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House advances bill striking crime of adultery from books
A bill to repeal the crime of adultery passed the Maryland House of Delegates for the second straight year and will head to the Senate committee where it stalled in […]
House passes bill decriminalizing attempted suicide
ANNAPOLIS – The House of Delegates on Friday passed legislation to decriminalize attempted suicide. With the House’s 103-38 vote, attention now shifts to the Senate, where the Judicial Proceedings Committee […]
Senate votes down trio of Hogan handgun board appointments
ANNAPOLIS — A trio of appointees to the state Handgun Permit Review Board were voted down after a nearly one-hour debate. The Senate voted 25-21 to accept a recommendation of […]
Gov. Hogan: No Trump primary challenge without major shift
Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan said Thursday that he's not launching a primary challenge against President Donald Trump unless the president's political standing within his own party weakens dramatically.
Franchot, Md. lawmakers spar over alcohol oversight powers
ANNAPOLIS —Maryland’s top tax collector and two state lawmakers traded barbs Thursday over a proposal to strip the state’s top tax collector and enforcer of alcohol regulations of some of […]
Senator invokes Brown v. Board in support of prerelease bill
A Baltimore state senator Thursday invoked what might be the most famous Supreme Court decision in support of what might be the shortest piece of legislation introduced in the General […]
Legislation would make Obamacare protections Md. law
ANNAPOLIS — Maryland lawmakers want to ensure the patient protections in the Affordable Care Act continue in the state, even if a ruling by a federal judge throwing out the […]
Legislators consider bill to decriminalize attempted suicide
ANNAPOLIS – A suicide attempt is evidence of a mental health problem that needs treatment, not a common-law crime that merits punishment, a state senator said Wednesday in urging his […]
Bill allowing unspecified gender on licenses advances
A measure to enable Maryland residents to select an unspecified gender on their driver's licenses has advanced in the state Senate.Senators gave the measure preliminary approval Wednesday.
Photos, private information to be blocked under 9-1-1 bill
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 […]
House committee considers wage history bill once more
For the third year in a row, activists, attorneys and business groups met Tuesday afternoon at the House Economic Matters Committee in Annapolis to consider a bill that would prohibit […]
Md. may give minors consent for preventive HIV care
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 […]
