ANNAPOLIS — A plastic bag ban that recently passed the House of Delegates won’t affect Maryland farms and orchards, thanks to an amendment by Del. Dan Cox.
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ANNAPOLIS — For the first time since a similar version of it was introduced years ago, a bill that would make strangulation a first-degree felony assault has passed out of relevant committees in both the House of Delegates and Senate.
Del. Dan Cox is monitoring his health, but is not concerned after attending a conference late last month with an attendee who has since been diagnosed with the new coronavirus.
ANNAPOLIS — Back in 2017, then-Board of Education member Ken Kerr proposed a teacher apprenticeship program to give Frederick County students a better idea of what the teaching profession looks like.
ANNAPOLIS — An article in the state’s criminal law could have the term “gang” replaced with “criminal organization” if bills cross-filed and sponsored by Del. Jesse Pippy (R-Frederick and Carroll) and Sen. Michael Hough (R-Frederick and Carroll) become law.
ANNAPOLIS — For Sen. Ron Young, childhood obesity is a real concern.
ANNAPOLIS — A bill proposed by Del. Dana Stein and co-sponsored by Del. Karen Lewis Young would ban organized hunting competitions statewide.
ANNAPOLIS — Almost six years ago, Frederick resident Donna Johnson sent her son, then 20 or 21 years old, to Florida because of opioid abuse.
ANNAPOLIS — A proposed addition of nearly 40,000 square feet to Frederick Health Hospital could be losing up to $600,000 in funding from the state.
Despite some changes in revenue, Frederick County is on track to meet or be near many of its budgeted revenue totals this fiscal year.
ANNAPOLIS — A Frederick County delegate is asking colleagues to form a work group that would look at enhancing penalties against those who assault doctors, nurses and other employees at hospitals and similar facilities.
On a sunny Monday morning, more than 100 people — many of them clad in blue shirts with “Our Kids Can’t Wait” written on them — gathered at College Avenue and St. John’s Street in Annapolis, outside the south side of the House of Delegates Office Building.
An issue many lawmakers in Annapolis have been deliberating about this session is how the state will pay for the Blueprint for Maryland’s Future, otherwise known as the Kirwan plan.
ANNAPOLIS — A bill that would have required more training for concealed carry handgun permits was withdrawn Thursday by Sen. Ron Young.
ANNAPOLIS — A bill recommended by Frederick County Executive Jan Gardner (D) offering grants to elderly and disabled renters countywide passed in the Maryland Senate on Friday in a 45-0 vote.
ANNAPOLIS — As lawmakers debate a K-12 education overhaul plan this year, a Montgomery County delegate and Democratic House leadership proposed a plan that could raise $2.6 billion in revenue annually to help pay for it.
ANNAPOLIS — Thurmont Mayor John Kinnaird waited for hours this week to testify on a bill that could have a major financial impact on his community.
ANNAPOLIS — A proposed law that would require many concealed carry permit holders of handguns to complete two days of training annually was met with heavy opposition at a Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee meeting this past week.
ANNAPOLIS — The Frederick County delegation voted unanimously to support a letter penned by County Executive Jan Gardner (D), which outlines requested improvements to U.S. 15 between Interstate 70 and Md. 26 and requests more funds for paratransit bus service, along with other improvements.
ANNAPOLIS — Del. Ken Kerr’s bill that would offer tuition assistance to students with an associate degree is supported by local higher education institutions, but the second-year lawmaker has added an amendment that aims to offer more scholarship assistance.
ANNAPOLIS — Supporting bills before the Maryland General Assembly would allow vacancies on the Frederick County Board of Education to be filled via an election rather than an appointment process.
ANNAPOLIS — Jennifer Nelson was planning a funeral for a neighbor in September 2018 when she learned some concerning news.
ANNAPOLIS — The bill is less than two pages long, but if it’s passed, it could provide valuable health care protections to the state’s LGBTQ community.
ANNAPOLIS — Many who are interested in politics may know the phrase "All politics is local," a saying championed by former U.S. House Speaker Tip O'Neill.
ANNAPOLIS — The Frederick County delegation voted to send a letter of support of Del. Dan Cox’s (R-Frederick and Carroll) proposal to add Mount Airy to the state’s urban renewal program, along with other proposals at a meeting Thursday.
ANNAPOLIS — Room 170 of the Lowe House Office Building was bustling with activity Tuesday morning and early afternoon.
ANNAPOLIS — More than 60 municipalities in Maryland use the state’s urban renewal authority to help with blighted properties.
ANNAPOLIS — A plastic bag ban that recently passed the House of Delegates won’t affect Maryland farms and orchards, thanks to an amendment by Del. Dan Cox.
