It's time to update your health insurance coverage - open enrollment time! With so much upheaval at the federal level, states have to take more responsibility. Learn about your health insurance options on their upcoming webinar. Click here or see details below! healthcareforall.com/Webinar/

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To Increase Investments in Transportation, Policymakers Must Account for Local Leaders’ Unofficial—but Powerful—Influence Setting maximum timelines for project deliberation and being able to quickly assess the costs and benefits of a proposed change will help speed infrastructure investments and ultimately ensure more pe...

Extended engagement processes & balkanized decisionmaking have led to the US suffering from declining infrastructure investment.

In new work at @urbaninstitute.bsky.social, I argue that we also need to consider a 3rd issue: The informal role of local elected officials in influencing outcomes.

Public Meetings Privilege Housing Opponents — Here’s How to Fix It - The Urbanist # The way cities conduct public outreach and local elections stacks the deck against homebuilding, tenants, and people of color, research shows. But it doesn’t have to be this way.

If you’re un or underemployed + you have the ability to show up in the daytime for meetings to speak up for tenant rights & rezones, it’s a great way to feel & be useful in your community. every 8 year planning & favors land owning voices over all else.

This bill didn't move, unfortunately.

Glad to say this bill passed!

This one passed both chambers!

Sadly, the bill got stuck in the Senate. We will keep working on this.

On House floor debating #HB424 to give our Prescription Affordability Board authority to set upper payment limits on state reimbursement for certain medications. Del. Bonnie Cullison expertly defending while we oppose attempts to weaken the bill. Protecting Marylanders all day long. #Working4MD

Day 3 - Maggie Lena Walker

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#BlackHistoryMonth #BHM #CivilRights

I ran @USAID health programs for the last 3 years. Trump’s 90 day Stop Work Order on foreign assistance does serious damage to the world and the US. Examples:🧵

Thanks so much for joining us in Baltimore!

Mpact:LAB was on the move this weekend! Our Associate Director, Sarah Rudolf was at the #CityforAllForum hosted by @robbynlewis46th.bsky.social. Alongside AARP Maryland, Mpact:LAB facilitated a mini think tank. Together, the group developed a shared story about the state of mobility in Baltimore.

Thank you for attending and for your dedication! See you at your Better Transit Now Rally on Feb 4th in Annapolis!

So grown up! Time is flying <3

Thank you, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

In Baltimore, the Mayor's Office of Immigrant Affairs provides information that's helpful to everyone. Bookmark the Community Resource Guide. mima.baltimorecity.gov/community-re...

As of this writing, He's not the president. God help us when he is.

"What the people want is very simple--they want an America as good as its promise."
Barbara Jordan, who died on this day in 1996

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I'm thinking a lot about how to prepare for January 20th and beyond, on every front. Here in Maryland, CASA has set up a hotline 1-888-214-6016 to report any ICE encounters. Take care of yourself and your community.

‘Everyone thought it would cause gridlock’: the highway that Seoul turned into a stream Cheonggyecheon stream in the South Korean capital has become an attraction – and helps with flood management, fighting air pollution and cooling the city

Cheonggyecheon is proof that removing highways can make cities better. 20 years ago, Seoul replaced concrete with a stream, and the results are remarkable: cooler temperatures, cleaner air, and 12 million visitors annually.

My latest for the Guardian: www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...

Utrecht, the Netherlands Then vs. Now. This time taken from the same spot!
Livable Cities

Nearly half of young Americans don’t want to own a car A new survey from Deloitte found that nearly half of young Americans surveyed would give up driving in favor of alternative transportation options.

Young Americans may not *want* to own a car, but most will have to drive b/c cars are usually the only option when you have a job and kids.

This is what happens when a country has decades of car-centric development. It's the very opposite of freedom.

Later today begins the 447th legislative session of the Maryland General Assembly! It's peaceful in beautiful, historic Annapolis this morning. Lots of important work to do over the next 90 days!

FACT SHEET: Vice President Harris Announces Final Rule Removing Medical Debt from All Credit Reports | The White House Today’s final rule will remove $49 billion in unpaid medical bills from the credit reports of 15 million Americans. In addition, the Vice President is

FACT SHEET: Vice President Harris Announces Final Rule Removing Medical Debt from All Credit Reports
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Higher Social Security payments coming for millions of people from bill that Biden signed President Joe Biden has signed into law a measure that boosts Social Security payments for current and former public employees.

Yesterday President Biden signed our Social Security Fairness Act to ensure public workers receive the full Social Security benefits they've paid into and earned over years of hard work.

This will help millions more Americans retire with dignity — including tens of thousands of Marylanders.

But we need to “learn how to talk to them.” We’ve had to deal with this lot our entire lives. They used to feel constrained by norms and socially-compelled standards. Now they feel emboldened. So we get this.

Thanks America!

The last time Democrats passed a law to actually REDUCE HEALTHCARE COSTS AT THE SOURCE they were kicked out of power by the voters.

It's called the Inflation Reduction Act and it allows Medicare to negotiate prescription drug prices...something progressives had been demanding for decades.

New year, new ways to save money.

Starting in 2025, people across the country no longer have to hand their money over to TurboTax to file their taxes.

Instead, you can file your taxes online, for free with the IRS.

See if you're eligible at directfile.irs.gov