Wins to Celebrate – Session, 2019
Friday, April 05, 2019
Legislative wins (and challenges) for consumers from the 2019 Maryland legislative session.
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We Need YOU to Help Keep Payday Lending OUT of Maryland
Thursday, March 16, 2017
We need your help TODAY to ask Senator Middleton to pass a clean anti-payday bill for Maryland consumers.
ACTION ALERT: Tell Your Electeds to Keep Payday Lending OUT of Maryland
Tuesday, March 14, 2017
Can you help us by taking two minutes to send an email to your elected officials on the Senate Finance and House Economic Matters committees, asking them to stand up for Maryland borrowers and keep predatory payday loans OUT of our state?
ACTION ALERT: Tell Your Electeds to Make Auto Insurance Fair & Affordable
Friday, March 03, 2017
This week, the Senate Finance and House Economic Matters committees heard two critical bills that will make auto insurance more fundamentally fair and more affordable. We need your help to pass these bills out of committee!
Stop Auto Insurers from Driving Women Off the Road
Wednesday, February 15, 2017
On Thursday, February 16, Del. Sydnor is introducing HB916 which will prohibit auto insurers from using sex, marital status, occupation, education, or homeownership when setting auto insurance rates. This legislation will help reduce auto insurance costs for women, drivers in predominately African-American neighborhoods, and low-income workers.
We Have Work to Do
Tuesday, November 15, 2016
The election, which many of us longed to see an end to, ended in a way that many of us did not foresee. Although it has been clear that there are fissures within our society, the results last week brought into sharp relief how deeply those fissures run.
Arbitration Woes and Ancient Foes
Tuesday, April 19, 2016
According to ancient history (and the box office hit Gladiator), the wretchedly evil Roman Emperor, Commodus, used to fight weak and crippled opponents at the Colosseum, where all of the Roman people could spectate. Within the arena, Commodus would selectively spare gladiators who cowered and submitted to his greatness. By contrast, those he dueled behind closed doors were mercilessly slayed.
Education in the State House: How Legislators Can Spread Economic Opportunity this Session
Thursday, January 21, 2016
Maryland may have two-million dollars of money for workforce development scholarships coming its way if members of the Senate pass bill SB38.