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Bryan Sears covers the governor and General Assembly, state politics and transportation for Maryland Matters. He has covered the Maryland State House for the last two decades at the Baltimore Sun Media Group, Patch.com and most recently, The Daily Record. Sears has won multiple state and national awards for police and crime reporting, local and state government coverage and investigative reporting that resulted in a guilty plea by a government official for stealing from his own campaign account. He’s a frequent radio and television contributor.
The next opportunity for the state to apply for grants under the federal transportation program opens later this year.
The departure, whispered about for months, is yet another opening in Maryland’s federal delegation.
Plan would impose combined reporting on corporations, increase taxes on high earners as well as inheritances and capital gains while providing some additional tax credits for low-income earners.
Senate President Bill Ferguson and members of his caucus draw the ire of podcaster Keith Olbermann for the arrest and subsequent resignation of a Republican state elections board member.
Sixteen-bill package focuses on public safety, service, affordability and improving state competitivemess.
Democrats seek to make it harder to scalp tickets, provide data protections for adults and children.
Senate President Bill Ferguson said the recent arrest and resignation of a Republican member of the State Board of Elections means some future nominations will face more scrutiny.
Billions in deficits over the remainder of Moore’s term have some lawmakers asking about tax increases.
Md. is not following the lead of Colorado and Maine, which have sought to keep the former president from appearing on the ballot due to his role in the Jan. 6 insurrection.
Maryland Department of the Environment gets its first assistant secretary for environmental justice.