction of the expected food, according to a report from the Baltimore County Office of the Inspector General.