Articles
September 24, 2019
By Letters to the Editor September 22, 2019 at 6:48 p.m. EDT Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan (R) has refused to release funding for the Prescription Drug Affordability Board, and he has not named the administration-appointed members as required by the legislation that created the board. In recent days, he has signaled a path forward through an existing commission appointed […]
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Did the Hogan administration just effectively kill a long-debated public transit project in Montgomery County? Or was the proposal already on life support without key Montgomery County policymakers and transit advocates knowing or acknowledging it? Either way, county lawmakers sounded the alarm Monday when they noticed that the Maryland Department of Transportation (MDOT) was pulling […]
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The future of the Corridor Cities Transitway (CCT) is in doubt after the Maryland Department of Transportation removed the project from its latest list of priorities. The most recent draft of the Consolidated Transportation Plan, a detailed agenda for statewide transit projects, states that the CCT has been removed from the development and evaluation phase. […]
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July 19, 2019
Starting today through the remainder of the weekend, temperatures are expected to exceed 100 degrees, with a heat index that is significantly higher. As you know, this can be extremely dangerous for some in our community, especially children, the elderly, disabled, or ill. It is also not great for otherwise healthy individuals either. Extreme heat […]
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June 10, 2019
Why are we so afraid of single payer in Md.? By Kirill Reznik, June 10, 2019 For the last two years, I have sponsored legislation to create a form of single-payer health care in Maryland. My bill is somewhere between Bernie Sander’s “Medicarefor All” (which federal law prevents us from doing at the state level) […]
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June 7, 2019
By Kirill Reznik, June 5, 2019 Maryland Governor’s Office photo by Steve Kwak In a news release sent May 28, Gov. Larry Hogan included my name in a list of signatories of a 10-year-old letter to try and demonstrate support from local elected officials for his private toll road boondoggle. Please allow me to set […]
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Erin Cox, The Washington Post, Published 7:35 pm EDT, Tuesday, June 4, 2019 HANOVER, Md. – Days after he bowed out of a potential presidential bid he had stoked by emphasizing bipartisanship, Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan delivered a combative speech skewering Democrats who control the state legislature and vowing to spend the remainder of his term in […]
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May 13, 2019
Many of you have seen reports on various news outlets such as this one in The Baltimore Sun concerning getting your driver’s license or State identification renewed in time to be compliant with federal Real ID laws. I have received numerous inquiries from constituents who have been concerned that their driver’s license or ID card will not […]
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April 11, 2019
The 2019 Legislative Session of the Maryland General Assembly has come to a close, and while it was full of very difficult decisions, we were able to accomplish some wonderful things for Montgomery County and the entire state of Maryland. This was my fourth session serving on the Appropriations Committee, where I chair the Health […]
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February 11, 2019
Things are beginning to roll in Annapolis. The House of Delegates passed our first bill out of the House this week, HB 78 sponsored by Delegate Jheanelle Wilkins of Montgomery County, that will require the Maryland Department of Corrections to release information on the industries and wages of inmates working in our prisons. The bill […]
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