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Five years ago, as a student at St. Mary's College of Maryland, I spent much of March calling legislators and traveling back and forth from St. Mary's County to Annapolis to rally for the Maryland Offshore Wind Act - cardboard turbines for arms and all. Environmentalists and the wind industry had been working for years to legalize wind power off the coast of Maryland, a renewable energy source that could power 500,000 homes. In addition to legalizing offshore wind, it created a framework to ensure that Maryland small businesses, especially minority-owned businesses, would be a part of

Last week, a freight train on its way to the Port of Baltimore derailed in Ijamsville, a small town in Frederick County. Fortunately, although the train was carrying hazardous materials, none of the eight cars that derailed were punctured, and other than disruption to other freight shipments through Maryland, there were no impacts. Read more about the derailment and see pictures in the Frederick News-Post.

The Port of Baltimore is an important economic driver for Baltimore City and the whole state, carrying increasing volumes of freight traffic from all over the world. But when those shipments

This has been an action-packed month and a half in Annapolis. Crossover is now looming, when all bills have to clear one of the sides of our General Assembly and move over to the other body. Here is the status of our legislative priorities:

A Septic Solution (SB266/HB281): Nitrogen from human waste is making its way to our local rivers and streams from outdated septic systems, degrading water quality. The bill is up for a contentious vote on the Senate floor because lobbyists are peddling a false narrative about home sales, and we need you to tell your legislator that you want septic systems