- Reminder: SB 353, which would ban bringing of knives and other weapons onto private school property whatever the school’s wishes, up for hearing at 1 p.m. Wed. Feb. 26 [text, Senate, related Virginia] With Ninth Circuit’s Peruta decision, Maryland now one of only six holdout states to resist any recognition of gun carry rights [David Kopel]
- Slew of labor proposals moving through Annapolis would require employers to offer paid sick leave, push unionization on community college employees, and require employers to pay interns’ transportation costs. Study finds boosting state’s minimum wage would cost jobs [WaPo]
- Supremely irresponsible: state already hobbled by nation’s slowest foreclosure process, but NAACP, Casa de Maryland and Legislative Black Caucus demand six-month foreclosure moratorium on top of that [Washington Post; earlier on Maryland foreclosure law here, here (couple spends five years in million-dollar home without making mortgage payment), here, etc.]
- Review of recent developments in asbestos litigation in the state [Lisa Rickard, Chamber Institute for Legal Reform]
- Goodbye to another Free State tradition? Senate votes ban on sale of grain alcohol, with urging from Johns Hopkins Bloomberg nanny crew [Washington Post]
- Just say no to the Maryland Small Business Development Financing Authority [Mark Newgent, Baltimore Sun]
- Sen. Zirkin “litigates dog-bite cases on behalf of plaintiffs” and is player on dog bite bill [Insurance Journal]
Filed under: alcohol, asbestos, dog bites, guns, Maryland, Michael Bloomberg, mortgages
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It’s going to be awfully difficult to (a) cook and (b) carry out dissections in biology class in Maryland if this law passes.
I remember that Post article on the couple that stayed in their house for 5 years. Absolutely amazing.
I thought Johns Hopkins Bloomberg was a jab. It probably is but I guess it is the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.
As an aside, he should have more things named after him. He is ponying up zillions. It is extremely commendable. It helps not only Maryland residents like us but the whole world. Even if you hate his politics,you have to respect he is giving back in Rockefeller fashion.