BALTIMORE, MD-Maryland Attorney General Brian E. Frosh on Tuesday joined a coalition of attorneys general in opposing a new federal rule undermining civil rights protections that prevent federal contractors from discriminating against employees. Under the proposed rule, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) would expand existing exemptions to allow any federal contractor who asserts a religious purpose to discriminate against […]
BALTIMORE, MD – Maryland Attorney General Brian E. Frosh on Tuesday announced he was joining a coalition of 20 attorneys general in filing a lawsuit opposing the Trump administration’s new rule allowing for the prolonged detention of immigrant children in U.S. custody. In the complaint before the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California, the coalition argues that […]
BALTIMORE, MD – Maryland Attorney General Brian E. Frosh last week joined a group of 21 attorneys general to challenge the Trump administration’s proposed changes to asylum standards. If implemented, these changes would allow the Executive Branch to arbitrarily deny asylum claims to immigrants seeking haven from domestic or gang violence. In an amicus brief filed in “Grace v. Barr […]
NOTTINGHAM, MD – Governor Larry Hogan and Baltimore County Executive have chimed in on the ongoing Twitter war between President Donald Trump and Rep. Elijah Cummings. In response to Rep. Cummings’ incessant complaints about what Cummings perceives as unacceptable conditions at the US-Mexico border under the president, Trump fired back over the weekend. On Saturday, President Trump unleashed a tweet […]
Governor Larry Hogan on Thursday issued a statement on Congress’ passage of the omnibus government funding bill that includes Chesapeake Bay funding. The $1.3 trillion omnibus spending bill overrides the Trump administration’s proposed cuts in the current fiscal year. The bill would maintain the Chesapeake Bay Program funding at last year’s level. “As governor of Maryland and Chairman of the […]
Baltimore County Executive Kevin Kamenetz issued an Executive Order on Wednesday morning formalizing Baltimore County’s public safety policies in light of President Trump’s anti-immigration campaign. Reducing the current practice to written policy, Baltimore County police officers will not unlawfully profile the immigration status of its residents, and the Detention Center will not unlawfully hold any individual past their release date, […]
Baltimore County Executive Kevin Kamenetz on Monday said he would support the efforts of the five colleges located in Baltimore County to protect the status of students who first arrived in this country as undocumented children. In a letter sent to the Chancellor of the University System of Maryland as well as the presidents of the Community College of Baltimore […]
The 2016 election cycle is behind us and it was certainly one for the record books. Donald Trump managed to pull off an astounding upset on Tuesday, defeating Hillary Clinton by grabbing key battleground states and even taking traditional Democratic strongholds from the former Secretary of State. What do local politicians think of the 2016 election results? Councilman David Marks […]