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Important. i'm focused on making sure that we take national a lot of things we've done in the maryland legislature like subsidizing health kay care "poker after dark" advertisingers in high needs capacity, making sure we have surge capacity, pandemic preparedness. we weren't prepared. it cost our economy over $17 trillion at this point. we need to make sure moving forward that we have equity in the resources across our country, but particularly here in maryland. >> delegate lewis, as i mentioned in the intro, former congresswoman donna edwards used to hold that seat and she's now running to re...

Last month,  Maryland’s House Judiciary Committee held the first hearing of the session on adult use cannabis legalization. In focus was HB 32, introduced by  Delegate Jazz Lewis, which, as  Cannabis Wirereported, has broad support among advocates.  Also last month, the vice chair of Maryland’s  Senate Finance Committee,  Brian Feldman, introduced SB 0708, another adult use cannabis legalization bill. This bill has strong legislative support, including from  Senate President Bill Ferguson and  Senate Majority Leader Nancy J. King. That bill got its first hearing on Thursda...

Proposed bill would raise Maryland alcohol tax to 10% and help pay for 'Health Equity Resource Communities' Pending legislation in Annapolis would increase the tax on alcohol from 9% to 10% to pay for 'Health Equity Resource Communities.' Author: Adam Longo (WUSA 9) Published: 9:57 PM EST February 22, 2021 Updated: 11:04 PM EST February 23, 2021 ANNAPOLIS, Md. — Getting access to a medical professional in Maryland could be harder depending on where you live in the state, according to Maryland Delegate Jazz Lewis (D-Prince George's). Lewis is t...

Proposed bill would raise Maryland alcohol tax to 10% and help pay for 'Health Equity Resource Communities' Adam Longo Replay Video UP NEXT Getting access to a medical professional in Maryland could be harder depending on where you live in the state, according to Maryland Delegate Jazz Lewis (D-Prince George's). Lewis is the co-sponsor of a bill that would create “Health Equity Resource Communities” (HERCs). The intent would be to target "State resources to specific areas of the State to reduce health disparities, improve health outcomes and access to primary care, promot...