The Maryland Senate will look very different in 2020. The changes will begin at the rostrum, where Sen. Bill Ferguson (D-Baltimore City) will serve…
With the 2020 General Assembly session now less than a month away and the holidays just around the corner, presumptive Senate President Bill Ferguson…
Maryland’s court system is slowly chipping away at the prodigious backlog of asbestos-related litigation, according to a report prepared this week for the General…
A bill that would shift tens of thousands of asbestos cases from circuit court to a mandatory mediation program has provisions that could be…
A late-filed bill favored by supremely influential Baltimore attorney Peter G. Angelos sailed through the state Senate Wednesday without debate or dissent. The bill,…
The wheels of justice grind slowly, but sometimes legislation in the Maryland General Assembly moves at lightning speed. When the two phenomena collide, the…
Legislative leaders formally announced the creation of a joint committee to study marijuana legalization in the state of Maryland. As first reported by Maryland…
Maryland Gov. Lawrence J. Hogan Jr. sent a letter to U.S. Labor Secretary Alexander Acosta on Monday seeking financial relief for essential federal workers…
With state Sen. Rich Madaleno (D) now officially running for governor, Del. Jeff Waldstreicher (D) plans to tell his supporters on Wednesday that he…