Top Stories February 5, 2010
- 2010 General Assembly: Progressives Introduce Key Bills
- Supreme Court's Removal of Ban on Corporate Spending Means
Urgent Need for States to Pass Voluntary Public Campaign Funding - Advocates Fight to Finish Health Reform as Dems Dither
- Close the Montgomery County Developer's Loophole
- LABOR NEWS, ACTIONS & RESOURCES
Top Stories January 13, 2010
- General Assembly Begins: PM'S 2010 Opportunity Agenda for Working Families
- Call President & Congress: Demand Affordable Health Care Reform with National (Not State-Level) Exchange, No Excise Tax on Middle-class Benefits
- Progressives Win Boycott as Whole Foods Dumps CEO Mackey
- DC Voting Rights Important to Marylanders, Progressives Nationwide
Maryland Drivers Can Show Support with a DC Vote Maryland License Plate - LABOR NEWS, ACTIONS & RESOURCES
Top Stories December 7, 2009
- Take Action as Senate Debates Health Reform; Undue Influence of Insurance Industry Highlights Need for Public Campaign Funding
- PM Urges PSC to Reject Telephone Deregulation, Stop Higher Service Rates
- LABOR NEWS ROUNDUP
Top Stories November 23, 2009
- As Jobs Plummet, Unions, Think Tanks Advocate New Solutions
- State Board of Public Works Cuts $364 Million More, Brings Total to $1.1 Billion
- Recession, Rising Hunger, Reform, and Regulation of Financial Institutions
- Polls Find Majority Support for Public Campaign Funding as Advocates Prepare Response to Supreme Court Decision in Citizens United
- Senate Moves Health Reform Bill to Floor Debate; December Vote Uncertain
- LABOR NEWS ROUNDUP
Top Stories November 4, 2009
- Immense Grassroots Pressure Grows Support in Congress for Public Option
- Campaign Finance Reform: Poll Finds Md. Voters Want Public Funding While Reform Groups Prepare for Likely Supreme Court Rollback of Federal Reform in Citizens United
- Profits Up But Unemployment Mounts as Congress Extends Jobless Aid
- LABOR NEWS ROUNDUP
Top Stories & Cartoons October 14, 2009
- Momentum Shifts to Public Option Despite Senate Finance Exclusion
- Education Advocates Oppose BOAST Drain on Public School Funding
- Experts Say Bailout Saved Big Banks, But Jobless Rat
- Groups Prepare for Judicial Rollback of Campaign Finance Laws
- LABOR NEWS ROUNDUP
Top Stories & Cartoons September 21, 2009
- Health Care Reform: Jumping Hurdles in the Home Stretch
- Md. Budget Shortfall Doubles; Census Finds Poverty Rate Soars
- Groups Mobilize on Judicial Rollback of Campaign Finance Laws
- LABOR NEWS ROUNDUP
Top Stories & Cartoons August 26, 2009
- August Health Care Heat Raises Risks, Stakes for Fall Reform Bill
- Groups Push Senators to Lead on Bold Clean Energy Jobs Bill
- High Infant Mortality Drives Drop in Maryland's Child Well-Being Rank
- LABOR NEWS ROUNDUP
Top Stories & Cartoons August 5, 2009
- Congress Rakes in Insurance and Drug Company Campaign Money as it Delays Action on President's Health Care Reform Bill
- Guv Seeks Fed Funds for Purple & Red Lines; Write Your Reps
- Guv Asks to Cut $700 Million, Avoids Layoffs, K-12 Cuts (For Now)
- Maryland Schools Maintain Top Rank as Test Scores Climb,
Showing Thornton Plan's Obviously Working - LABOR NEWS ROUNDUP
Top Stories & Cartoons July 15, 2009
- Crunch Time for President Obama's Public Health Plan Option: Will Congress Respond to the Will of the Voters -- or Cave in to Medico-Insurance Complex?
