Lorig in the News

November 2023

• Read about Lorig's efforts to move offshore wind projects forward while protecting ratepayers from cost increases (Baltimore Sun)

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September 2023

• Listen to Lorig discuss her POWER Act that established one of the nation’s most aggressive offshore wind goals, four times the offshore wind capacity currently approved. (WYPR - On the Record)

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August 2023

• Read how Lorig is in the vanguard of state legislators drafting legislation for the equitable development of geothermal energy. (Maryland Matters)

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July 2023

• Read how Lorig's climate legislation is getting national attention.  (Maryland Matters)

 

June 2023

• Read Lorig's response on why now is the time to go hard, be bold, and get creative to both meet our climate goals and protect ratepayers.  (Baltimore Sun)

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• Read about Lorig's efforts to protect workers from extreme heat. (Maryland Matters)

• Listen to Lorig's interview with David Roberts on how she found a more just and politically durable way to fund offshore wind. (Volts)

 

May 2023

• Read how Lorig's bill helps low-income residents with their utility bills. (Baltimore Sun)

 

April 2023

• ​Read Lorig is declared one of only five *winners* in this year's session of the  General Assembly! (Maryland Matters)

• Read about Governor Moore signing Lorig's offshore wind bill into law! (Maryland Matters)

• Watch Lorig explain why she will continue to push for fire safety legislation. (WJLA ABC News)

• Read what Lorig is doing to push back on the power grid's "shadow government." (Politico)

• Read about the big win for offshore wind! (Baltimore Banner)

• Read about the big win for offshore wind! (Maryland Matters)

• Listen about Lorig's efforts to increase fire safety. (WTOP)

 

March 2023

• Read about Lorig's "first in the nation" bill to increase transparency at public utilities such as the Public Service Commission. (Maryland Matters)

• Read how Lorig is pressing for greater transparency in the Public Service Commission. (Utility Dive)

• Watch Lorig debate why we need to increase the minimum wage more quickly and tie it to inflation.  (MPT's State Circle; Lorig's piece begins at the 10:50 minute mark.)

• Read about Lorig's bill to increase Offshore Wind. (AP)  Outlets running the AP story: (Washington Post, CBS, Daily Record, Cecil Daily, US News, WBOC, The Derrick, WRDE, The Northern Virginia Daily, Local Today News, Flipboard, Hindustan News Hub, User Walls)

• Read about the first hearing on Lorig's bill to increase Offshore Wind. (Maryland Matters)

• Watch to learn about Lorig's Melanie Diaz Sprinklers Saves Lives bill (NBC4 Washington)

 

February 2023

• ​Read about about Lorig's Melanie Diaz Sprinklers Saves Lives bill (Moco 360)

 

January 2023

• ​Read about Lorig's bill to automatically enroll SNAP recipients in Medicaid. (Baltimore Sun)

• Watch Lorig talk about food security in Montgomery County (Montgomery Community Media)

• Read Lorig and other advocates' push for increasing Maryland's off-shore wind goals.

• Read about Lorig's bill to invest in energy efficiency in low-income housing. (Maryland Matters)

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November 2022

• ​Read why Lorig is "wildly excited" about the benefits of off-shore wind. (Maryland Matters)

• Read about efforts, including new legislation being introduced by Lorig, to make sure more people have healthcare insurance. (Maryland Matters)

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September 2022

• ​Read about electrical power grids across the country and Lorig's analysis of how they are regulated. (Maryland Matters)

 

August 2022

• Read How Lorig's legislation on reducing medical debt is a model across the country (Maryland Matters)

• Read Lorig's take on how the Inflation Reduction Act will help states achieve climate goals (Bloomberg Law)

• Read Lorig's take on how the Inflation Reduction Act will help Maryland achieve its ambitious climate goals (Governing)

• Read Lorig's bill to lessen the effects of climate change on Maryland workers (Maryland Matters)

• Read Lorig's work with other legislators to help Marylanders increase their energy efficiency (Maryland Matters)

• Read Lorig on the Inflation Reduction Act's impact on Maryland (Governing)

 

July 2022

• Read Lorig's bill to bring more inclusivity to public school sports (MCM) 

 

June 2022

• Read Lorig's op-ed about the benefits of offshore wind (The Washington Post) 

• Read Lorig's bill to improve energy efficiency for low-income Marylanders (Maryland Matters)

 

April 2022

• Read Lorig's bill to create safer streets (WTOP)

• Read Lorig's advocacy for pedestrian safety (NBC 4)

 

March 2022

• Read Lorig’s bill to modernize Maryland's electric grid (Maryland Matters)

• Read Lorig’s bill to ban the declawing cats (The Washington Post)

• Read Lorig's bill to help low-income residents save energy (Utility Dive)

• Read Lorig's effort to improve pedestrian safety (Maryland Matters)

 

February 2022

• Read Lorig’s effort to reduce police interactions in crisis situations (Maryland Matters)

• Read Lorig's bill to improve Maryland's distribution grids (Maryland Matters)

