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Senate panel reviews bill to require video cameras in nursing homes, assisted living facilities
After he fell and fractured his hop in May 2022, 75-year-old dementia patient Ellsworth Johnson-Bey was treated at a local hospital before being returned to an acute care center where the fall ...
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Blitzkrieg of federal budget attacks drive angst in Maryland
A three-week blitzkrieg of federal budget actions by President Donald Trump (R) is fueling a level of budget uncertainty and angst among Maryland officials. The deepening concern about federal impacts ...
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Maryland improves in national rankings in fourth grade, eighth grade reading
Maryland standardized reading test scores for fourth graders jumped from 40th in the nation in 2022 to 20th place in 2024, according to the latest National Assessment of Educational Progress report ...
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Maryland has become an active player in lawsuits to challenge Trump initiatives
President Donald Trump is rapidly filing executive orders to remake the federal government and states, including Maryland, are just as quickly suing to block policies that Attorney General Anthony ...
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Rally message for governor, lawmakers: ‘Fully fund the Blueprint’ education reform plan
Education advocates rallied in Annapolis to demand that Gov. Wes Moore and legislators fully fund the Blueprint for ...
Maryland Matters2 天
How did we get here?: Analysts, officials unsure how disability agency overspent
How did Maryland get to a point where the Developmental Disabilities Administration is facing a $200 million budget cut, one ...
Maryland Matters2 天
Family support, early intervention essential for transition to adult disability services
The transition to adulthood for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities is a pivotal and often challenging time, due to the abrupt change in services and benefits that come with ...
Maryland Matters4 天
Hundreds of developmental disability advocates rally against DDA budget cuts
Hundreds of people with developmental disabilities, their families and support staff, gathered at the State House on Monday evening to demand the legislature reject a proposal to cut hundreds of ...
Maryland Matters4 天
Ferguson warns of “hundreds of millions” in additional budget cuts
Maryland’s Senate president said Friday that lawmakers will likely have to look for “several hundred million” in additional cuts or taxes to cover expected decreases in federal aid. Senate President ...
Maryland Matters4 天
Labor Department says unsafe agency workplace ultimately led to parole agent’s death
Maryland’s public safety department maintains an unsafe workplace that puts employees’ safety at risk and ultimately led to the May 31 killing of Parole Agent Davis Martinez while he was checking in ...
Maryland Matters4 天
Advocates ‘frustrated,’ confused after meeting on proposed cut to DDA agency
An effort by the Department of Health to get public input Friday on $200 million in proposed cuts to the Developmental Disabilities Administration instead left advocates feeling frustrated and ...