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Elfreth is the primary sponsor of 14 bills this legislative session, focusing on wildlife, domestic violence and funding the state’s trauma system, among other issues.

Members of the Maryland Nursing Association think that the executive director of the state board overseeing Maryland’s nurses should still be a nurse with an RN.

Montgomery County senator will leave the legislature in May to become executive director of the Maryland Commission for Women.

Starting July 1, all 24 school systems must start to show that at least 75% of funding follows public school students where they attend.

Economic analysis released as Maryland lawmakers weigh whether to make iGaming one of the state’s new revenue streams.

‘Being poor is expensive,’ a woman struggling to meet her household payments suggests.

‘Since I’ve retired, I’ve been getting more accolades,’ U.S. Rep. Dutch Ruppersberger (D-2nd) tells the House of Delegates.

Key difference is a reliance by House Democrats on $1.3 billion in new tax and gaming revenues. Senate Democrats say combined corporate tax reporting and iGaming are ‘a hard no.’

The AHEAD model will help some states implement a total cost of care model, in which states take responsibility and accountability for health outcomes of their citizens.