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January 26, 2021
The Maryland Multi-Housing Association, a trade association for owners and managers of multi-family homes and apartments, has hired a new lobbyist.
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The Owings Mills-based association announced last week that it has hired Grason Wiggins as senior government affairs manager.
Wiggins, a Maryland attorney and graduate of the University of Baltimore School of Law, previously worked as the senior manager of government relations at The Pool & Hot Tub Alliance, a national trade group based in Northern Virginia. There, he was responsible for monitoring legislation in all 50 states, developing advocacy strategies (at the state and local level), and representing the interests of organizations within the pool and spa industry.
Donald Trump s Legal Reckoning Fails to Materialize in First Week After Leaving Office
On 1/27/21 at 11:40 AM EST
A post-presidency legal reckoning for Donald Trump has yet to materialize a week after he left the White House. The office protected Trump from most litigation and it was widely expected that lawsuits would fly soon after his departure.
However, Trump left for his Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida last Wednesday and so far no swathe of new charges has emerged.
Cases linked to Trump s former fixer Michael Cohen have been widely predicted. Cohen pleaded guilty to a range of crimes and admitted paying hush money to women over affairs with Trump. When Cohen was sentenced in 2018, Trump would have been immune from prosecution over alleged complicity in the payments.
The Democratic impeachment claim that President Trump spurred the attack on the U.S. Capitol by whipping his supporters into a violent mob is coming under scrutiny as evidence mounts that the siege was not spontaneous but planned well in advance.
Jan 12, 2021
MIDLAND, Pa. The Midland Women’s Civic Club, along with its fund-raising arm, the Greater Midland Scholarship Foundation, is holding its annual Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day celebration and commemoration at 1 p.m. Monday, Jan. 18.
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the event will be held virtually via Lincoln Park Performing Arts Center’s YouTube channel and Facebook page.
Constitutional law professor and CNN contributor Michael Higginbotham will deliver the keynote address following this year’s theme; “Come Together: Only In Darkness Can You See The Stars.”
Higginbotham is a distinguished legal scholar and attorney who has taught at the University of Baltimore School of Law since 1988. He earned his undergrad degree at Brown University and law degrees from both Yale University and the University of Cambridge. He made his first foray into politics as a candidate in Maryland’s special congressional election for the seat vacated by the passing of
Forum brings together experts and the public for discussion of Capitol insurrection
SNF Agora Institute online forum provides expert answers to questions surrounding the impact, implications, and legacy of the attack on the U.S. Capitol By Saralyn Cruickshank / Published Jan 12, 2021
The attack on the U.S. Capitol last week is now the subject of widespread federal investigations, including one homicide investigation, a national effort to identify who was involved in storming the halls of Congress, and a probe into the response by U.S. Capitol Police and other law enforcement agencies. Federal agents, members of Congress, and citizens alike want to know what happened, whether it was pre-planned or coordinated, and who was involved.