- PSC, Guv Flex Muscles over Utility's Moves, Ponder Re-regulation
- Guv To Decide on Purple Line, Red Line Gets $177 Million after Crash
- LABOR NEWS ROUNDUP
Top Stories June 22, 2009
- Senate Finance Rejects Obama's Health Reform Public Plan, Bows to Industry; Progressives Vow to Save It, Plan Mass Rally, Lobby Day at Capitol June 25
- State Legislators Join Chorus for a Health Care Public Plan Choice as Studies Find Growing Public Support, Shrinking Private Competition and Soaring Costs
- Transportation Board Unanimously Votes to Advance Purple Line
- Equality Md. Rates Lawmakers; Obama Extends Benefits to Same-Sex Couples
- CASA de Maryland's Multicultural Center To Serve Low-income Community
- LABOR NEWS ROUNDUP
Top Stories June 9, 2009
- Obama Affirms Campaign Promise as Momentum Builds to Pass Health Reform with Public Choice and Industry Spends Millions to Defeat It
- Maryland Groups Push for State Health Care Reform, Too
- Wal-Mart Workers, Supporters Rally for Unionizing in 2 Dozen Cities
- Md. Tackles Poverty, Declining Jobs and Revenue as Stimulus Arrives
- LGBT Civil Rights: Four States Forward, One State Back
- LABOR NEWS ROUNDUP
Top Stories May 27, 2009
- Health Care for America Now Proves Insurers Use Near-Monopolies to Set Higher Premiums for Md. Families; Demands DOJ Investigation, Public Option
- Bipartisan 'Fair Elections Now Act' Gains Support
- Navarro Credits Grassroots with 2-1 Montgomery Council Win May 19
- LABOR NEWS ROUNDUP
Top Stories May 12, 2009
- Progressives Team Up to Push Bipartisan 'Fair Elections Now Act'
- Riders' Pressure Stops Metrobus Cuts; Option Costs Stall Purple Line
- Conservatives, Republicans Decline Deepens in Northeast, Maryland
- Navarro Wins MC Council Primary Backed by Labor
- LABOR NEWS ROUNDUP
Top Stories April 30, 2009
- PM and Allies Battle for Public Health Insurance Option
- President Marks Impressive 100 Days as Congress Passes Budget
- Fair Elections, Public Campaign Funding & Voting Rights Now
- Working Families Win Some, Lose Some in 2009 Md. General Assembly
- LABOR NEWS ROUNDUP
Top Stories April 16, 2009
- 2009 General Assembly Concludes
- House and Senate Pass Federal Budget Resolutions, Make Down Payment on Health Care Reform
- Transit First! Fights For Purple Line and Against Service Cuts
- LABOR NEWS ROUNDUP
Top Stories February 17, 2009
- Stimulus to Create 2-4 Million Jobs, Fix Infrastructure, Aid States
- Maryland to Get $4 Billion Stimulus Aid for Schools, Transit, Jobs
- Area Transit Gets Major Stimulus Funds, Montco Ratifies Purple Line
- Massive Ratepayer Complaints Force PSC Action, Hearing on Utilities
- LABOR NEWS ROUNDUP
Top Stories January 15, 2009
- State Lawmakers Tackle Fiscal Crisis, Congress Crafts Stimulus
- Thornton Fund Increase Boosts Md. Schools to 'Best in Nation'
- Why Maryland Needs a Plan to Expand Quality Pre-K to More Kids
- Groups Fight to Expand Region's Mass Transit, Build Purple Line
- PSC Lowers Aim as Ratepayer Advocates Demand Re-regulation
- Labor News Roundup
Top Stories December 1, 2008
Top Stories November 13, 2008
- Obama Leads Democratic Landslide: Latest Election Analysis
- Md. Progressives Unveil $15 Billion 'Health Care for All' Plan
- Slots and Early Voting Pass; Final Count Will Decide MoCo Question
- State Commission Urges Abolition of Death Penalty
Top Stories October 9, 2008
- Financial Meltdown
- State Might Cut Key Services
- Battle Heats Up to Win "Health Care for America Now"
- PM, Allies Enact Prevailing Wage Law in Montgomery County
- Labor News Roundup
Top Stories September 24, 2008
