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WEB4 days ago · By Capital News Service | October 2, 2024 | Election | 0 |. When discussions finished at a local town hall, Michael Riker, 61, grabbed his home-designed palm cards and hustled to the door. Dressed in an oversized gray suit and sporting a yellow tie with “We the People” printed on it, Riker stumped for votes mainly by commiserating with ...
State Roundup: Md. hits hospital emergency threshold as Omicron cases ...
WEBDec 24, 2021 · MERRY CHRISTMAS: We’re taking the next week off. State Roundup will return next Friday morning, New Year’s Eve for the final roundup of the year. COVID-RELATED HOSPITALIZATIONS TRIGGER HOGAN’S EMERGENCY PLAN: Maryland’s number of COVID-19 related hospitalizations have exceeded the threshold set forth in a recent order by the Maryland Department of Health. Measures being […]
Maryland Senate candidates Hogan and Alsobrooks face off in …
WEB2 days ago · By JACK BOWMAN. OWINGS MILLS, Md. – The issue of Republican Senate hopeful Larry Hogan’s party allegiance took center stage in the first, and perhaps only, debate with Democratic opponent Angela Alsobrooks on Thursday. As he has throughout his campaign, Hogan, who moderator Chuck Todd mentioned was recruited to run by Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Kentucky, spent much of the ...
Maryland Voters Guide: statewide candidates for governor, …
WEBSep 14, 2022 · MarylandReporter.com is publishing this comprehensive list of statewide candidates for Maryland governor, attorney general and comptroller updated for the general election. It includes links to the candidates’ websites, stories, endorsements and voters guides by other organizations, as well as coverage of the races in general. If you think we’ve missed something, let us know by […]
Data shows Maryland General Assembly is becoming more representative …
WEBNov 19, 2021 · In the General Assembly, the ratio gets much larger with 41 percent female and 59 percent male. And when looking at the state Senate separately, the ratio gets larger again, with twice the number of male senators as female senators. The House is most representative of Maryland as a whole, with 56 percent male and 44 percent female.
State Roundup: Most Marylanders support enshrining abortion …
WEB4 days ago · MOST MARYLANDERS SUPPORT ENSHRINING ABORTION RIGHTS: Maryland voters are poised to enshrine the right to abortion access in the state constitution, with 69% of voters saying they will support it and just 21% opposed, according to a poll released Wednesday. The abortion question has also “played a front and center role” in the contest for Senate, where the poll shows Prince George’s ...
Maryland General Assembly closes 2022 session with sweeping …
WEBApr 12, 2022 · Senate President Bill Ferguson, D-Baltimore, watches confetti rain down around him as the Maryland General Assembly legislative session ends at midnight Tuesday, April 12, 2022. (Joe Ryan/Capital News Service) ANNAPOLIS — The 2022 Maryland General Assembly wrapped up late Monday with lawmakers pushing a handful of bills across the finish line ...
State Roundup: Almost a million Marylanders remain unvaxxed; …
WEBSep 30, 2021 · 900,000 MARYLANDERS REMAIN UNVAXXED: While Maryland’s COVID-19 vaccination metrics are better than that of most states with about 84% of residents partially vaccinated and about 60% fully vaccinated-significant outreach and education must be a continued priority as about 900,000 Marylanders still are unvaccinated, Deputy Health Secretary Dr. Jinlene Chan told Bryan Renbaum of ...
Roundup: Senate approves redistricting maps in party-line vote; …
WEBJan 21, 2022 · MD SENATE APPROVES REDISTRICTING: Maryland’s Senate approved on a party-line vote Thursday a plan that makes changes in their own districts, but not before a heated debate about voting rights unfolded. Callan Tansill-Suddath/WYPR. The reconfigured boundaries, which delegates are expected to pass next week, are slated to go into effect before June’s primary elections.
Governor signs into law last bills for 2022 General Assembly
WEBApr 12, 2022 · ANNAPOLIS — A day after lawmakers worked until a few minutes before their midnight deadline to pass legislation, Maryland Republican Gov. Larry Hogan signed 79 bipartisan bills into law, capping his final legislative session in office. Hogan and Democrats Senate President Bill Ferguson, Baltimore, and …