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/

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.

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.

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 www.womenshistory.org/education-re... #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:🧵

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, 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...

"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

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.

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

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 www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-roo...

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

Huge overdraft fees burn a hole in the pockets of hard-working Americans while enriching big banks and their CEOs. I've worked for years to tackle these sham fees, and I'm glad to see this finalized action to ensure big banks can't profit off those who are just trying to get by.

Baltimore's population density in 1930

🆕How can cities fund #PublicTransit beyond collecting fares?🚍 A new @wrirosscities.bsky.social working paper examines funding strategies from 11 global cities - from congestion charges to land value capture. See how Copenhagen, Paris & others diversify transit revenue: www.wri.org/research/far...

Team 46 - Sen. Bill Ferguson, Del. Luke Clippinger, Del. Mark Edelson and I - are proud to support community-driven public safety projects with State funds, like the Community Health & Safety Works and Entertainment District Security grant programs. Together we'll build a thriving & safer Baltimore.

Pouring rain at noon today. My stop on the eastbound Navy line, hemmed in by parked cars, had no shelter. Eastern Ave in Fells Point. The wonderful operator of Bus #11052 stopped on a dime once she spotted me. Today, I'm so grateful for kind people & good transit service. @mtamaryland.bsky.social