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Governor Larry Hogan is recommending $20.3 in the FY 2017 budget for the Maryland State Arts Council. Hogan released the following statement about his proposed funding: “The arts are not only an important economic generator in Maryland, they are also essential to educating our children, spurring creativity and innovation, and maintaining our overall quality of […]

The Maryland State Senate overrode Governor Larry Hogan’s veto on reinstating voting rights to released felons, on Tuesday. The law, which will go into effect in March, will allow nearly 40,000 Maryland felons, who are on probation or parole, the right to vote. The law was passed in a narrow partisan, 29-18 vote. Hogan vetoed the […]

Delegate Craig Zucker was sworn into the Maryland State Senate on Thursday for District 14. Zucker is filling the seat of former State Senator Karen Montgomery, who retired in December. Zucker’s swearing in took place one day ahead of an important vote to override Governor Larry Hogan’s veto of an ex-felon voting rights bill. For […]

Maryland Governor Larry Hogan delivered his second State of the State speech today to the Maryland General Assembly. Maryland Public TV filmed the address and you can watch the speech in its entirety, here: Education and transportation were highlighted in Governor Hogan’s address, including; increases in per-pupil spending state-wide and moving forward with a cost-effective version […]

Gaithersburg City Councilmember Henry Marraffa watched the Iowa caucuses from his hospital bed on Monday night where he is undergoing chemotherapy for leukemia. He said his prognosis is good. “I was diagnosed this week with leukemia, an extension of the MDS [Myelodysplastic Syndromes] I was being treated for the last two years,” Marraffa wrote in […]

Maryland Governor Larry Hogan introduced a bill, on Tuesday, to toughen the state’s existing Prescription Drug Monitoring Program and increase drug trafficking penalties. According to a news release, the legislation is based on recommendations from the governor’s Heroin and Opioid Emergency Task Force. The legislation would amend the state’s Gang Statute and mirror it after federal […]

Governor Larry Hogan announced on Tuesday, that he is introducing legislation to reform Maryland’s redistricting process. According to a news release, the legislation is based on recommendations from the governor’s bipartisan Redistricting Reform Commission and proposes a non-partisan Apportionment Commission to replace the existing process, which is led by the governor. “An overwhelming majority of […]

Governor Larry Hogan announced on Monday that the state’s recovery efforts are “well underway” and that the state of emergency enacted on Friday by the governor still remains in effect until further notice. According to a news release, the governor is urging people to remain off the roads “unless absolute necessary,” as crews continue to […]

Governor Hogan urges residents to remain patient and stay indoors while crews work to clear roads. Earlier today, Governor Hogan had this to say at the Maryland Emergency Operations Center: According to a press release, Hogan continues to direct all state agencies in a coordinated response to the winter blizzard that pummelled the state this […]

Governor Larry Hogan signed an Executive Order declaring a state of emergency in Maryland, starting on Friday, Jan. 22 at 7 a.m., ahead of the potential winter storm. You can view the news conference Hogan held on Thursday about the storm, below: “Our state is taking every precaution – coordinating all available resources – to prepare to […]