Maryland Gov. Wes Moore on Friday vetoed a bill that would have required the state to define the economic harms to Black descendants of enslaved people and recommend remedies, dealing a blow to reparations supporters who counted on the only Black governor of a U.S. state to be an ally.

Maryland Gov. Wes Moore has announced he will veto a measure to create a commission to study potential slavery reparations in the state.

Gov. Wes Moore vetoed legislation that would have launched a two-year study into whether the state should provide reparations to Black Marylanders.