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State Roundup: Structural deficit threatens budget solutions; House, Senate work toward energy package; nurses seek accountability for foster case failures

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.

State Roundup: Van Hollen urges GOP support to shield consumers from data center energy costs; vote delayed on firefighters use of cannabis while off-duty; private owner of ICE facility sues HO CO elected officials

VOTE ALLOWING FIREFIGHTERS TO USE CANNABIS WHILE OFF-DUTY DELAYED, FIERCE DEBATE: There was a fierce debate on the Maryland Senate floor over a bill that would let firefighters and rescue workers use medical cannabis while off-duty. The discussion became so intense...

State Roundup: Perennial push to put wine, beer in groceries stalls; Senate likely to pass bill limiting automatic adult charges for youths

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.

As data centers multiply, Maryland’s power grid struggles to keep up

By OLIVIA BORGULA Capital News Service A few blocks away from Lexington Market in Baltimore, inside a six-story building adorned with intricate detailing, there’s a data center that uses enough electricity to power a city roughly the size of Dundalk, Maryland. The...

ICE wants more detention centers, but local leaders are fighting them

By Will Hammann Capital News Service HYATTSVILLE, Md.) – Battles over Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention centers are raging across the state this month. Howard County fought off a facility in Elkridge. Maryland is taking ICE to federal court over a...

Has Maryland’s elections administrator found the Fountain of Youth? The state’s ancient voters would make it seem so.

By Mark Uncapher In 1513, Spanish explorer Juan Ponce de León set sail in search of the mythical Fountain of Youth. He believed that somewhere in the New World there existed a spring whose waters could reverse the effects of age itself. History tells us he never found...

State Roundup: Multi-state compact would boost number of school psychologists; Moore housing bill draws concern it strips local power while bill to regulate dynamic pricing gains support

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.

State Roundup: Focus on unresolved audits; Ferguson takes aim at underground lines, data centers; B’more school board, Arundel eviction processes under scrutiny

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

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

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

A busy Senator, Katie Fry Hester, tackles energy, artificial intelligence and cyber security and lots more

The following column runs in the March issue of The Business Monthly serving Howard and Anne Arundel counties. Katie Fry Hester is a busy lady. Many Maryland legislators at this point in their 90-day session have very full days. Hester has an overflowing plate. The...

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