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Md. lawmakers override Hogan's veto, ban juvenile life without parole

The Maryland General Assembly overrode Gov. Larry Hogan’s veto Saturday and enacted legislation prohibiting juveniles convicted of murder or rape from being sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole. Legislative supporters of the override called the prohibition an affirmation of the principle that young offenders are not beyond redemption given time for ...

General Assembly overrides Hogan's veto, enacts police reforms

The Maryland General Assembly on Saturday overrode Gov. Larry Hogan’s veto and enacted police reform proposals intended to curtail deadly and excessive force, limit the use of no-knock warrants and make the police disciplinary process subject to greater civilian oversight. The Senate and House of Delegate’s votes followed nationwide protests of police brutality that followed ...
Hogan vetoes police reform proposals; legislative leaders seek to override

Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan Friday evening vetoed police reform proposals intended to curtail deadly and excessive force, limit the use of no-knock warrants and make the police disciplinary process subject to greater civilian oversight. The measures, however, passed both the Democratic-led Senate and House with sufficient votes to override the Republican governor’s veto. Votes to ...
Police reform's passage draws Dems' cheers, GOP jeers

Democratic legislators on Thursday basked in the General Assembly’s passage of police reform legislation to curtail deadly and excessive force and make the police disciplinary process uniform across the state and with greater civilian oversight. But their Republican colleagues – and the state’s GOP governor – voiced concern with legislation they believe adopted too much ...
Hogan vetoes bill to ban juvenile life without parole

Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan on Thursday vetoed a measure that would prohibit juveniles convicted of rape or murder from being sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole. The Senate and House of Delegates are expected to vote in the coming days to try to override the Republican governor’s veto of legislation its ...
Md. House and Senate still apart on sports betting bill

ANNAPOLIS — Efforts by the General Assembly to finalize the state’s sports betting industry is coming down to the wire. Again. The Senate Thursday gave preliminary approval to a bill that, if passed and signed by the governor, could allow the first sports betting operations in casinos as soon as this fall. But changes made to ...
General Assembly sends sweeping police reform legislation to Hogan

Maryland’s Democratic-led General Assembly on Wednesday gave final approval to a raft of police reform proposals to curtail deadly and excessive force, limit no-knock warrants and make the police disciplinary process uniform across the state and with greater civilian oversight. The Senate passed the measure on a primarily party line vote of 31-16; the House ...
Md. awarded more than $2.8M in COVID-19 national dislocated worker grant funds

Maryland Department of Labor Secretary Tiffany P. Robinson Wednesday announced that Maryland has been awarded $2,881,060 from the U.S. Department of Labor’s (USDOL) COVID-19 National Dislocated Worker Grant (NDWG) program to help workers whose jobs were impacted by the pandemic to access employment and training services. This competitive federal funding opportunity was introduced to provide ...
Business liability protection bill in Md. falls by the wayside

With the Maryland General Assembly session coming to an end, a top priority for the state’s business community — legislation to protect businesses from lawsuits claiming that a customer had caught the virus at those businesses — has failed to move past initial hearings in either chamber. Business leaders and advocates had fiercely pushed for the legislation, sponsored in the Senate by ...
Md. lawmakers craft sports betting measure

Sports betting in Maryland could be a reality by the end of the year as part of a Senate proposal that would offer an unlimited number of coveted mobile licenses as well as licenses for smaller operators. The changes, if approved by the full Senate, set up a potential conference committee with the House in ...