Maryland Politics

Away from the statehouse and near warehouses in West Baltimore, Gov. Wes Moore rolled his sleeves and poured mulch on a rain garden. He proclaimed this week as AmeriCorps Service Week and celebrated Volunteer Maryland’s 30th Anniversary.

Lawmakers gave initial approval to the bill Wednesday altering reporting requirements which supporters say give agency to gay and trans students.

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

Almost five years to the day of her death, lawmakers pass bill named for St. Mary’s County teen shot to death at her high school.

New legislation will make it easier to do something about vacant residential properties, officials say.

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.

The legislature in 2021 removed the governor from the regular parole process for those serving life sentences.

At a press conference Monday afternoon, Gov. Wes Moore announced that Maryland will be one of a few states to adopt Advanced Clean Cars II which requires all passenger cars and light trucks sold in Maryland to be electric vehicles by 2035.

McGrath spent 11 weeks as Hogan’s chief of staff in the summer of 2020, until it was reported that he had negotiated a generous “severance” payment for leaving his prior position at a state agency.

Maryland has seen applications for concealed carry permits skyrocket since U.S. Supreme Court ruling last year struck down New York’s higher standard to get one, which was similar to Maryland’s.