MICA

May 1, 2013

Maryland's largest health insurer, CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield, has proposed a 25 percent hike in premiums for individual plans. CareFirst says the Affordable Care Act is driving the proposed increase. We talk with CEO Chet Burrell.

Prince George's County police officer Adrian Morris was killed in the line of duty last August. He will be one of seven honored Friday at this year's Fallen Heroes Day at Dulaney Valley Memorial Gardens. We talk with one of his friends and fellow officers.

May 1, 2013

The bold type and fluorescent images of Baltimore’s Globe Poster Company were great advertising for touring bands back in the heyday of R & B.  Now, to the creators’ surprise, they’re considered works of art.  The Globe Poster collection has been purchased by MICA, and we’ll drop in there to talk with longtime Globe shop operators Bob & Frank Cicero 

At a Maryland Institute College of Art printmaking studio, the walls are lined with drawers of methodically arranged typesetting blocks, and down the middle of the room is a row of mechanical Vandercook proof presses.

This segment originally aired on December 6, 2011.

About a year ago, Baltimore lost one of its leading arts advocates when Nancy Haragan, the founding Director of the Greater Baltimore Cultural Alliance, died of cancer.  Our own Tom Hall worked closely with Nancy and other arts leaders as a member of the GBCA board. On December 6th of last year, Tom offered this remembrance.

A report out from the United Health Foundation ranks Maryland 19th out of the 50 states in terms of overall health. We talk with a United medical officer about the report, and with Health Secretary Joshua Sharfstein about the challenges Maryland faces, in areas including obesity, infant mortality, and violent crime.

With about 20 hours to go before polls open tomorrow, even with last week’s storm knocking out two days, more Marylanders have voted early in this election cycle than ever before.

Are you in the zone?  The enterprise zone, that is.  Baltimore is redrawing the lines for the city's enterprise zone, which determine the companies get big tax breaks.  We talk about it with a reporter for the Baltimore Business Journal and a tax manager from the Department of Economic Development, which oversees the process.