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Del. Ben Barnes and Sen. Guy Guzzone shake hands after reaching agreement on the details of the state's budget on Friday, March 31.
Maryland House, Senate resolve budget impasse over education funding
On Thursday, delegates and senators wouldn’t meet face-to-face to hash out differences on education spending. By Friday, they’d reached a deal.
Charlotte Hall Veterans Home
Lawmakers seek oversight of state nursing homes, including troubled veterans home
Del. Brian Crosby, a Democrat from Southern Maryland, said that while the legislation won’t necessarily prevent problems at state facilities, it will enable officials to address them more quickly.
Charlotte Hall Veterans Home
Veterans’ home issues were well-documented, Hogan officials say pandemic made replacing contractor ‘irresponsible’
Inspection reports detailed patient care issues as early as 2018, but Hogan administration officials said replacing the contractor would have been ‘grossly irresponsible’
From left: Del. Stephanie Smith, Del. Marlon Amprey, Del. Regina Boyce and Del. Tony Bridges, all representing Baltimore City, listen to floor debate at the Maryland State House on Monday, March 20, also known as Crossover Day in Annapolis. General Assembly session rules require bills to pass one chamber — either the House of Delegates or the state Senate — by the end of the day on Monday, to ensure the other chamber will consider it.
Deadline day in the General Assembly: Here are the bills lawmakers will prioritize in session’s final weeks
As the dust settled on a flurry of lawmaking, here’s where some key initiatives stood.
Governor Wes Moore, center, Treasurer Dereck Davis, left, and Comptroller Brooke Lierman, right, have the first annual meeting of the Maryland Board of Public Works at the Maryland State House on January 25, 2023.
Gov. Moore replacing health care provider at Charlotte Hall Veterans Home after reports of abuse and neglect
The Board of Public Works approved $625,968 to hire a team of registered nurses to assess the safety and baseline mental and physical well being of patients. The spending board used an emergency procurement method to hire Shore Staffing Inc. of Marion Station.
House of Delegates Speaker Adrienne A. Jones, left, and Maryland Senate President Bill Ferguson speak to the delegates and senators before Gov. Wes Moore delivers his first State of the State address on 2/1/23 at the Maryland State House.
General Assembly moves high-priority bills on guns, abuse lawsuits, reproductive rights and cannabis
Here’s where legislative priorities stand with less than 30 days remaining in the 2023 General Assembly.
Scenes from inside at the grand opening of Ceylon House, Maryland's first cannabis lounge, on March 5, 2023.
As recreational cannabis bill clears House, legislative leadership agrees on key provisions
The bill to set up a recreational cannabis marketplace is one step closer to becoming law.
Construction on the Maryland State House in Annapolis began in 1772 and it's the oldest state capital building in the nation still in continuous legislative use. The building's dome is undergoing a rehabilitation project.
In a Maryland legislative committee, a civil debate about abortion rights
The legislation allowing voters to decide whether to enshrine reproductive rights in Maryland’s Constitution is expected to reach the House floor this week.
Behind the scenes at Curio Wellness
Maryland lawmakers could take a key cannabis vote this week. Here’s what to watch.
The Cannabis Reform Act of 2023 is expected to hit the floor of the Maryland House of Delegates on Tuesday accompanied by amendments, as the bill to create an adult-use recreational marijuana market progresses through the General Assembly.
Maryland, Baltimore City, Baltimore County politics
Banner political notes: Maryland leaders at the White House; former L.G. is an author; one conference, two govs
House Speaker Adrienne A. Jones was one of five Black state house speakers invited to a White House meeting on Monday, the same day Gov. Wes Moore attended a Black History Month event at the White House.
Maryland Gov. Wes Moore points to acknowledge a supporter before taking his seat at U.S. President Joe Biden’s speaking event on 2/15/23. Biden spoke to members of the IBEW Local 26 union at their office in Lanham, Maryland
Moore adds funds to pay back victims of SNAP fraud
Last year, thousands of Marylanders had federal food benefits stolen from the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program.
Frederick County Del. Jesse Pippy proposes anti-violent crime legislation alongside Republicans from the Maryland General Assembly on Thursday, March 2, 2023.
Maryland Republicans seek tougher penalties for gun crimes
Several dozen GOP legislators implored Democrats to help them strip juvenile justice reforms the General Assembly passed last year and to impose stronger penalties on those who commit crimes with guns or those who steal them.
Campaign signs line the road leading to Arbutus Recreation Center, an early voting location in Baltimore County.
General Assembly leaders support changing 2024 primary date
Senate President Bill Ferguson and House Speaker Adrienne A. Jones both said Monday that they support moving the 2024 primary so that it does not overlap with Passover.
Maryland, Baltimore City, Baltimore County politics
Banner political notes: Election board nominee rejected; women’s caucus stands up for abortion; session midway point
The Maryland Republican Party has to look for a new nominee to put on the State Board of Elections, after Gov. Wes Moore rejected the party’s pick of a self-described “election integrity activist.”
Maryland Gov. Wes Moore has nominated Vincent Schiraldi to be the state's secretary of juvenile services.
Maryland Senate confirms Gov. Moore’s juvenile services pick
But Senate Republicans, who are outnumbered nearly 3-to-1, made it clear during floor speeches Vincent Schiraldi’s philosophies didn’t align with theirs.
A woman wearing a green dress smiles and holds a green leather bag. Next to her is a man in a dark suit with a green shirt and tie. A Maryland flag and marbled wall is behind them.
Nominations are in the (green) bag. The story behind a distinctive Maryland political tradition.
The ceremonial handoff of names between the coequal branches marks a Maryland tradition researchers have traced back well over a century.
Vincent Schiraldi, acting secretary of juvenile services, testifies before a Maryland Senate budget subcommittee in Annapolis on Thursday, Feb. 9, 2023.
Gov. Moore’s juvenile services Cabinet pick advances over GOP objections
The acting secretary of juvenile services was the only Cabinet nominee to receive an unfavorable vote from Republicans.
Maryland Gov. Wes Moore has nominated Vincent Schiraldi to be the state's secretary of juvenile services.
Maryland senators postpone vote on juvenile services nominee
Most of Gov. Moore’s Cabinet picks advanced to a full Senate vote, but Republicans requested more time with juvenile services nominee Vincent Schiraldi.
Maryland Gov. Wes Moore has nominated Vincent Schiraldi to be the state's secretary of juvenile services.
Moore’s juvenile justice pick comes with record of reform after attempt to turn around notorious NY jail
The former New York City Department of Correction Commissioner favors abolishing youth prisons.
Maryland, Baltimore City, Baltimore County politics
Banner political notes: Seeking gun violence answers; bills, bills, bills; city spokesperson shuffle; Republicans have ideas; new party leaders
At the end of a week bookended by threats and acts of gun violence, Senate President Bill Ferguson said Maryland and a the country has a “massive, massive problem” with guns.
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