Qualifying employers would not be allowed to cut employees’ pay or benefits

The popular but embattled leader had said she had ”no other choice” but to ask the organization’s board to transition her out.

When PriceRite closed, Pigtown leaders feared the neighborhood would become a new food ‘desert.’

Residents slam board members at meeting as council member who backs CEO and President Lakey Boyd criticizes ‘one-sided’ plan that prompted her decision.

A plan presented by the board “improve the relationship” with its CEO is rendering her “ineffective,” she says

“That’s why I call her ‘Mama,’” one customer said. “Everybody loves ‘em because everybody knows ‘em. She’s been here for so long, it’s like she’s family for real.”

“It’s one thing to just throw resources at a community,” one harm reduction worker. “It’s another to build relationships."

Community supporters have lined signed up to speak at public meetings, praising CEO Lakey Boyd’s work and demanding answers from the board. Board members have largely remained silent.

Family reunions are joyful, but the gathering may also be a bittersweet reminder of loved ones who live far away.

Asian American residents hope the center will feature cultural exhibits, promote civic engagement and help new immigrants.

Baltimore’s food deserts are spread out in a patchwork pattern across the city and disproportionately affect Black residents.

Democrats currently hold 99 seats in the House of Delegates and 32 seats in the state Senate, representing veto-proof majorities in both chambers.

Asian Americans constitute 6% of eligible voters in the state as of 2020, putting Maryland among the top 10 states with the highest percentages of such voters, according to the Pew Research Center.

Significant growth in Latino residents in past decades are making Latino voters a group that can no longer be ignored by candidates and campaigns in Maryland, community leaders say.

The opening of new immigration courts and hiring of new judges — measures taken by the court system to address a massive backlog of cases — is contributing to confusion, attorneys say.

The soft launch marks the unveiling of a renovated space called the South Market, a $45 million redevelopment project that has been in the making for four years.

Their jobs took on new levels of urgency during the pandemic, and they continue to monitor possible threats to public health.

The Baltimore New American Access Coalition is the first citywide, coordinated case management initiative targeting immigrants and refugees in the city.

Head of Maryland Defenders Union cites “unsustainable workloads” and low pay as challenges to adequately representing the state’s poorest defendants.

Residents of what some have dubbed the ’I-83 tent city’ had said they intended to leave the premises only temporarily and would move back.