Category: General Assembly
How Marylanders might fare under the new state budget
To the relief of most state officials, the Maryland General Assembly ended its tense budget cycle this week and passed a balanced spending plan for the coming year.
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Maryland officials worry about ‘chaos’ to come
The Maryland General Assembly just concluded its scheduled spring session, but Democratic leaders are already looking ahead to an uncertain future driven by President Donald Trump’s “chaos.”
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Maryland session concludes with balanced budget and Trump concerns
Maryland lawmakers passed a budget this week, concluding their spring session after months of grappling with a tough fiscal reality and new federal policies coming down from President Donald Trump.
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Maryland homeless services are nervous about the future of federal funding
Maryland’s homeless service providers are bracing for a shakier future after the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development began delivering recent grant funding weeks behind schedule.
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State officials wrestle with school spending in a tough moment
Maryland lawmakers are scrambling to figure out their education budget this spring after learning that $418 million they’d been expecting for public schools from the federal government may not come through.
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It’s a tough year, but Maryland lawmakers are moving toward a budget plan
Both chambers of the Maryland General Assembly have passed their versions of a new state budget for the next fiscal year, setting the stage for a potential agreement in the coming days.
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Lawmakers debate the sentencing of youth as adults
Maryland lawmakers are once again debating whether to scale back the state’s practice of automatically placing teenage defendants in adult court if they are accused of serious crimes.
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Lawmakers consider ‘X’ for sex on Maryland birth certificates
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. It would also strengthen protections, ensuring documents do not display amendment histories.
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State Roundup: Maryland spends millions to settle lawsuits every year; BPW OKs State Police settlement; Kids online safety law goes into effect
Maryland spends millions to settle lawsuits every year and officials ask why; BPW OKs State Police settlement over discriminatory practices; Kids online safety law goes into effect.
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State Roundup: Moore to sign juvenile justice legislation; BPW OKs hiring law firms for Key Bridge disputes; Congressional panel debates funding for bridge rebuild; more election insights
Gov. Moore to sign juvenile justice legislation today; BPW OKs hiring law firms for Key Bridge disputes; Congressional panel debates funding for bridge rebuild; Angela Alsobrooks on verge of making history while Larry Hogan gears up for a new type of statewide campaign.
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Reeling from bridge collapse, state lawmakers still got other business done
A tragedy in the Port of Baltimore threatened to overwhelm their best-laid plans at the end of this spring’s legislative session, but Maryland state lawmakers still managed to pass several key measures that look beyond the collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge and ahead to the future.
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Lawmakers cast key votes in final hours of session
Maryland lawmakers raced the clock toward their end-of-session deadline late Monday, approving a capital budget plan and an emergency aid package for Baltimore’s Francis Scott Key Bridge in the hours before midnight.
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