Maryland General Assembly

As Maryland Democrats, including Gov. Wes Moore, mull ways to improve state contracting participation for small, women and minority-owned businesses, these bills could end up on the governor’s desk.

Bills in General Assembly would change timeframe to file workers compensation claim, potentially allowing more to do so.

A measure that Gov. Larry Hogan vetoed last year is back in Maryland General Assembly this year with hopes new Gov. Wes Moore will approve it.

Electric vehicles were allowed in HOV lanes through last September, and Maryland General Assembly is working to allow that again.

Officials want a task force to study how the city provides water to the region.

Alzheimer's disease and dementia affect about 110,000 individuals across Maryland.

Major potential change to state law comes as report into abuse within Archdiocese of Baltimore is to go public.

Secretary of new state office of Service and Civic Innovation would carry out the program, which the Maryland General Assembly must still fund.

Maryland Republicans are pushing to codify the Right to Learn Act, which includes BOOST, a program that provides funds for low-income families to send their children to private and parochial schools.

Marylanders and District of Columbia residents hold nearly 30,000 of these accounts, and roughly one in 10 are for students enrolled in college this academic year.