Bill Ferguson
House leaders warn of future cuts to education without increased taxes that their Senate counterparts and Gov. Wes Moore have so far rejected.
Some insist that lawmakers are currying favor with special interest donors. Push for tax bill comes as state leaders prepare to announce that revenue projections are down.
Diane Butler is the fourth Republican nominated for two seats on the state board of elections. A fifth nominee is being held because he is a filed candidate.
National companies like NRG call bill cracking down on marketplace ‘anti-consumer, anti-business, and anti-environment.’
Resolutions await vote in a House committee as a key deadline approaches and a Senate version is unlikely to get a vote.
‘It does not appear we have the votes to pass it in the Senate,’ Senate President Bill Ferguson says of medical aid-in-dying legislation.
A day after an unfounded threat of violence locked down the legislative complex in Annapolis for two hours on Thursday evening, few new details have emerged on what happened or the official response.
Legislators in New York, Vermont and Massachusetts have also introduced bills this year to achieve the same goal at the state level.
Law enforcement officers responded to a call that someone was approaching the State House with a gun.
A handful of senators are struggling to support a bill that would allow a terminally-ill patient to ask for a prescription that would hasten their death with the help of a physician.