Maryland Bill to Help Fund Body Cameras Gets Bipartisan Support

2.3.23 – Government Technology Lawmakers from both parties are supporting a bill that would help law enforcement agencies in the state afford body cameras and the necessary storage technology. Smaller agencies have struggled with these costs. Legislation to help...

A 4-Day Workweek in Maryland? Bill Would Push Employers to Try

1.25.23 – New legislation in Maryland’s General Assembly proposes incentives for private and public sector employers to try a four-day workweek. The bill directs the Maryland Department of Labor to administer a pilot program to study the possibility of a...

The issues small business will watch closely in 2023

1.16.23 – The Daily Record – Inflation. Supply Chain. Labor Shortages. Those three things might be the easiest way to sum up 2022 for small businesses. The National Federation of Independent Business’s (NFIB) Optimism Index is still below its 49-year...

Crime on forefront as Maryland General Assembly starts 445th legislative session

1.11.23 – CBS Baltimore – The 445th legislative session of Maryland’s General Assembly kicked off Wednesday.  The State House website claims that the building is the “oldest state capitol in continuous legislative use.” And on the first...

Joyce M. Hausler has Passed Away

Joyce M. Hausler Joyce M. Hausler, 70, passed away in Midlothian, VA on December 29, 2022. She spent 40 years in the alarm monitoring business and was active in crime prevention, law enforcement and community organizations. Joyce was active in the False Alarm...

Moore has his priorities — and Md. legislative leaders have theirs, too

House Speaker Adrienne A. Jones, right, and Senate President Bill Ferguson, shown in a 2020 photo, will be working with a Democratic governor in the 2023 legislative session. (The Daily Record/File Photo) 1.8.23 – Daily Record – By: Bryan P. Sears Daily Record...