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20 hours ago · By Adriana Navarro and Rachel McCrea. ANNAPOLIS – Gov. Wes Moore’s budget proposes redirecting funds originally meant for renewable energy initiatives to help patch the nearly $3 billion budget deficit instead. If passed as Moore proposed, the budget would allow the state to withdraw $150 million from a special fund that invests in renewable energy initiatives and put it to other uses.

Jan 20, 2025 · The proposed Birth Certificate Modernization Act would streamline procedures for amending sex on birth certificates, licenses and IDs, and introducing a gender-neutral designation option.

6 days ago · NO SURVIVORS FOUND IN CRASH BETWEEN MILITARY HELICOPTER AND JET OVER POTOMAC: An American Airlines regional jet carrying 64 people collided with a U.S. Army Black Hawk helicopter late Wednesday near Reagan National Airport in Virginia just across from the District of...

Jan 6, 2025 · FOUR MARYLAND FRESHMEN – 3 OF THEM WOMEN – JOIN 119 th CONGRESS: The 119th Congress that was sworn in Friday included four freshmen in Maryland’s 10-member delegation, three in the House and one in the Senate.The newcomers boosted the number of Maryland women in Congress from zero to three — there hasn’t been a woman in the delegation in eight years, and there haven’t been three in ...

Jan 24, 2025 · LAWMAKERS PROPOSE $20 MINIMUM WAGE TO INCLUDE TIPPED WORKERS: On Thursday, Democratic Del. Adrian Boafo, from Prince George’s County, announced his and Baltimore Sen. Cory McCray’s proposal to exempt tips from state income taxes, to increase the minimum wage to $20 an hour by 2030, and to require that tipped workers be paid the same minimum wage as everyone else.

Jan 8, 2025 · ‘CUTS ARE COMING,’ SENATE PREZ FERGUSON WARNS: Senate President Bill Ferguson is warning Maryland lawmakers they will have to walk a tightrope this session to maintain state priorities while bridging a $2.7 billion budget deficit — and that’s before potential cuts to federal funds that the state relies on. “Cuts are coming,” he said on Tuesday.

Jan 15, 2025 · TO CLOSE BUDGET GAP, MOORE PROPOSES TAKE HIKE FOR STATE’s WEALTHIEST: Gov. Wes Moore (D) on Tuesday announced a plan to raise income tax rates for the state’s wealthiest residents, money that would help close a looming $3 billion budget deficit and fund public taxpayer investment in private industries …

Jan 7, 2025 · EXPECT UNCERTAINTY IN 90-DAY LEGISLATIVE SESSION: The first two months of Maryland’s 90-day session will likely be markedly different from the final one, presiding officers say.Why? The incoming administration of President-elect Donald Trump, a Republican who campaigned on strict alterations to existing Democratic policy, has state lawmakers uncertain regarding how they’ll need to respond ...

Nov 6, 2024 · By KATHARINE WILSON. 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.