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John Rennie Short, Public Policy, in The Atlantic Cities

In advance of last Saturday’s announcement that Tokyo will host the 2020 Summer Olympic Games, public policy professor John Rennie Short offered a fresh take on how to make the games more...

Posted: September 11, 2013, 3:38 PM

Eric Zeemering named Fulbright Canada Scholar

Dr. Eric Zeemering, an assistant professor of public policy, has been named a 2013-14 Fulbright Scholar by Fulbright Canada. He will spend five months at the University of Ottawa investigating how...

Posted: September 4, 2013, 5:32 PM

Donald Norris, Public Policy, in The Baltimore Sun

The Baltimore Sun reports that support is building among lawmakers to raise Maryland’s minimum wage from $7.25 an hour to at least $10 an hour. Why now? Donald F. Norris, professor and chair of...

Posted: September 3, 2013, 9:10 PM

Donald Norris, Public Policy in the Baltimore Sun

“Maryland Attorney General Douglas F. Gansler came under fire Tuesday for comments that his top rival in the Democratic primary for governor is running on little besides his African-American...

Posted: August 14, 2013, 5:25 PM

Donald Norris, Public Policy, in AP Story on CBS Baltimore

The sudden appearance of three referenda in Maryland’s last election made some in Annapolis predict that they would be a regular feature in future elections, used as a tool by Maryland’s GOP to...

Posted: June 10, 2013, 7:20 PM