Cynthia Prairie

State’s structural deficit threatens budget solutions; House, Senate work toward energy package; nurses seek accountability for foster case failures and Reparations Commission to be restructured.

Perennial push to put wine, beer in groceries stalls; Senate likely to pass bill limiting automatic adult charges for youths; driverless cars get a hearing.

House, Senate bills boost multi-state to help raise the number of school psychologists; Moore housing bill draws concern it strips local power while bill to regulate dynamic pricing gains support.

Gov. Moore, lawmakers focus on unresolved audits; Senate President Ferguson takes aim at underground lines, data centers; B’more school board picks, Arundel eviction processes under scrutiny

Maryland seeks disaster aid for oyster industry; U.S. Supreme Court lets stand state gun seizure law; bipartisan support for IG reform

Sheriffs urge lawmakers to ease up on anti-ICE actions; House advances bill to fight rogue federal agents; legislation hopes to protect patients caught in insurance contract disputes

Candidate filing deadline passes, so who is running for what seats against who? In a survey of state senators, redistricting would fail; Bill package seeks to boost resources when people with autism, dementia wander or run off.

AG Brown sues Trump administration to block massive ICE detention center in Washington County; one Moore nominee put on hold while another breezes through initial hearing; Who’s filed for election so far?

Foster care statistics offer clearer picture of problems; bills would restructure, add more guidance to handgun roster board; deadline for redistricting passage looms; candidate filings could be hampered by heavy snows.

Disabilities advocates fear loss of $150 million from state agency; U.S. House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries attempts to sway Dem holdouts over redistricting