February 27th, 2025 by WCBC Radio

Maryland’s Speaker of the House, Adrienne Jones, has introduced a bill to establish an Office of Social Equity.  Saying that programs to assist small business and the disadvantaged are fractured across state government, the new entity merges the functions of the Office of Small, Minority, and Women-Owned Business Affairs, the Office of Social Equity within the Cannabis Office, and the Office of Minority Business Enterprises within Transportation…

   

“The bill will centralize all our social equity programs across state government and put them under a single, efficient cabinet-level agency giving equity a literal seat at the table.”