Maryland Politics

The Senate opted to adhere fairly closely to the governor’s recommended state spending proposal, but the fiscal impact on the developmental disability community will be lesser.

Those with developmental disabilities are anxiously waiting to see if the Senate adopts all of Gov. Wes More’s proposed $150 million in cuts to the state agency that helps provide them with care.

Maryland Matters government and politics reporter Bryan Sears joins Midday guest host Jayne Miller to recap state and national primary candidates, and the latest legislative moves in Annapolis.

Maryland’s lone Republican Congressman and Trump ally Andy Harris visited Annapolis to talk statewide energy policy and Maryland issues on a national scale.

The state faces a 38,000 shortage of behavioral health workers by 2028.

State lawmakers were quick to question and seek alternatives to some of the governor’s major energy proposals as the two branches weigh how best to provide utility bill relief to Marylanders.

Chanting and hymns could be heard from within the Washington County Commissioner’s office as people gathered to protest for and against the facility.

Frederick held the longest standing partnership with ICE in the US, spanning 18 years, which ended on Tuesday.

Jeffries met with Senate President Bill Ferguson to try and sway Ferguson to pursue a Democratic-leaning Congressional map.

Members of Maryland’s congressional delegation sent a letter Friday to Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem and acting ICE Director Todd Lyons questioning what some have called abusive treatment in an immigration holding room facility in downtown Baltimore.