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By Catherine Scott, CAPITAL NEWS SERVICE
A Maryland bill would repeal certain disqualifications for serving on a jury, and proponents argue that it is centered around re-enfranchisement.
HB260, which is cross-filed in the Senate under SB625, alters the circumstances under which an individual may be disqualified from jury service, according to the bill s fiscal analysis.
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The bill aims to repeal part of current Maryland law that states that if a person has been sentenced to more than one year of incarceration or they have pending charges for a crime that is punishable for imprisonment more than one year, then they cannot serve on a jury.
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Legislature votes to bolster unemployment insurance system
JACK HOGAN of Capital News Service
April 7, 2021
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Emergency measures to help struggling businesses pay less in unemployment insurance taxes while simultaneously granting more funding to the unemployed were voted out of the Maryland Legislature last week and await signature from Gov. Larry Hogan, R.
Raising from $50 to $200 the weekly amount of uncounted pay that unemployment insurance claimants can receive is among the measures, which come as the Maryland Department Labor continues to receive thousands of claims each week.
The department reported (https://www.dllr.state.md.us/employment/uicounty.shtml) receiving more than 12,000 new and reclassified claims last week, the lowest mark of the month.
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