Officials at the U.S. Department of Agriculture have proposed a new rule would cut off nutrition assistance to as many as 30,000 Marylanders who struggle to find steady work.
The Baltimore City Council last week considered a bill requiring landlords to treat federal housing assistance the same as any other source of income when evaluating rental applications. If the city adopts this bill, it will join a growing list
This week, the Trump Administration proposed a new rule that would make it harder for many lawful immigrants to remain in the country. This proposal, referred to as the “public charge rule,” would put the futures of more than 90,000
While our state’s overall economy is stronger, a decade after the Great Recession many working Marylanders’ paychecks have not fully recovered from the impact of the recession. Median earnings within Maryland are now 3.1 percent lower than in 2007, after
Maryland’s Eastern Shore is a place with significant assets including natural beauty, productive farmland, and an iconic seafood industry. The region also faces significant challenges. Some of these would be familiar to residents of any other part of Maryland, such
Maryland’s budget provides the clearest reflection of our priorities as a state. Choices about where we invest our shared resources can help or hinder children’s education, economic security for families and communities, and public health and safety.
Maryland’s strong laws protecting workers’ rights to come together and negotiate for better wages and working conditions have helped raise wages for workers across our state, both for union members and non-members. A Supreme Court ruling last week could severely
The Trump administration and Republicans in Congress have proposed major changes to federal housing assistance that would lead to dramatically higher rents for families that already struggle to keep a roof over their heads. In the wake of a new
A recent report on Montgomery County’s economic outlook painted a misleadingly bleak picture and prompted misguided calls for tax cuts and deregulation. The truth is that Montgomery County has a fundamentally strong local economy and at the same time faces
Thousands of Marylanders would have a harder time affording sufficient, healthy food under provisions in the proposed federal Agriculture and Nutrition Act of 2018 (also known as the “farm bill”).
