More than a year after the County Council passed legislation handing enormous, extra powers to County Executive Steuart Pittman this ending seems almost anticlimactic. Before the county moves on, however, there is good reason to wonder whether the process that granted these powers should be changed.
State Roundup: Cardin says U.S. must improve equity with investments into small businesses
The Great Falls of the Potomac River. Photo by TerryDOtt with Flickr Creative Commons License https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/
CARDIN: WE MUST DO BETTER ON SMALL BIZ INVESTMENT: U.S. Sen. Ben Cardin, D-Md., Wednesday emphasized the need to ensure that money from a federal program that provides financing to promising small businesses is more equitably distributed to entrepreneurs in underserved communities throughout the nation, Bryan Renbaum reports for Maryland Reporter.
SHORE RESIDENTS URGE STATE TO ADOPT SINGLE-MEMBER DISTRICTS: Eastern Shore residents urged the Maryland Citizens Redistricting Commission to adopt single-member legislative districts at a virtual hearing Wednesday evening, with some charging that the state’s current hybrid model is unfair for voters, Bennett Leckrone reports for Maryland Matters.
Carroll County has lifted its COVID-19 state of emergency, effective immediately, as the number of cases and hospitalizations remain low and vaccinations among residents continue to rise.
The Anne Arundel County Board of Education has ultimate say on how the influx of cash will be used, whether that’s for additional teacher positions or something else related to wages, but schools finance director Matthew Stanski said the system supported the addition.
This week, Councilwoman Lisa Rodvien introduced a resolution before the Anne Arundel County Council “apologizing for civil rights violations that occurred under the administration of a former Anne Arundel County executive.”