Maryland's Highest Court Doesn't Change Legislative Map
Maryland's highest court on Wednesday affirmed a special magistrate's recommendations not to change the state's legislative map, which was challenged on constitutional grounds.
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Maryland's highest court on Wednesday affirmed a special magistrate's recommendations not to change the state's legislative map, which was challenged on constitutional grounds.
Maryland lawmakers closed their legislative session late Monday with approval of legislation to strengthen cybersecurity in a year marked by a budget surplus that enabled upgrades to parks, infrastructure, schools and information technology systems, as well as tax relief.
Maryland lawmakers enter the last day of their legislative session on Monday with most high-profile measures already passed into law, including tax relief, a paid family leave program and an extensive measure aimed at slowing climate change.
Democrats, who control the General Assembly, passed the legislation with enough votes to override the veto before the scheduled adjournment of the legislative session Monday at midnight.
The General Assembly needs a three-fifths vote in both houses to override a veto.
A Maryland measure to ban guns without serial numbers will go into effect without Gov. Larry Hogan's signature, the governor announced Friday.
With the clock winding down on the Maryland General Assembly's legislative session, Gov. Larry Hogan is calling for lawmakers to pass emergency legislation intended to crack down on crime.
The Senate confirmed President Joe Biden's Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson on Thursday in a historic vote that paves the way for her to become the first Black woman to serve on the highest court in the nation.
The Maryland House of Delegates passed a measure Monday that would make declawing cats illegal in Maryland.
Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan on Monday signed a redrawn congressional map into law after the state withdrew its appeal of an earlier decision that Democrats' initial map is unconstitutional.
Marylanders are due to receive $1.86 billion in savings after Gov. Larry Hogan, House Speaker Adrienne Jones and Senate President Bill Ferguson signed into law a package of tax cuts, including a bill that eliminates the income tax for most retirees in the state.
A Maryland judge on Friday deferred a decision about the state's newly redrawn congressional map, noting at a hearing that her ruling striking down the previous map is being appealed by the attorney general's office to the state's highest court.
Baltimore Mayor Brandon Scott and Police Commissioner Michael Harrison joined state lawmakers and gun control advocates in calling on Gov. Larry Hogan to sign into law a ban on "ghost guns," unserialized firearms that can be purchased as kits and assembled at home.
Maryland's General Assembly on Wednesday approved a new congressional map to meet the deadline imposed by a judge last week.
It is the first time Gov. Hogan, a Republican, has endorsed a Democratic candidate.
