Maryland's state legislators pass major bills including Juvenile Law Reform and the PORT Act, addressing issues such as juvenile justice, housing security, and neighborhood safety.
Now, Selma is a majority-Black working class city recovering from a natural disaster, in a region that has suffered for decades from economic depression.
Thursday’s storm inflicted heavy damage on Selma, cutting a wide path through the downtown area, where brick buildings collapsed, oak trees were uprooted, cars were tossed onto their sides and power lines were left dangling.