State Roundup: Maryland's multiracial population grows; millions …
1 day ago · MARYLAND’s GROWING MULTIRACIAL VOTERS CHANGE IDENTITY POLITICS: Maryland’s multiracial population has seen a big boost since 2020, to the tune of nearly 52,000 new multiracial residents. There are now around 534,000 people who identify as multiracial in the state. Of those, almost two-thirds are at least 18 years old and multiracial adults now make up about 7% of Maryland’s electorate.
State Roundup: Md. hits hospital emergency threshold as Omicron cases ...
Dec 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 […]
State Roundup: Workgroup recommends ditching elections for …
3 days ago · WORKGROUP RECOMMENDS JETTISONING CIRCUIT JUDGE RACES: After years of study, a judicial workgroup is recommending that Maryland do away with contested elections for its 175 circuit court judges, saying the process presents ethical problems and poses a risk to judges’ safety in the current political atmosphere. Louis Peck/Maryland Matters. IS ABORTION REALLY ON THE MARYLAND BALLOT IF THE WORD ...
Maryland Senate candidates Hogan and Alsobrooks face off in …
6 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 General Assembly closes 2022 session with sweeping …
Apr 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; …
Sep 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 ...
Data shows Maryland General Assembly is becoming more representative …
Nov 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: Senate OKs extensive climate bill as poll finds ...
Mar 15, 2022 · SENATE PASSES SWEEPING CLIMATE CHANGE BILL: The Maryland Senate passed an extensive climate change bill Monday night that would set the state on track to cut its greenhouse gas emissions to zero by 2045, partly by requiring large buildings to reduce their energy usage. Elizabeth Shwe/Maryland Matters. But the chamber has abandoned environmentalists’ most aggressive proposal for reducing ...
Governor signs into law last bills for 2022 General Assembly
Apr 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 House Speaker Adrienne Jones, Baltimore ...
State Roundup: Republicans say Maryland map ignores voters' …
Dec 14, 2021 · GOP LAWMAKERS: ADOPTED MAP IGNORES VOTERS’ WISHES: The General Assembly largely ignored the wishes of a significant portion of the state’s electorate in a recent vote to override Gov. Larry Hogan’s veto of congressional redistricting legislation favored by Democrats, several of Maryland’s GOP lawmakers said …