Senate President Thomas V. Mike Miller, Jr. announced Yaakov "Jake" Weissman, Esq. will serve as his chief of staff. Mr. Weissmann succeeds Patrick H. Murray, Esq., who is leaving to serve as chief of staff to Baltimore County Executive-Elect John "Johnny O" Olszewski, Jr. President Miller announced two additional promotions, including Alicia Watson, Esq. to [...]
The Montgomery County Senate Delegation unanimously elected Senator Craig J. Zucker as its Chair during it organizational meeting on November 14, 2018. Senator Susan Lee was elected to serve as Vice Chair. Senator Zucker commented on becoming Chair in the Delegation's press release. “I look forward to working with my Montgomery County Senate colleagues and the new [...]
The Montgomery County House Delegation held an organizational meeting on November 8 to elect its new Chair and Vice Chair. Delegate Marc Korman was elected Chair and Delegate Al Carr was elected Vice Chair. The Delegation also determined Caucus representation. Delegate Ariana Kelly will serve as Caucus Chair and Delegate Jheanelle Wilkins will serve as [...]
The Prince George's County House Delegation met on November 14 to elect its officers for the upcoming session. Delegate Michael Jackson, D-Dist. 27 B was elected as the new Chair, to serve a two-year term succeeding Chair Jay Walker. Delegate Alonzo Washington, D-Dist. 22, was elected First Vice Chair and Delegate Darryl Barnes, D-Dist. 25, [...]
Department of Legislative Services staff briefed the Spending Affordability, Senate Budget and Taxation, and House Appropriations and Ways and Means Committees on November 15 on the State's general fund budget outlook. The outlook for fiscal 2020 has improved by more than $1 billion since the end of the last legislative session. This is due to [...]
Now that the General Elections are behind us, Dentons US LLP recently released its US Election Insight 2018 Report. Prepared by Dentons' bipartisan public policy team, the report... ...dissects the personalities and politics that shaped the midterms and offers insight into the issues that will animate Washington and state capitols across the country in the [...]
Courtesy: Maryland Manual Should the results from Tuesday's election hold, the House of Delegates will be welcoming 42 new members. Manis Canning & Associates has created a House Chart summarizing the member changes by district, including who the new member replaced or defeated. Some results are summarized below. Last term, Democrats held a [...]
Courtesy: Maryland Manual Should the results of Tuesday's election hold, the Senate will be welcoming 17 new members in January. Eleven Senators-elect are former Delegates, 9 of whom currently serve in the House of Delegates. Manis Canning & Associates has created a Senate Chart summarizing the Senate member changes by district and the [...]
Courtesy: Maryland Manual Maryland Republican Governor Larry Hogan and Lt. Governor Boyd Rutherford have won the general election against Democratic challengers Ben Jealous and Susan Turnbull. Governor Hogan is only the second Republican governor to be re-elected to a second term. The last Republican governor to do so was Governor Theodore R. McKeldin who served [...]
A recent story and editorial in the Baltimore Sun highlight many aspects of the proposed magnetic levitation train currently being discussed for the Baltimore-Washington corridor. From the story, ...after 50 years and billions of dollars in Japanese research and development, JR Central says their maglev train is ready for its big roll out — and not just [...]
