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Maryland overhauls process for releasing aging and sick prisoners: ‘It’s about mercy’

by Shelly Hettleman | Apr 27, 2025 | Latest News

BY DYLAN SEGELBAUM THE BALTIMORE BANNER APRIL 27, 2025 Maryland lawmakers have passed legislation that overhauls the process for releasing sick and aging prisoners, which advocates had long described as broken and among the worst systems in the United States. Gov. Wes...

MD legislators passed few gun-related bills amid focus on budget deficit

by Shelly Hettleman | Apr 23, 2025 | Latest News

BY RACHEL KONIECZNY THE DAILY RECORD APRIL 23, 2025 Maryland legislators saw little progress in passing firearm-related legislation during this year’s General Assembly session, attributing the lack of bills that moved forward to the state’s budget deficit and the...

Maryland could require teacher screenings after questionable Pikesville High hire

by Shelly Hettleman | Mar 3, 2025 | Latest News

BY KRISTEN GRIFFITH THE BALTIMORE BANNER MARCH 3, 2025 Maryland school districts could be required to add another step to their hiring processes after a Baltimore County athletic director was hired for a job he wasn’t qualified for. State Sen. Shelly Hettleman, who...

Sierra Club poll finds wide support for more transit, walking and biking investments

by Shelly Hettleman | Jan 28, 2025 | Latest News

BY JOSH KURTZ MARYLAND MATTERS JANUARY 28, 2025 Maryland voters would like to have better access to public transit and safer, more convenient walking and biking options — and they want to see the state investing more money in these kinds of infrastructure projects....

Campaign to bolster Maryland’s weak anti-SLAPP law gets a boost from a Baltimore story

by Shelly Hettleman | Jan 20, 2025 | Latest News

BY FERN SHEN BALTIMORE BREW JANUARY 20, 2025 For more than a decade, every year, advocates for strengthening Maryland’s law to protect citizens from baseless intimidation lawsuits have come to Annapolis to point out who suffers because of them. Victims of intimate...

Marine vet and local clinician help pass law for more access to prosthetics in Maryland

by Shelly Hettleman | Jan 3, 2025 | Latest News

BY ELIZABETH WORTHINGTON WMAR 2 NEWS JANUARY 3 2025 It’s the same idea for amputees like John Edward Heath, who lost his leg after he was hit by a drunk driver. When he tries to jog in a prosthetic device designed only for walking: “You feel the...
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