State lawmakers asked to expand protective order criteria
VIDEO: Legislation expanding the criteria for obtaining a protective order in domestic abuse cases is a personal matter for one state legislator.
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Families dressed as superheroes lobby for sick leave
Early Thursday morning, moms and children gathered inside the Miller Senate building at tables littered with paper groundhogs and markers, but this Groundhog’s Day gathering was no celebration for Punxsutawney Phil. Instead, the group, each dressed up in a cape featuring a logo for family-advocacy group MomsRising, gathered to show legislators their support for a paid sick-leave bill, HB1, the Maryland Healthy Working Families Act.