Exelon announced the creation of its Racial Equity Capital Fund, which aims to use $36 million to help minority businesses obtain capital to fuel growth and spur job opportunities.

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After the murder of George Floyd by a Minneapolis police officer in May 2020, many residents, organizations and businesses began taking a closer, deeper look at racial and economic injustice. Though many have been making contributions for a number of ...

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The Maryland House of Delegates is scheduled to vote on whether to expand the number of licenses allowed to grow medical marijuana to increase minority business ownership.

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Hogan announced the study two weeks after the Legislative Black Caucus called for a special session that would focus on a bill that would earmark five licenses for minority-owned businesses.

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Members of the General Assembly’s Legislative Black Caucus on Wednesday called on the governor, speaker of the House and Senate president to convene a special session to address minority business disparities in the state’s medical marijuana program. The call to reconvene ...

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