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2 days ago — Amid a jurisdictional tug-of-war over the future home of the Washington Commanders, Maryland Gov. Wes Moore on Wednesday struck an assured posture on his state’s ability to keep the team in Prince George’s County. Moore celebrates bipartisan wins in …
State Roundup: Lawmakers warn of $2.7 billion deficit, with few …
16 hours ago — MARYLAND FACING $2.7 BILLION BUDGET DEFICIT: Maryland lawmakers were warned Tuesday of an impending $2.7 billion deficit they’ll need to resolve for the next budget year — a significant hole that all but guarantees another debate in Annapolis over whether they should make deep budget cuts or raise taxes. Sam Janesch/The Baltimore Sun. One-time fixes including tapping available cash in the ...
State Roundup: Maryland elections offices receive bomb threats as ...
1 day ago — MARYLAND ELECTIONS OFFICES GET BOMB THREATS: More than a dozen local elections offices in Maryland received bomb threats on Friday night, as workers continue processing ballots and counting votes. The threats drew strong public rebukes from Gov. Wes Moore and Jared DeMarinis, the state elections administrator, who had posted online that he has “ZERO tolerance for threats against our ...
Five takeaways from the 2024 Election in Maryland
6 days ago — Here are five takeaways from the 2024 general election in Maryland: Maryland holds true blue. Maryland’s 10 electoral votes were awarded to Democratic nominee Vice President Kamala Harris after capturing nearly 1.5 million votes compared to Republican President-elect Donald Trump’s 920,000. The state, which has voted for the Democratic ...
Maryland voters will send three newcomers to US House, but one …
Nov 6, 2024 — FREDERICK – Three newcomers will join the Maryland delegation in the House in January – but it remained unclear near midnight Tuesday whether one would break the Democratic hold on the 6th Congressional District. The 6th District contest between Democrat April McClain Delaney and Republican Neil Parrott was the only one of the eight House ...
News Archives - MarylandReporter.com
Oct 29, 2024 — U.S. Sen. Ben Cardin leaves public office in January after 58 years — 20 years in the Maryland House of Delegates, 20 years in U.S. House and 18 years in the U.S. Senate. On Sept. 12, Len Lazarick of Maryland Reporter had a 38-minute face-to-face interview with him in his Capitol Hill office. Here is a lightly edited version of that conversation.
General Assembly Archives - MarylandReporter.com
Oct 3, 2024 — Lawmakers in the Maryland General Assembly are hearing bills to prohibit the distribution of heroin and fentanyl without lawful authority to do so. Victoria & Scottie’s Law is named in honor of two individuals who died from fentanyl overdoses. The bill would impose up to 20 years of imprisonment on anyone convicted of selling these substances ...
Maryland General Assembly closes 2022 session with sweeping …
Apr 12, 2022 — By LOGAN HILL. ANNAPOLIS — The 2022 Maryland General Assembly wrapped up late Monday with lawmakers pushing a handful of bills across the finish line just before the deadline at midnight Tuesday, although most of the major legislation already had passed in time for an override of a potential veto. The new laws, many of which passed over Republican Gov. Larry Hogan’s objections, included ...
State Roundup: Almost a million Marylanders remain unvaxxed; …
Sep 30, 2021 — 900,000 MARYLANDERS REMAIN UNVAXXED: While Maryland’s COVID-19 vaccination metrics are better than that of most states with about 84% of residents partially vaccinated and about 60% fully vaccinated-significant outreach and education must be a continued priority as about 900,000 Marylanders still are unvaccinated, Deputy Health Secretary Dr. Jinlene Chan told Bryan Renbaum of ...
State Roundup: Md. hits hospital emergency threshold as Omicron cases ...
Dec 24, 2021 — MERRY CHRISTMAS: We’re taking the next week off. State Roundup will return next Friday morning, New Year’s Eve for the final roundup of the year. COVID-RELATED HOSPITALIZATIONS TRIGGER HOGAN’S EMERGENCY PLAN: Maryland’s number of COVID-19 related hospitalizations have exceeded the threshold set forth in a recent order by the Maryland Department of Health. Measures being […]