Maryland to study slavery reparations after lawmakers override Dem governor's veto

Maryland legislature overrides Gov. Wes Moore's veto to create reparations commission studying slavery's legacy and racial ...

Maryland commission to study reparations after veto override

Maryland lawmakers on Wednesday voted to create a commission to study slavery, overriding a veto from Gov. Wes Moore (D) ...

Maryland to consider slavery reparations after Gov. Wes Moore's veto is overridden

Maryland will create a commission to study potential reparations for slavery after lawmakers voted Tuesday to override a veto ...
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Legislature overrides Moore’s veto, approves creation of reparations commission

It took years to pass — and another eight months to override the governor’s veto — but lawmakers gave final approval Tuesday ...

Maryland General Assembly: Vetoes overridden on reparations, data centers, climate change

The General Assembly convened Tuesday in Annapolis for a special session to elect a new speaker of the House of Delegates and ...
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As reparations bill passes, it remains unclear if Gov. Moore will sign it

MARYLAND (WBFF) — After a bill to create a Maryland Reparations Commission passed in the General Assembly, it remains unclear if Governor Wes Moore plans to sign it or not. The legislation would ...
Yahoo

Moore to veto reparations bill, one of a list of measures he will reject

Gov. Wes Moore signing legislation during his first bill signing in 2023. On Friday, his office announced he would be vetoing 23 bills this year. (Photo by Bryan P. Sears/Maryland Matters) Gov. Wes ...
The Baltimore Sun

Reparations bill veto is a blow to justice

I’ve spent my adult life advocating for reparations, starting over 20 years ago as a student calling on the University of Alabama to honor the memory of two known enslaved people, Jack and Boysey, ...
IJR

Nation’s Sole Black Governor Vetoes Reparations Bill

Democratic Maryland Gov. Wes Moore announced Friday that he vetoed a bill that would have created a commission to study and recommend potential reparations for people impacted by slavery and racial ...
The Root

‘Slavery Has Never Been Properly Addressed’: Reparations Bill Reintroduced to Congress

On Juneteenth in 2019, lawmakers met with Black activists and scholars to discuss H.R. 40—a bill to create a reparations commission to examine the impact of slavery and the possibility of compensation ...
Afro

Larry Gibson’s opposition to Maryland reparations study bill provides cover for critics

Larry Gibson, a lawyer, longtime law professor at the Francis King Carey School of Law in the University of Maryland, Baltimore, political strategist and historian, is an elder that has made ...
San Diego Union-Tribune

The push for reparations continues to conflict with equality and legal reality

It appears that reparations advocates who fail to learn from history are doomed to a repeat veto. For the second session in a row, Governor Gavin Newsom vetoed several reparations bills that would ...