ANNAPOLIS — For the first time since a similar version of it was introduced years ago, a bill that would make strangulation a first-degree felony assault has passed out of relevant committees in both the House of Delegates and Senate.
Del. Dan Cox is monitoring his health, but is not concerned after attending a conference late last month with an attendee who has since been diagnosed with the new coronavirus.
ANNAPOLIS — Back in 2017, then-Board of Education member Ken Kerr proposed a teacher apprenticeship program to give Frederick County students a better idea of what the teaching profession looks like.
ANNAPOLIS — An article in the state’s criminal law could have the term “gang” replaced with “criminal organization” if bills cross-filed and sponsored by Del. Jesse Pippy (R-Frederick and Carroll) and Sen. Michael Hough (R-Frederick and Carroll) become law.
ANNAPOLIS — For Sen. Ron Young, childhood obesity is a real concern.
ANNAPOLIS — A bill proposed by Del. Dana Stein and co-sponsored by Del. Karen Lewis Young would ban organized hunting competitions statewide.
ANNAPOLIS — Almost six years ago, Frederick resident Donna Johnson sent her son, then 20 or 21 years old, to Florida because of opioid abuse.
ANNAPOLIS — A proposed addition of nearly 40,000 square feet to Frederick Health Hospital could be losing up to $600,000 in funding from the state.
Despite some changes in revenue, Frederick County is on track to meet or be near many of its budgeted revenue totals this fiscal year.
ANNAPOLIS — A Frederick County delegate is asking colleagues to form a work group that would look at enhancing penalties against those who assault doctors, nurses and other employees at hospitals and similar facilities.
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ANNAPOLIS — The questions were sharp and came quickly Thursday evening in a Senate committee hearing to consider legi…
ANNAPOLIS — Frederick County Sen. Michael Hough wants to repeal the state law that allows automated speed and red-lig…
ANNAPOLIS — Frederick County lawmakers and community leaders are working to see state funding for a planned regional …
ANNAPOLIS — A bill that would cap the county’s hotel tax at 3 percent has passed the Frederick County delegation and …
ANNAPOLIS — Moments after the Maryland Board of Public Works on Wednesday heard the new Frederick High School compare…
ANNAPOLIS — The Maryland General Assembly passed 935 bills and five resolutions during its 90-day session. Here are t…
ANNAPOLIS — Amendments are flowing as Maryland lawmakers decide how to increase the number of barrels that breweries …
ANNAPOLIS — The concerns of Maryland’s immigrant communities were aired Tuesday evening in hearings for two Senate bi…
ANNAPOLIS — A legislative aide to a Frederick County lawmaker was fired after he was revealed Wednesday in a New York…
ANNAPOLIS — A $10,000 fine was not fine with members of Maryland’s House Environment and Transportation Committee.
ANNAPOLIS — A group of nearly two dozen state lawmakers have co-sponsored a bill to remove and destroy the statue of …
ANNAPOLIS — Maryland lawmakers returned to the State House on Wednesday for the start of a 90-day General Assembly se…
ANNAPOLIS — A bill proposed by Del. Dana Stein and co-sponsored by Del. Karen Lewis Young would ban organized hunting…
ANNAPOLIS — As lawmakers debate a K-12 education overhaul plan this year, a Montgomery County delegate and Democratic…
ANNAPOLIS — Room 170 of the Lowe House Office Building was bustling with activity Tuesday morning and early afternoon.
ANNAPOLIS — Frederick County is home to multiple breweries, wineries and distilleries — and Del. Ken Kerr wants to in…
ANNAPOLIS — Del. Dan Cox (R-Frederick and Carroll) is leading an effort that could save Thurmont and its residents up…
ANNAPOLIS — Before Del. Jesse Pippy led his first meeting as chair of the Frederick County delegation, he made a joke…
Undeterred by an unfavorable committee vote and budget language targeting Maryland Planning Secretary Wendi Peters’ p…
ANNAPOLIS — As the General Assembly’s 2017 session wrapped up Monday, Maryland lawmakers were the first in the countr…
ANNAPOLIS — Maryland senators say Gov. Larry Hogan’s moves to withdraw Cabinet nominees before a Senate confirmation …
ANNAPOLIS — As the state’s budget negotiations come to an end, funding for the LYNX program at Frederick High School …
ANNAPOLIS — Maryland lawmakers are expressing grave concern about President Donald Trump’s proposed federal budget.
ANNAPOLIS — A “brewhaha” is brewing in Annapolis over brews.
ANNAPOLIS — Speed demons, unite.
