Tag: Melony Griffith
Senate Democrats unveil $520 million COVID-19 fiscal relief package
Senate Democratic leaders Wednesday unveiled a $520 million coronavirus fiscal relief package aimed at helping both the state’s small businesses and its most vulnerable communities survive the pandemic.
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Analysis: The data behind 90 days in Annapolis
Capital News Service gathered data from the 2019 legislative session and conducted an analysis to report on some of the most striking takeaways from the General Assembly. In the Senate and House of Delegates, 188 legislators introduced 2,497 bills, which includes 16 joint resolutions. Both chambers passed 866 bills, two of which were joint resolutions.
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Anne Arundel Democratic primary votes up for grabs in congressional race
Tens of thousands of Democratic primary votes are up for grabs in the Anne Arundel portion of Maryland’s 4th Congressional District race. But it is up for debate whether those votes will play a major role in the outcome of the primary election next year.
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Lt. Gov. Brown touts Sen. Currie as ‘leader’ on minimum wage hike
Just 33 days from the primary election and 20 days from early voting, the campaign mailers are beginning to hit the mailboxes of regular primary voters. Some contain the usual puffery and exaggeration of records.
One on behalf of Sen. Ulysses Currie by Lt. Gov. Anthony Brown seems to stretch the legislative record like a rubber band.
Every GOP budget cut clobbered by Dems
Republican legislators applied their usual persistence in trying to trim the Maryland budget Wednesday and were rewarded with their usual result: Every one of the dozen amendments they offered to reduce spending were defeated by overwhelming Democratic majorities.
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Off to the Races: Labor endorsements; AG forum minus Frosh; GOP gov hopefuls on radio; Mandel honored; Griffith vs. Currie
Here’s a roundup of some campaign events from the past week.
Read MoreGambling win gives Senate president the ‘sine die’ he expected 4 months ago
By the bare minimum of 71 votes, the House of Delegates Monday night gave Senate President Mike Miller the kind of “sine die” adjournment he had expected April 9: The delegates passed a bill asking voters in November to approve table games and a sixth gambling casino in Prince George’s County.
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Video: Pension Committee chair discusses roll-back in benefits
Del. Melony Griffith, House chair of the Joint Committee on Pensions, discusses why the roll-back in pensions for state employees and teachers was necessary.
Read MoreState will keep paying teacher pension costs as Senate compromises
By Andy Rosen [email protected] There will be no shift of teacher pension costs from the state to county governments, as Senate negotiators agreed to toss their plan in favor of additional study on the issue of state...
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