ANNAPOLIS, Md. – Maryland Senate President Bill Ferguson (D-Baltimore City) was re-nominated by a unanimous vote of the Senate Democratic Caucus, alongside Senate President Pro Tem Sen. Malcolm Augustine (D-Prince George’s), to lead the Senate of Maryland for a seventh consecutive year.
BALTIMORE, Md. – Waking up to the horrible news that 30 people were shot at a gathering overnight in the district. This is well beyond gut-wrenching, it's a worst-case nightmare.
BALTIMORE, Md. – Today’s decision by the Supreme Court to strike down affirmative action in higher education is yet another example of this court upending decades of precedent.
BALTIMORE, Md. – I want to thank Commissioner Harrison for bringing stability to the Baltimore Police Department at a time of great transition and reform. During his time leading the Department, Commissioner Harrison has been a strong partner who worked on behalf of Baltimore’s residents to build the foundations of a safer City.
ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — The Maryland General Assembly wrapped up its 90-day legislative session at midnight Monday. (From: Associated Press, by Brian Witte)
As both chambers adjourned sine die, the legislature’s teenage pages dumped boxes of confetti and trash bags full of balloons from the galleries above onto the rostrums and floors of the Senate and House, sending flashes of color raining down on the president and speaker below, in the traditional celebratory close. (From: Maryland Matters, by William F. Zorzi and Danielle E. Gaines)
Facing a midnight deadline to put the finishing touches on everything from gun control policies to strengthening oversight of an embattled state college savings agency, Maryland lawmakers enter Monday’s final day of the 2023 session with a packed schedule that could take them right up to the wire. Still, most of the major issues for the year are settled. Hundreds of bills are already on their way to Democratic Gov. Wes Moore’s desk after the House and Senate each spent recent weeks in marathon bill-passing sessions. Controversial topics like abortion and recreational cannabis are essentially done. (From: The Baltimore Banner, by By Sam Janesch and Hannah Gaskill)
Maryland lawmakers considered 2,275 bills and nine resolutions over the course of 90 days, ranging from minor tweaks to government programs to major policy changes that will increase the minimum wage, create a new legal marijuana industry, restrict gun rights and protect access to abortion. (From: The Baltimore Banner, by By Pamela Wood, Brenda Wintrode, and Callan Tansill-Suddath)
After 89 days sifting through more than 2,000 pieces of proposed legislation, the Maryland General Assembly is set to conclude its 445th session at midnight. With many of the most heavily debated issues settled, the first year of the term has been characterized by turnover and new energy at the top levels of government and a willingness to work together, legislative leaders said. (From: Maryland Matters, by Danielle E. Gaines)
Lawmakers are moving forward with a plan to abolish the troubled Maryland 529 board and put the state’s treasurer in charge of a claims settlement process for holders of pre-paid college trust funds. (From: Maryland Matters, by Danielle E. Gaines)
ANNAPOLIS, Md. — Maryland lawmakers kept working Friday on passing some remaining priority measures of the Democratic-led legislature in the waning days of the session. At the top of the list: bills to enable a recreational marijuana market to open July 1 and to respond to the U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling last year that expanded gun rights. (From: The Washington Post, by Brian Witte)
Maryland’s minimum hourly wage will be $15 beginning Jan. 1 under a bill from Gov. Wes Moore that passed in the General Assembly on Tuesday. (From: The Daily Record, by Jack Hogan)
The Maryland General Assembly passed a $63 billion budget on Monday, including a nearly $1 billion downpayment on future education reform efforts. (From: Maryland Matters, by Danielle E. Gaines)
ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — The Maryland General Assembly headed into the last three weeks of its annual legislative session on Monday, advancing legislation on its deadline known as “crossover day.” That’s when bills need to be approved by one chamber and sent over to the next, or else face a greater challenge to passage. (From: Associated Press News, by Brian Witte)
