President-elect Joe Biden yesterday unveiled the details of a $1.9 trillion COVID-19 rescue package that aims to speed up the vaccine rollout and keep the economy afloat amid the deepening…
A Maryland Matters article (2019-04-10) highlighted the website's perceived winners and losers of the 2019 Session. The article made it clear up front that it would not be including House Speaker…
Following lengthy debate, a County Executive veto, a subsequent study and a series of compromise amendments, the Montgomery County Council unanimously adopted a phase-in to a $15 county minimum wage.…
A recent article in Vox points to the problems with the idea of a national minimum wage, an idea which has been referred to favorably by several presidential candidates. The article describes…
Research shows that implied preemption of local laws by state courts creates unpredictable results throughout the country. But there is one state where a clarifying constitutional amendment removes uncertainty. A…
The segments below provide a brief overview of MACo's employee benefits advocacy in the 2017 General Assembly. Follow links for more coverage on Conduit Street and MACo's Legislative Database. Teacher…
A Route Fifty article discusses a growing movement among many states - especially those with republican majorities - seeking to pre-empt actions by their local governments. With the federal government…
A record 8,300 youths were offered jobs this summer through the Baltimore City YouthWorks program. The program provides teens with productive employment in an effort to help keep them off…
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