ANNAPOLIS — Despite Democratic hand-wringing over how to respond to President Donald Trump’s policies, Republican Gov…
ANNAPOLIS — Sen. Ron Young asked his Senate colleagues on Wednesday to support a bill to extend limited voting rights…
ANNAPOLIS — The General Assembly has gone to the dogs. And the cownose rays. And the frogs.
ANNAPOLIS — After debating on Friday how much was too much, the Frederick County delegation voted to support a pay ra…
ANNAPOLIS — The Frederick County delegation met in Annapolis on Friday, but postponed several items on its agenda dur…
ANNAPOLIS — Gov. Larry Hogan wants to curb heroin and opioid abuse, long before addiction. One of three bills the Rep…
ANNAPOLIS — The roads leading to the State House will be more crowded Wednesday as Maryland’s state delegates and sen…
The continued tenure of a Frederick Community College board of trustees member is in question, after lawmakers failed…
ANNAPOLIS — The state’s fiscal 2017 capital budget — which includes funding for the downtown Frederick hotel and conf…
ANNAPOLIS — A Frederick biotech company is getting a boost from the state government.
ANNAPOLIS — When it came to a proposed sing-along on the Senate floor Tuesday, Sen. Ron Young’s response was the soun…
ANNAPOLIS — In a political whirlwind on Thursday, Sen. Ron Young withdrew a bill that would have allowed terminally i…
ANNAPOLIS — Several members of a House committee considering whether to remove the statue of Roger Brooke Taney from …
ANNAPOLIS — Monday in the General Assembly is what’s referred to fondly as “Liquor Day.”
ANNAPOLIS — As the cost and scale of the downtown hotel and conference center project are decreasing, more questions …
ANNAPOLIS — Democratic senators voted to override two vetoes by Republican Gov. Larry Hogan on Tuesday, making it leg…
ANNAPOLIS — Frederick County state lawmakers plan to meet twice next week to discuss a proposed downtown Frederick ho…
ANNAPOLIS — Lawmakers and supporters crowded a House of Delegates meeting room on Thursday to support legislation to …
ANNAPOLIS — Frederick resident Bob Kozloski took a minute in the marble foyer of the Lowe House Office Building on Tu…
Midway through January, there are already nearly half as many bills before the Frederick County Council compared with…
ANNAPOLIS — As the final bells rang to summon members into the House of Delegates last Friday, the chamber was suspic…
ANNAPOLIS — Maryland lawmakers passed a capital budget on Wednesday that could bring $16 million in grants to a propo…
ANNAPOLIS — Is the third time a charm?
ANNAPOLIS — Sam Tressler IV, the son of a third-generation dairy farmer in Frederick County, runs a film production h…
ANNAPOLIS — What do Chance the Rapper, Justin Trudeau, Pope Francis, Chicago Cubs General Manager Theo Epstein and Co…
ANNAPOLIS — It could become more acrimonious in Annapolis soon — at least as far as Frederick County lawmakers are co…
ANNAPOLIS — The Senate was poised this month to hand Gov. Larry Hogan’s planning secretary nominee a pink slip. Now, …
ANNAPOLIS — The Maryland Senate on Wednesday added a small line item to the state budget that could help Frederick Hi…
ANNAPOLIS — Maryland’s senators debated on Wednesday whether the state should take a regional or local approach to co…
ANNAPOLIS — In a flurry of weekend and Monday floor sessions, lawmakers in Annapolis took hundreds of votes on pendin…
ANNAPOLIS — Maryland lawmakers will have a busy day voting on legislation.
ANNAPOLIS — Maryland lawmakers are expressing grave concern about President Donald Trump’s proposed federal budget.
ANNAPOLIS — A “brewhaha” is brewing in Annapolis over brews.
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ANNAPOLIS — More than once, surviving family members of murder victims in Maryland have received messages stating inc…
ANNAPOLIS — Maryland’s top legislators could testify as soon as May in the federal court case challenging Maryland’s …
ANNAPOLIS — As the Maryland House of Delegates continues work on next year’s state budget, funding for two key county…
ANNAPOLIS — Gov. Larry Hogan has withdrawn his nomination of Wendi Peters for state secretary of planning after a com…
ANNAPOLIS — Under current Maryland law, it’s a felony to injure a race horse, but failing to report the death of a mi…
ANNAPOLIS — Knoxville mom Cindy Rose appeared before the House Ways and Means Committee for the third year in a row F…
ANNAPOLIS — A bill that would ban fracking in the state of Maryland passed the House of Delegates with a veto-proof m…
ANNAPOLIS — Several Frederick County bills advanced in Maryland’s General Assembly this week.
ANNAPOLIS — Speed demons, unite.
ANNAPOLIS — Is the third time a charm?
