Governor Hogan released details today of his Fiscal Year 2022 proposed budget. As described in the Governor's press release, the budget "makes record investments in K-12 education and public health, provides substantial tax relief to struggling Marylanders and small businesses, expands resources for crime prevention and fighting the opioid epidemic, fully funds Chesapeake Bay restoration, [...]
Tuesday Governor Larry Hogan issued an executive order establishing an independent redistricting commission. This commission will be charged with recommending boundaries for the next round of redistricting and is part of an ongoing effort to maintain competition among the state’s congressional and legislative districts. According to the Governor's press release, the commission will mark a [...]
Governor Larry Hogan today introduced the RELIEF Act of 2021, an emergency legislative package that will provide more than $1 billion in direct stimulus and tax relief for Maryland working families, small businesses, and those who have lost their jobs as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. This legislation builds on the more than $700 million [...]
Governor Hogan recently announced that he has named Chris Shank as director of external affairs and interagency initiatives and promoted press secretary Shareese Churchill to deputy director of interagency communications. Chris Shank is returning to the administration from the private sector. In 2015, Shank first joined the Hogan administration as the executive director of the Governor’s [...]
Maryland's Secretary of Health Robert R. Neall is set to retire effective December 1. Secretary Neall has been a part of the Governor's administration since he took office, serving on the Governor's transition team and as director and senior adviser for the Governor’s Office of Transformation and Renewal before assuming his role at the Department [...]
Governor Hogan has named Amelia Chassé Alcivar as chief of staff, effective October 26, 2020. She will take over from acting chief of staff Keiffer J. Mitchell, Jr., who led the search process. Mitchell will continue to serve as the administration’s chief legislative officer while assuming an expanded strategic portfolio as senior counselor to the [...]
Governor Hogan has named chief legislative officer Keiffer J. Mitchell, Jr. to serve as acting chief of staff following the resignation of Roy McGrath. Mitchell will lead the governor’s search for a permanent chief of staff. From the Governor's press release, Statement from Governor Hogan: “It is with regret that I have accepted Roy McGrath’s resignation [...]
Fran Phillips - Courtesy Baltimore Sun During his press conference Wednesday, Governor Hogan announced Deputy Secretary for Public Health Services Fran Phillips is retiring and Dr. Jinlene Chan, currently Assistant Secretary and Chief Medical Officer, will serve the role on an interim basis. Ms. Phillips has helped lead Maryland's response to the COVID-19 [...]
The budget committees of the General Assembly, Senate Budget and Taxation and House Appropriations, received a budget update and briefing by the Department of Legislative Services (DLS) and Department of Budget and Management (DBM) on the State’s budget outlook for fiscal years 2021 and 2022, and reductions for fiscal year 2021. Using the more favorable [...]
Governor Hogan has proposed $1.45 billion in budget cuts across state government to offset revenue losses due to the coronavirus pandemic. Reductions include eliminating employee raises, cutting vacant positions and reducing funding for programs ranging from school security to prosecuting violent crime in Baltimore. The proposed changes were released in advance of a meeting Wednesday, [...]
