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Health insurance would help the undocumented get the care they need, before it’s an emergency. But legislative efforts are stalled.

“This is not a win,” said one policy analyst with immigrants’ rights group CASA. “These immigrants, these Marylanders are still suffering. So we still need access to care for them.”

The Access to Care Act could expand insurance to 275,000 people but it is stalled in the Maryland Senate.

See what lawmakers passed during their 90-day session, and what Governor Wes Moore has signed into law

Two bills are on the docket again after failing last legislative session.

Initial approval given to allowing child sex abuse victims to file a lawsuit at any age as Maryland awaits public release of report into decades of abuse within the Catholic Archdiocese of Baltimore.

Last year, about 20,000 prospective jurors were summoned on average each month, but more than a third of those didn’t show.

Measure says subsequent DUI’s can be for either operating a car or boat under the influence.

Supporters say the list, where someone could voluntary enroll themselves, is a suicide prevention matter.

A proposal by Democratic lawmakers would encourage businesses to cut work hours without cutting pay.