The 2021 Issue Papers, which preview fiscal and policy matters for the upcoming session, were recently posted to the General Assembly’s website. Prepared by the Department of Legislative Services each year at this time, they highlight key issues to be discussed and serve as a valuable resource for those in Annapolis. This year, the Issue [...]
To ensure the House of Delegates can safely convene during the upcoming 90 day session, House leaders have divided the chamber into two groups - with 71 members meeting in the House chamber and 70 in a Chamber Annex constructed out of two delegation rooms in the House Office Building. To determine seating for the [...]
Governor Hogan announced today, in partnership with the Maryland Hospital Association, efforts to mobilize a medical staffing surge to assist with treating COVID-19 patients. During his remarks, the Governor expressed concern that hospitalizations, which have increased by 51%, are overburdening our hospitals and negatively affecting workers. These efforts will address possible shortages of health care [...]
Maryland State Delegate Warren Miller (District 9A – Carroll and Howard Counties) has announced his resignation from the House of Delegates, effective December 30, 2020. Delegate Miller, who sits on the House Economic Matters Committee, has served as a state delegate since 2003. From Delegate Miller's Resignation Letter, After proudly serving for seventeen years in [...]
Governor Hogan announced today a wide scale education, compliance, and enforcement effort to assist every jurisdiction with investigating any violation of the restrictions that have been put in place to combat COVID-19. Under this effort, the Maryland State Police (MSP) will expand its COVID-19 Compliance and Coordination Center and deploy "High Visibility Compliance Units" across [...]
During a press conference yesterday, Governor Hogan announced further restrictions on hospitals, restaurants, retail, and other establishments. These actions include the following: Effective Friday, November 20 at 5 p.m. – Emergency Order Bars, restaurants and places where food and alcohol are served must close by 10 p.m. and can’t reopen until 6 a.m. Takeout and [...]
Governor Hogan held a press conference this afternoon to set further restrictions on hospitals, restaurants, retail, and other establishments. The Governor stated that Maryland is now in the red zone. The State has gone 13 straight days with more than 1,000 new cases being reported each day. Maryland's positivity rate is now 6.85% in 20 [...]
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 [...]
https://youtu.be/Tbv6A2Vb-n4 During a press conference this afternoon Governor Hogan announced an additional $70 million to be used for emergency response initiatives to battle COVID-19. Federal CARES funding is being released to fund these initiatives. The $70 million is being allocated as follows: $20 million to continue to build and maintain the state's strategic stockpile [...]
