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ANNAPOLIS — Creating and selling edible medical cannabis products; allowing inmates to receive medical cannabis treatment; and prohibiting employers from asking about marijuana use could become law in Maryland under bills being pushed in this year’s General Assembly. The Senate’s ...

ANNAPOLIS — In anticipation of an update to statewide 9-1-1 communication systems by 2021, gruesome imagery of crime scenes or injuries, individuals’ medical histories and identification of domestic violence or rape victims may be protected from public view under legislation ...

ANNAPOLIS — State legislation could allow minors to consent to preventive treatment for human immunodeficiency virus or  HIV. Pre-exposure prophylaxis — commonly referred to as “PrEP” — consists of a single pill of a medicine called Truvada taken every day. ...

ANNAPOLIS— Using ransomware to hold computers hostage would draw stiffer penalties under legislation — prompted in part by attacks on Maryland hospitals over the past few years — state lawmakers are considering. The legislation, which would set tougher penalties for ...

ANNAPOLIS — State legislation could ban the Maryland Department of Natural Resources from dredging the Chesapeake Bay’s Man O’ War Shoal for shells destined to become homes for new baby oysters elsewhere. In recent years, the harvest of native oysters ...

ANNAPOLIS — Greater transparency, public participation and ease of access are major reasons for bipartisan, video live-streaming bills reintroduced in the Maryland House and Senate this week, legislators said. Maryland General Assembly, State Board of Elections and Maryland Transportation Authority ...

ANNAPOLIS — Legislation that would require 150 minutes of physical activity, including 90 minutes of physical education, a week for elementary school students in Maryland was heard by the House Ways and Means committee on Thursday. The Student Health and ...

ANNAPOLIS — Legislation that would define esports in Maryland, allow prizes and prevent gambling was heard by the House Ways and Means committee on Thursday. The legislation defines esports as a competition involving video games, including first-person shooters, real-time strategy ...

WASHINGTON – House Democrats on Wednesday introduced legislation to strengthen a decade-old equal pay law to ensure women are paid the same as men for the same jobs. The bill has the support of every Democrat in the House, according ...

ANNAPOLIS — Gov. Larry Hogan’s I-495 and I-270 expansion plan could be pushed back for a year by a bill that would first require a completed environmental assessment.   Maryland House Bill 91 would require all presolicitation reports for Public-Private ...