The League of Women Voters (LWV) of Calvert County 2018 Legislative Evening will be on Wednesday, November 14th at the College of Southern Maryland in Prince Frederick, 115 J.W. Williams Rd. There will be light refreshments and networking from 6:30pm to 7pm, program to begin at 7pm. Each year, the LWV of Calvert County hosts […]
Deaf and Hard of Hearing Hosts Annual Legislative Day
Governor’s Office of the Deaf and Hard of Hearing Hosts Annual Legislative Awareness Day Recognizes Advocates in Deaf and Hard of Hearing Community The Governor’s Office of the Deaf and Hard of Hearing today welcomed and recognized community leaders and advocates for their 2018 Annual Legislative Awareness Day in Annapolis. Lt. Governor Boyd Rutherford attended […]
First-Ever Ethnic Commissions’ Joint Legislative Night
Governor’s Office of Community Initiatives Brings Together All Ethnic Commissions for First-Ever Ethnic Commissions’ Joint Legislative Night Over 235 Marylanders Join for an Evening of Diversity and Community The Governor’s Office of Community Initiatives yesterday evening hosted their first-ever Ethnic Commissions’ Joint Legislative Night. This event highlighted the collaboration between the Governor’s Commissions on African […]
Delegate Mark Fisher on Happenings in Annapolis
Clearing Annapolis of Corruption; Fighting Against Sanctuary Status for Maryland House Bill 272 Sanctuary-Campus Status HB0272 establishes sanctuary status for college campuses. The bill, sponsored by Delegate Queen (D-Montgomery County), seeks to provide protection and significant public benefits to illegal aliens. HB 272 mandates the following services be offered to illegal aliens attending colleges and […]
Joint Message from DAV and DAV Auxiliary
Congress is back and has just a few weeks remaining this year to pass historic claims and appeals modernization legislation and we need your help to make sure they don’t leave town without getting this done. To address this issue, DAV, other VSOs and VA officials developed and agreed on a new framework for processing […]
“On the Mark” with Delegate Tony O’Donnell
Hello from Annapolis! The 2016 session has just wrapped up; it occurred at midnight yesterday, Monday, April 11. The broad range of legislation for which Delegate O’Donnell has been championing has primarily met with approval and clearance in the legislative process. The 14 bills—for which a synopsis and status update is provided below—aim to advance […]
Sen Steve Waugh Legislative Focus: Final Thoughts
2016 Session: Final Thoughts The 2016 session of the Maryland General Assembly was even busier than last year, having considered more than 2817 bills and 15 joint resolutions before adjourning on April 11 on what’s known as Sine Die. For the most part, the Senate passed a fiscally responsible budget that involved ‘No new taxes […]
Insights from Annapolis with Delegate Deb Rey
War on Work! The word on the streets in Annapolis is HB 580 Maryland Healthy Working Families Act also known as the Paid Sick Leave bill will receive a hearing in the Senate Finance Committee on Monday (today) and is expected to be voted out. This bill requires businesses with 15 or more employees to […]
Sen Steve Waugh Legislative Focus: HB 1013
Maryland Open Transportation Investment Decision Act of 2016 This bill is retaliation for the Gov’s Red Line decision. It repeals the current process by which the Maryland Department of Transportation assesses local roads projects with County input to determine which should receive transportation funding priority; instead it requires the Department to develop a formula to […]
Insights from Annapolis with Delegate Deb Rey
On Friday, April 1 2016, Governor Larry Hogan vetoed HB 1013, Maryland Open Transportation Investment Decision Act of 2016. This legislation requires the Maryland Department of Transportation to develop a scoring system for the transportation projects across the state. If this legislation were to be enacted, the majority of the projects in St Mary’s, like […]