In miniature, September 24

• “Maryland’s Occupational Licensing Regime Hurts the Poor” [Free State Foundation]
• Some Western Maryland coverage of redistricting reform commission, one highlight being “head of the Grinch” [Jen Fifield/FNP, Tamela Baker/Herald-Mail, Kevin McManus/WFMD]
• Incentives matter: “IRS data again shows taxpayers leaving Maryland” [Maryland Reporter]
• Another story goes national on Larry Hogan’s reforms: “Maryland Governor Plans Reduction in Loads of Licensing Fees” [Scott Shackford, Reason]
• “Maryland facing backlog of 30,000 asbestos cases” [Jon Campisi, Legal NewsLine]
• Rent control hasn’t worked well in Takoma Park, yet Montgomery County council member Marc Elrich now wants it countywide [WaPo]

In miniature, September 6

• Emily Washington on long failed history of progressive urban housing policies [Market Urbanism; Stephen J.K. Walters and Louis Miserendino/Castle Coalition on Baltimore’s record with eminent domain megaprojects]
• Forum-shopping, weak structured-settlements law blamed as middlemen nab much of Maryland lead paint billions [Terrence McCoy, Washington Post]
• A shameful chapter ends thanks to Larry Hogan’s leadership: notorious state-run Baltimore City Detention Center now closed for good [Erin Fuchs, Business Insider]
• Yes, that’s Anne Arundel councilmember Michael Peroutka addressing a pro-Kim Davis rally [YouTube, earlier on Peroutka and his many extreme views, my Davis take at Cato]
• Some Democrats have called on a housing commissioner in Maryland to resign. Remarkably it’s not this one [Baltimore Sun]
• Glad to be a part of the governor’s commission to rethink Maryland’s procedures for redistricting [Frederick News-Post profile by Jen Fifield, Rebecca Lessner/Maryland Reporter, Baltimore Sun, Washington Post]