In an attempt to better recognize the contributions of renowned historical pioneers and one-time Marylanders Harriet Tubman and Frederick Douglass, the Maryland Senate on Friday unanimously cosponsored legislation introduced by Senator Melony Griffith (District 25- Prince George’s County) requiring Maryland public schools to devote class time to the celebration of both Tubman and Douglass. The […]
Joined by United States Senator Chris Van Hollen, Maryland Attorney General Brian Frosh, Senator Susan Lee (District 16 – Montgomery), and Delegate Ned Carey (District 31A – Anne Arundel), Senator Jim Rosapepe (District 21 – Prince George’s and Anne Arundel) today introduced legislation designed to protect Marylanders from Wall Street abuses and to implement the […]
Few individuals who’ve walked the halls of the Maryland Senate did so with as much distinction as did Clarence W. Blount. The son of sharecroppers on the east coast of North Carolina, Blount grew up extremely poor in material possessions and he lost his mother at the tender age of five. Many would have went […]