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January 2022

• Read Lorig’s effort to address increasing food insecurity in Maryland (Maryland Matters)

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November 2021

•  Read Lorig’s effort to help struggling businesses hurt by Purple Line construction (WTOP)

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• Read Lorig’s effort to help struggling businesses hurt by Purple Line construction (WDVM)

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• Read Lorig’s effort to provide Medical Debt Relief for low-income families (ABC- Channel 47)

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• Read Lorig and 537 state legislators from 47 states calling for more ambitious climate goals (Maryland Matters) 

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September 2021

• Read Lorig’s proposal to change State Business Improvement District (BID) law (Bethesda Magazine)

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• Read Lorig’s proposal to change State Business Improvement District (BID) law (Source of the Spring)

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August 2021

• Read Lorig’s successful “Power In The Park” event in Langley Park (Maryland Matters)

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• Read Lorig’s advocacy for clean energy within PJM, the US's biggest electrical grid (Bloomberg Magazine)

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July 2021

• Read Legal battle to preserve Maryland’s unemployment benefits program, supported by Lorig’s bill (Maryland Matters)

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June 2021

• Read Lorig’s work to extend Maryland’s unemployment benefits program as Hogan ends federal program (Maryland Matters)

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• Read Lorig’s efforts to address the “shift in the face of hunger” (WTOP)

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May 2021

• Read Lorig’s bill to promote geothermal energy in Maryland (Maryland Matters)

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April 2021

• Read Lorig’s bill to pass an organics diversion mandate (Waste Dive)

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• Read Lorig’s bill to connect people to health insurance when they file for unemployment insurance (State of Reform)

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March 2021

• Read Lorig’s bill to make the Maryland Unemployment Insurance system more transparent, efficient, accessible, and consumer-friendly (Baltimore Sun)

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• Read Lorig’s bill to create guardrails in hospital debt collection practices so no one faces financial ruin because they get sick (Maryland Matters)

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• Read Lorig’s medical debt protection bill passes the House of Delegates unanimously (Maryland Matters)

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• Read Lorig’s bill requiring the Public Service Commission to consider climate and labor in their decision-making (Maryland Matters)

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• Read Lorig’s Op-Ed on the need to reform how the region's electrical grid operator, PJM, manages our energy supply to use more renewable energy (Baltimore Business Journal)

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• Watch Lorig’s bill to fix Maryland’s broken Unemployment Insurance Program (WBAL-TV)

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February 2021

• See Lorig’s Medical Debt Protection bill (WMAR-TV)

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• Hear Lorig’s Medical Debt Protection bill (WBAL-Radio)

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• Hear Lorig’s Medical Debt Protection bill (WYPR-Radio)

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• Watch Lorig’s bill to fix Maryland’s broken Unemployment Insurance program (WJZ-TV Baltimore)

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January 2021

• Read Lorig’s advocacy to make sure the regional transmission organization (PJM) acts quickly to add renewables into our grid (Utility Dive)

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December 2020

• Read Lorig’s work to “to connect struggling residents with utility relief program”  (WTOP)

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• Read Fines for Washington Gas in the Flower Branch Apartment catastrophe (Maryland Matters)

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• Read Fines for Washington Gas in the Flower Branch Apartment catastrophe (WTOP)

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• Read Fines for Washington Gas in the Flower Branch Apartment catastrophe (Washington Post)

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• Read Lorig and others fighting against federal efforts to undermine state clean energy policy (Utility Dive)

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November 2020

• Read Lorig's advocacy to help struggling Marylanders access affordable health care (Baltimore Sun)

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• Read Lorig canvassing in PA for Biden/Harris (Maryland Matters)

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• Read Lorig and Del. Fisher on Indigenous People’s Day (Maryland Matters)

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August 2020

• Read Lorig's Op-Ed  “A Just Recovery for MD — COVID, Climate and the Economy” (Maryland Matters)

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• Read Lorig’s call for stronger utility regulation after Flower Branch explosion  (WTOP)

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July 2020

• Hear Lorig and the natural gas pipeline to the Eastern Shore (WAMU)

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May 2020

• Read Lorig pushing for Washington Gas to be accountable for the Flower Branch Explosion (Maryland Matters)

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• Read Lorig's efforts to protect Maryland’s offshore wind program from federal assault (Utility Dive)

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• Read Lorig's attempt to roll back federal assault on Maryland's clean energy goals (Utility Dive)

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• Read Lorig’s Op-Ed on Farmers Markets’ importance for food security during pandemic (Baltimore Sun)

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March 2020

• Read Lorig’s effort for more aid for low income individuals achieve Energy Efficiency stalled by COVID (Utility Dive)

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• Read Lorig’s proposal for a “Luxury Tax” to fund Maryland Public Schools (Maryland Matters)

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February 2020

• Read Lorig’s bill to protect consumers from Medical Debt (Maryland Matters)

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• Hear Lorig and the General Assembly's Running Caucus (WAMU)

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January 2020

• Watch Lorig’s Zero Waste legislation (WBAL-TV)