- Americans Outraged Over 'No-Strings' Wall Street Bailout, Demand Congress Protect Taxpayers, Punish Guilty Executives, Reinstate Responsible Oversight
- Billionaire Buffett Seeks to Buy Failing Constellation/BGE
- Purple Line Nov. Hearings Set, Metro Needs To Hit $11 Billion Over Next Decade
- Labor News Roundup
Top Stories September 10, 2008
- State Faces Big, Recession-Induced Budget Shortfall
- In Md.'s DC Burbs, it's Purple Line Crunch Time
- Labor News Roundup
Top Stories August 12, 2008
- Donor Trends and Undue Influence Drive Need for Public Funding of Campaigns
- Officials, Activists Aim to Avoid Abuse, Snags in Record Turnout Elections
- Transit Ridership Soars as Agencies Struggle with Growth, Funding
- Labor News Roundup
Top Stories July 31, 2008
- Cardin, Van Hollen, Sarbanes, Edwards, Back USAction's 'Invest in America's Future'
- The Importance of Pre-K Education
- Over 400 Candidates in Maine, Arizona Elections Choose Public Funding
- Voter Registration Spikes Among Young Adults
- Labor News Roundup
Top Stories July 18, 2008
- Economic Slump Brings Grassroots Surge, New Opportunities for Reform
- "Health Care for Now America" Campaign Launched in 52 Cities;
State Expands Medicaid, Congress Overrides Medicare Veto - Obama, Studies Agree: Small Donors Cannot Replace Public Funding
- Groups Fight to Sever State's Ties to Sweatshop Labor, Cite New Report
- Labor News Roundup: Washington Post Misleads on Md. Test Scores
- Hearings Set on Repeal of Death Penalty: July 28, Aug. 5 & 19, Sept. 5
- Eastern Shore Underground Railroad National Park Proposed
- Bush Legacy Tour Bus Visits Baltimore
Top Stories June 26, 2008
- PROGRESSIVE MARYLAND IN THE NEWS (recent and archived)
- Obama Rejects Public Funding - Now He Needs To Pledge To Fix Broken System
- Donna Edwards Replaces Al Wynn to Represent Md. District 4
- Labor News Round Up
Top Stories June 12, 2008
- Maryland Is Among States Seeking $12 Billion for Electric Overpayments
- Montgomery College Part-time Faculty Win Battle to Unionize
- Panel of Judaism's Conservative Movement Supports Living Wage and Unions
Top Stories May 29, 2008
- Studies Find Growing Income Gap and Economic Worries; Advocates Seek Better Health Care, Jobless and Foreclosure Aid, Not Tax Cuts For the Rich
- Unionization Boosts Wages of All; Low-wage Earners Gain 20%
- Americans Honor Their Dead, Demand 'Support the Troops in Iraq, Bring Them Home'; Congress Challenges War Funding, Projected at Over $3 Trillion
- Governor Signs Final Bills on Sick Leave, Prescription Drugs, Gay Rights and Seeking a New Owner for Prince George's Hospital
- Feds Find BGE Overcharged, PSC Considers Reregulation, Longer Contracts
- Elections & Voting Rights Round-up
Top Stories April 30, 2008
- As Energy Prices Soar, So Do Demands for Re-regulation, Public Ownership
- Maryland's Growth in Income Inequality Is Among Worst in the Nation
- Iraq War Now Projected to Cost Over $3 Trillion; Maryland's Share, $60 Billion
Top Stories April 10, 2008
- Summaries of 2008 General Assembly Session
- Report Finds Maryland's Widening Income Gap Among Worst in US
- UFCW's Safeway, Giant Grocery Workers Win Contract, Avert Strike
- Assembly Creates Death Penalty Commission, Report Due Dec. 2008
- Special General Election This Summer To Fill Vacancy Caused by Resignation of Rep. Al Wynn
Top Stories Feb 20, 2008
- PM, Allies Help Edwards Trounce Wynn in 4th District Primary
- Guv Offers Plan to Address Mortgage Foreclosure Crisis
- O'Malley Pushes Bill to Boost PSC's Power Over Utilities; BGE Parent Skips PSC Hearing on $1 Billion Costs of Deregulation
- Federal Round-up: Bush Budget, Stimulus, Voting and Grassroots Surge
