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Baltimore mayor prioritizes creation of supervised drug use sites to prevent overdose deaths

by Shelly Hettleman | Dec 3, 2024 | Latest News

BY DAVID COLLINS WBAL TV DECEMBER 3, 2024 Baltimore’s mayor will make it a priority of his second term to open a supervised drug consumption site with a goal to reduce overdose deaths. Earlier this year, 11 News Investigates visited a site in New York City that...

House committee advances correctional ombudsman bill

by Shelly Hettleman | Apr 2, 2024 | Latest News

BY WILLIAM J. FORD MARYLAND MATTERS APRIL 2, 2024 A House committee voted Monday to advance a correctional ombudsman bill, which some legislators and criminal justice reform advocates have pushed for at least three years. The House Judiciary Committee voted to...

Democrats put on a muscular show of support for abortion rights measures

by Shelly Hettleman | Feb 9, 2023 | Latest News

BY JOSH KURTZ MARYLAND MATTERS FEBRUARY 9, 2023 While there has been little doubt that Maryland leaders would seek to strengthen abortion protections during this General Assembly session, the point was reinforced Thursday when dozens of the state’s top leaders,...

Hogan Signs Student-Athlete Safety Legislation In Honor of Late Baltimore Football Player Elijah Gorham

by Molly Burger | Apr 21, 2022 | Latest News

BY CHRISTINE CONDON BALTIMORE SUN APRIL, 21, 2022 AT 3:30 PM During a ceremony Thursday at the State House, Gov. Larry Hogan signed into law the Elijah Gorham Act, named after the Baltimore high school football player who died last year after suffering a traumatic...

Time to Make Maryland a National Leader in Service

by Molly Burger | Mar 31, 2022 | Latest News

SHELLY HETTLEMAN AND SANDY ROSENBERG GUEST COMMENTARY FOR MARYLAND MATTERS MARCH 31, 2022 Hettleman represents Baltimore County’s District 11 in the Maryland Senate. Rosenberg represents Baltimore City’s District 41 in the House of Delegates. Both are Democrats....

Compassionate Release from Prison: A Moral Imperative

by Molly Burger | Jan 27, 2022 | Latest News

BY SHELLY HETTLEMAN AND VIVIAN PENDA FOR THE BALTIMORE SUN Jan 26, 2022, at 11:34 am Capital punishment was abolished in Maryland as a failed and immoral policy in 2013 because it was ineffectual in deterring crime, could not be administered without racial bias, and...
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