Be sure to sign up for an event on Facebook if you can make it.Be sure to come by to honk or wave with us, as many folks are doing already. In the next two weeks, there are another 18 waving events scheduled.Our digital counter couldn’t keep up, so we came up with an old-fashioned way to tally all the honks. The count so far: 1616 honks! That’s about one every 20 seconds.“Jason’s World Tour”Week 1 began Monday, and we’ve had 9 waving events through the first four days.Passing the Act is a critical step towards correcting this injustice.What a first week for Honks for Jason, and it’s only half over! Some highlights ( and many pictures below): A lack of access to life-saving health care is one of the biggest barriers transgender Marylanders face. OPINION: PASS THE TRANS HEALTH EQUITY ACT: In a guest commentary, a trans woman, mother and activist urges Maryland lawmakers to pass the 2023 Trans Health Equity Act. 28 at the South Carroll Senior Center, 5928 Mineral Hill Rd., Eldersburg. Carroll County Commissioners’ President Ed Rothstein (R-5), whose district includes Eldersburg, will host the town hall meeting from 6:30 to 8 p.m. MEETING WILL DISCUSS PLANS TO BUILD ELDERSBURG STORAGE FACILITY: A proposed five-story, 750-unit self-storage facility planned in Eldersburg is causing concern among area residents, prompting Carroll County commissioners to call for a town hall meeting to address the issue later this month. Council members lamented about the lack of communication from the city administration and a lack of analysis about what the proposal would do to customer rates. The subpoena vote came at the end of a hearing that lasted more than four hours Thursday night - the first meeting since the new legislative investigations committee convened in response to the swiftly moving proposal. for the city’s conduit system has agreed to issue several subpoenas after voicing concerns about the proposal. Dylan Segelbaum/Baltimore BannerīALTIMORE CITY COUNCIL COMMITTEE TO SUBPOENA BGE-CONDUIT DOCUMENTS: A Baltimore City Council committee investigating a proposed management agreement with Baltimore Gas and Electric Co. Kweisi Mfume, a Democrat from Baltimore, said he wholeheartedly backs the bill. Larry Hogan (R) have both come out in favor of the proposal and U.S. Bates was recently in Annapolis to push his proposal to increase the maximum sentence for those 21 and older for wearing, carrying or transporting a handgun without a permit in Maryland from three years in prison to five years. WILL IVAN BATES’ PROPOSAL TO CRACK DOWN ON HANDGUNS DETER CRIME?: Speaking to lawmakers, Baltimore State’s Attorney Ivan Bates said he ran for office vowing to prosecute people who illegally carry handguns - a campaign promise that he’d like to keep. Chairman Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) mentioned the FBI, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives and the IRS as possible probe targets. House Democrats urging the GOP lawmakers Democrats running the new Select Subcommittee on the Weaponization of the Federal Government on Thursday to work with them on genuine oversight investigations that weren’t political or focused on leveling grievances. HOUSE COMMITTEE TO STAY APOLITICAL: Maryland Rep. Chris Van Hollen (D) and other state officials and health care advocates plan to gather Friday morning to encourage uninsured residents to check a box on their state tax return to start the process of signing up for affordable health insurance. UNINSURED MARYLANDERS HAVE ANOTHER CHANCE: The open enrollment period closed last month, but Marylanders still will have a chance this tax season to sign up for health insurance during this tax season. Currently many gas-station signs display the prices for cash purchases, which typically cost less per gallon than credit sales. Cheryl Kagan (D-17) is sponsoring the Gas Price Gouging Act, which she said on Thursday would limit what she calls “bait and switch” and price gouging. BILL AIMS TO CURB ‘BAIT AND SWITCH’ AT GAS STATIONS: A Maryland senator is lobbying to pass a bill that would require gas stations to clearly display both cash and credit prices.
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