"Chicom" Slur, Ozempic Price Control, Emotional Straw Votes, Back STRIDE

Maryland GOP delegates Mark Fisher and Biran Chisholm call Chinese American and Democratic state delegate Chao Wu a Chinese spy. Maryland puts Ozempic under upper payment limits for state and local entities. Montgomery County Council took emotional straw votes last week on next year's capital and operating budgets. Maryland Public Service Commission steps back from its plan to curb excessive investment in gas delivery infrastructure by utility companies. A former Montgomery County employee in the Office of Human Resources alleges discrimination and denial of disability accommodations in that office. And more. Music by Silver Spring rock musician MYSTR Treefrog.