2024 is off to a great start for Baltimore City's newest neighborhood Baltimore Peninsula! Recent reporting and commentary in local and national newspapers showcase the neighborhood's latest developments and uplift the City as a whole. Below you'll find a few snapshots hot of the press: An article in The Baltimore Sun: covered the renaming of a [...]
The Legislative Black Caucus of Maryland held a press conference announcing its legislative priorities for the 2024 general assembly session. The priorities fall into five major issue areas: Health & Environmental Justice, Housing & Transportation, Black Wealth & Black Businesses, Education Equity, and Justice & Public Safety. HEALTH & ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE Maryland Maternal Health Act of [...]
With the start of the 2024 Maryland General Assembly Session just days away, House and Senate leadership have released the list of prefiled bills. A total of 565 prefiled bills have been posted -- 225 from the House and 310 from the Senate. Bills that have been prefiled are introduced and assigned to a committee [...]
Executive and legislative leadership broached the hard subjects of potential tax increases, budget cuts, cost shifts, and other tough decisions that will need to be made as the state faces a structural budget shortfall at the 2024 MACo Winter Conference last week. An article in Maryland Matters offers key insights and quotes from the presentation. [...]
The past week Manis Canning & Associates lobbyist Natasha Mehu attended the National Black Professional Lobbyists Association's (NBPLA) 2023 Membership Meeting and Conference. The 2nd Annual Conference took place in Birmingham, Alabama. The conference offered networking and discussions between in-house and contract lobbyists as well as corporate representatives. Panels delved into trends in energy, workforce, [...]
As reported in the Baltimore Business Journal, Natasha Mehu, Associate at Manis Canning & Associates, has been named to the Chase Brexton Health Care Board of Directors. Chase Brexton is a federally qualified health center that serves patients at 5 locations in Maryland. Its mission is to "provide compassionate and integrated high quality health care [...]
Over the next few years, six communities in South Baltimore will receive a historic $20M in funding through a community benefits agreement. Oversight of the funding will be handled by the SB7 Coalition Inc. a nonprofit whose members include Brooklyn, Cherry Hill, Curtis Bay, Lakeland, Mount Winans, Westport communities, and the Baltimore Peninsula developers. The [...]
Ahead of the 2024 General Assembly session, Senate President Bill Ferguson has announced changes to Senate committee leadership and membership. Notably, he has appointed Senator Pamela Beidle to chair the Finance Committee. Senator Beidle will replace Senator Melony Griffith who resigned to lead the Maryland Hospital Association. The appointments, noted in a letter to members of [...]
Delegate Marc Korman Delegate Marc Korman has been selected by Speaker Adrienne Jones to replace Chair Kumar Barve who was chosen by Governor Wes Moore to serve on the Public Service Commission. Delegate Regina Boyce The Environment and Transportation Committee will have all new top leadership as Delegate Regina Boyce was [...]
Governor Wes Moore, Attorney General Anthony Brown, and Comptroller Brooke Lierman were successful in getting some or all portions of their first legislative packages passed by the 2023 General Assembly. The following summarizes where each leader's package stands as of April 13, 2023, after the 2023 General Assembly has adjourned. Governor Wes Moore [...]
