Tag: Senate President Bill Ferguson
Hogan: State to evaluate funding for the Baltimore City State’s Attorney’s Office
Gov. Larry Hogan said Tuesday that he has ordered the state to review the funding it provides to the Baltimore City State’s Attorney’s Office.
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Ferguson: McGrath indictment confirms lawmakers’ suspicions
If McGrath is convicted on all of the federal charges, which include four counts of wire fraud and two counts of embezzlement, he could face up to 100 years in prison. Additionally, McGrath faces 27 state charges that each carry a maximum sentence of five years in prison.
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Hogan signs more than 220 bills into law
Gov. Larry Hogan signed more than 220 bills passed by the General Assembly into law on Tuesday, including measures that repeal Maryland’s pro-Confederate state song, legalize sports betting, and extend authorization for off-the-premises alcohol delivery for two years.
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Hogan to move 3,300 state employees to downtown Baltimore
In an attempt to help revitalize Baltimore’s downtown central business district the state plans to relocate more than 3,000 of its employees to offices in that area of the city, Gov. Larry Hogan said Monday.
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Ferguson breathes a sigh of relief that COVID-19 did not again cause a truncated legislative session
Senate President Bill Ferguson kicked off the final day of the 442nd session of the Maryland General Assembly on Monday afternoon by expressing gratitude that this year, unlike last year, the coronavirus pandemic did not stop lawmakers from completing the regular 90-day legislative session.
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Hogan: ‘Historic bipartisan agreement’ reached on allocation of federal COVID-19 funds
Gov. Larry Hogan said Wednesday that a bipartisan agreement has been reached on how to allocate the $3.9 billion in federal coronavirus relief funds that Maryland is poised to receive from the recent passage of the American Rescue Plan Act.
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Hogan signs legislation to ensure more equitable funding for Md’s historically black colleges
Maryland’s Historically Black Colleges and Universities are poised to receive more equitable funding after Gov. Larry Hogan signed landmark legislation on Wednesday afternoon that allocates an additional $577 million to those institutions over a nine year period.
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Did Maryland’s public schools reopen too early?
Since the beginning of the phased reopening of Maryland’s public schools on March 1 at the urging of Gov. Larry Hogan, parents and educators and administrators have raised concerns about the feasibility of the process and what the motivation behind that decision might have been.
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‘Adjudication purgatory’ continues a year later with the state’s unemployment system
@BryanRenbaum It has been a year since the beginning of the coronavirus pandemic and the state has...
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Senate Democrats urge passage of police reform bills
Senate Democratic leaders Friday urged passage of a package of nine bills that are aimed at increasing accountability over the state’s law enforcement personnel.
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Senate Democratic leaders introduce COVID-19 policy package
Senate Democratic leaders Wednesday outlined the framework of a legislative package aimed at addressing a myriad of challenges associated with the COVID-19 pandemic.
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General Assembly leaders unveil unemployment insurance reform package
Democratic leaders of General Assembly Thursday unveiled the framework of a broad legislative package aimed at reforming the state’s unemployment insurance system, which has been bombarded with complaints for failing to take care of the unemployed in a timely manner.
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