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 [...]
Junior Achievement of Central Maryland held its annual "JA Inspire" event on October 18, 2018 at Timonium, Maryland Fairgrounds bringing together more than 3,000 Baltimore County middle school students to explore Maryland's in-demand careers. JA President, Jennifer Bodensiek, was joined by Secretary Kelly Schulz, Department of Labor, Licensing, and Regulation, and Vice Chancellor for Economic [...]
Several new laws take effect today, October 1, 2018. These laws range from banning bump stocks, creating extreme risk protection orders to prevent individuals who are at risk of harming themselves or other from possessing guns, to prohibiting the sale of electronic cigarettes to minors. A MarylandReporter article summarizes a large number of bills taking [...]
Comptroller Peter Franchot recently announced that the State closed out fiscal year 2018 with a surplus of $508 million. As reported by the Baltimore Sun, Strong returns from the state’s capital gains tax returns helped revenues come in about $339 million — or about 2 percent — higher than expected, while state agencies spent less [...]
Secretary of Health Robert Neall announced the appointment of Dr. Howard Haft as the new executive director for the Maryland Primary Care Program (MDPCP) and Fran Phillips as the new deputy secretary of Public Health Services. From the Department of Health press release, Dr. Haft has served as deputy secretary since 2015, focusing on improving [...]
