March 25, 2021 News of the Day

State and Local News

Ferguson: Police Reform Must Be Top Priority in Final Weeks of Session: https://bit.ly/3w1C2IP

Nonprofit Leader Who Helps Maryland ‘Practice’ for Pandemics Creates Software That Helps Solve a Real One: https://bit.ly/3tXVkNF

Majority Rules: House Panel Rewrites GOP Lawmaker’s Bill on Electric Vehicles: https://bit.ly/39coDE2

Franchot, Kopp Hit Hogan Administration Over Emergency Contracts: https://bit.ly/3cirflR

Hogan Signs $577 Million Settlement Bill for Maryland’s Historically Black Universities: https://bit.ly/3slB0Fj

Senate Passes Bill to Decriminalize Hypodermic Needles, Other Drug Paraphernalia: https://bit.ly/3ffczps

Raskin, Nathan-Pulliam, Craig Honored with Senate First Citizen Awards: https://bit.ly/3ff8FwD

Baltimore children’s nonprofit subpoenaed in federal grand jury probe of Marilyn and Nick Mosby: https://bit.ly/2PtouVW

Maryland Board of Public Works delays approval of emergency COVID vaccine contracts amid transparency concerns: https://bit.ly/3vVVwyx

Alderman Brooks Schandelmeier, appointed to Annapolis Ward 5 seat, running to keep it: https://bit.ly/3tYoj3T

Howard Exec Ball’s Budget to Include Funding for Body-Worn Camera Program: https://bit.ly/2P3T9Jm

Federal News

AstraZeneca issues new Phase 3 data for COVID vaccine, confirming safety and efficacy: https://bit.ly/3w0bU1a

Gun control groups join fight against filibuster: https://bit.ly/3cld7Ir

Colorado shooting reminds Kelly of Giffords attack: https://bit.ly/2Qzp98F

North Korea launches two unidentified projectiles into East Sea: https://bit.ly/3dawVh7