More than 400 pieces of legislation are set to take effect today, July 1, 2024. Legislation taking effect on this date tends to be more fiscal related to coincide with the beginning of the fiscal year, but could also focus on important policy matters. Several of the Governor's initiatives take effect today including the Families [...]
Photo Courtesy of the Executive Office of the Governor Governor Moore recently presided over the second bill signing ceremony of 2024. In addition to signing three housing bills that were a part of the Moore-Miller Administration’s 2024 legislative agenda, he signed SB 517/ HB 624 to transfer the primary responsibility for the administration [...]
Governor Moore released details yesterday of the Moore-Miller Administration's Fiscal Year 2025 proposed budget. The $63.1 billion plan follows a fiscally responsible framework to respond to the state’s budget challenges while making record investments in priorities that will make Maryland safer, more affordable, more competitive, and the state that serves. “This budget makes our values [...]
The Maryland Department of Transportation announced Jonathon Daniels as the new executive director of the Maryland Port Administration. Daniels will be taking over for Brian Miller who served as interim executive director after the resignation of William P. Doyle last June. Jonathon Daniels has an abundance of experience in port and economic development. Most recently, [...]
Governor Wes Moore announced this week the Moore-Miller administration’s 2024 legislative session public safety agenda. The administration is offering bills that will reform the state's victim compensation program, address recruitment and retention of police officers, and create a gun violence prevention and intervention office at the Maryland Department of Health. The Moore-Miller Administration’s 2024 public [...]
Governor Wes Moore announced this week four major actions that the Moore-Miller Administration is taking to transform the digital experience in State government. The transformation focuses on the responsible use of artificial intelligence, user-centered design in digital services, ensuring equal access to all information technology, and protecting Maryland’s digital infrastructure through enhanced intergovernmental partnerships. Issuing [...]
As operating budget deficits increase and the structural shortfall is projected to grow to $2.7 billion by fiscal year 2029, the Chairs of House and Senate budget and revenue committees look to new and increased revenue streams to make ends meet. As reported by the Daily Record, Senate Budget and Taxation Committee Chair Guy Guzzone [...]
Executive and legislative leadership broached the hard subjects of potential tax increases, budget cuts, cost shifts, and other tough decisions that will need to be made as the state faces a structural budget shortfall at the 2024 MACo Winter Conference last week. An article in Maryland Matters offers key insights and quotes from the presentation. [...]
Governor Wes Moore, Attorney General Anthony Brown, and Comptroller Brooke Lierman were successful in getting some or all portions of their first legislative packages passed by the 2023 General Assembly. The following summarizes where each leader's package stands as of April 13, 2023, after the 2023 General Assembly has adjourned. Governor Wes Moore [...]
Lt. Gov Aruna Miller (left); Janeen L. Birckhead (center); Governor Wes Moore (right) source Once confirmed, Moore's appointment, Brigadier General Birckhead, would become the only black woman to head a state military in the U.S. From Governor Wes Moore's press release announcing her nomination: “I am proud to nominate Brigadier General Janeen Birckhead to serve [...]
