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6 days ago · Amid a jurisdictional tug-of-war over the future home of the Washington Commanders, Maryland Gov. Wes Moore on Wednesday struck an assured posture on his state’s ability to keep the team in Prince George’s County. Moore celebrates bipartisan wins in …
Five takeaways from the 2024 Election in Maryland
5 days ago · Here are five takeaways from the 2024 general election in Maryland: Maryland holds true blue. Maryland’s 10 electoral votes were awarded to Democratic nominee Vice President Kamala Harris after capturing nearly 1.5 million votes compared to Republican President-elect Donald Trump’s 920,000. The state, which has voted for the Democratic ...
Alsobrooks wins historic race for Maryland’s Senate seat
6 days ago · COLLEGE PARK, Md. – Marylanders have elected Angela Alsobrooks to represent them in the U.S. Senate, giving Democrats a critical victory in a race that was one of the closest in the state’s recent history. The Associated Press called the race less than two hours after the polls closed, with more than half the state’s votes counted and ...
STATE ROUNDUP: PROVISIONAL BALLOTS might determine 6TH …
4 days ago · PROVISIONAL BALLOTS COULD DETERMINE VICTORY IN 6TH CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT: The candidates in Maryland’s 6th Congressional District could be counting on provisional ballots to propel them to victory. The days since the polls closed, Republicans continue to wait to see whether they managed to flip the district held by Democrat U.S. Rep. David Trone, who gave […]
Conservatives make gains in school board races
3 days ago · As of Oct. 16, the PAC had pumped $90,580.50 toward the campaigns of 13 candidates across Cecil, Queen Anne’s, Talbot, Calvert, Somerset, and St. Mary’s counties. Of those 13, seven have won their elections and one remains too close to call. In Calvert County, candidates endorsed by the 1776 Project PAC won all three school board seats.
Maryland voters will send three newcomers to US House, but one …
6 days ago · FREDERICK – Three newcomers will join the Maryland delegation in the House in January – but it remained unclear near midnight Tuesday whether one would break the Democratic hold on the 6th Congressional District. The 6th District contest between Democrat April McClain Delaney and Republican Neil Parrott was the only one of the eight House ...
Maryland’s Democratic lawmakers optimistic about state priorities …
5 days ago · By SHAUN CHORNOBROFF, MENNATALLA IBRAHIM, MARIJKE FRIEDMAN and JAMES MATHESON. WASHINGTON – After Tuesday’s defeat of Vice President Kamala Harris and a flip of the majority in the United States Senate to the Republicans, Democratic lawmakers in Maryland say they are still optimistic about the prospects of several key state projects that would require congressional and presidential support ...
General Assembly Archives - MarylandReporter.com
Oct 3, 2024 · Lawmakers in the Maryland General Assembly are hearing bills to prohibit the distribution of heroin and fentanyl without lawful authority to do so. Victoria & Scottie’s Law is named in honor of two individuals who died from fentanyl overdoses. The bill would impose up to 20 years of imprisonment on anyone convicted of selling these substances ...
Maryland General Assembly closes 2022 session with sweeping …
Apr 12, 2022 · By LOGAN HILL. ANNAPOLIS — The 2022 Maryland General Assembly wrapped up late Monday with lawmakers pushing a handful of bills across the finish line just before the deadline at midnight Tuesday, although most of the major legislation already had passed in time for an override of a potential veto. The new laws, many of which passed over Republican Gov. Larry Hogan’s objections, included ...
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 …