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.
Inspection reports detailed patient care issues as early as 2018, but Hogan administration officials said replacing the contractor would have been ‘grossly irresponsible’
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.
The legislation allowing voters to decide whether to enshrine reproductive rights in Maryland’s Constitution is expected to reach the House floor this week.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.”
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.
Most of Gov. Moore’s Cabinet picks advanced to a full Senate vote, but Republicans requested more time with juvenile services nominee Vincent Schiraldi.
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.