Senate votes 30-16 to override Gov. Hogan's veto of a bill that creates a paid family leave program in Maryland. Advocates have been pushing for a program for more than a decade.
New: Gov. Hogan announces that masks will be required in state buildings. The state’s largest union pushed for the mask mandate during recent negotiations. Hogan rejected it. Today he instituted it, along with paid leave for state employees to get booster shots
Some personal news: I’m leaving The Post at the end of the month. I decided to accept the buyout offer. The decision is bittersweet but I’m excited about what’s ahead. For now, it involves some serious me time.
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@iamwesmoore
signs his first executive orders on his first full day in office. He is releasing $69 million in funds that were authorized by the GA, and creating a new state department that emphasizes service.
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@iamwesmoore
embraces
@TomPerez
at a Democratic Party unity rally in Silver Spring. The event is the first since Moore won the Democratic nomination, besting Perez in what ended up a two-way race.
Breaking: Circuit court judge issues a temporary halt to
@GovLarryHogan
’s order to stop unemployment benefits. Says plaintiffs proved “immediate, substantial, irreparable harm.” Today was the last day of benefits.
Mental health law named for Rep. Raskin’s late son takes effect in Md. next week.
@RepRaskin
, a former state senator, returned to Annapolis to talk about the measure (via
@Meagan_Flynn
)
.
@GovLarryHogan
on Fox Sunday says he will not impose new restrictions in Md even though the state is expecting "the worst surge we've seen in our hospitals throughout the entire crisis" in the next 3 to 5 weeks.
Before heading into the rally,
@BenJealous
and Sen. Sanders spend some time on the basketball court outside the community center in Prince George’s County
Gov. Hogan and the congressional delegation at presser following closed door meeting. The state has the largest class of women in the General Assembly this year. But this picture of the all-male delegation reflects the lack of representation in the state's delegation
Senate passes Anton’s Law with a vote of 30-17. The bill reforms the state’s MPIA laws to allow an officer’s record to be accessible to the public. The bill is named in honor of a black teenager who died in 2018 after a police interaction
Underneath his palm as he swears to “bear true allegiance to the State of Maryland” will be a Bible that once belonged to Frederick Douglass, a Marylander born into slavery and became a leading voice of abolition (via
@JoeHeim
)
The Senate voted unanimously to get rid of the state song, Maryland, My Maryland. Previous efforts dating back to the 1970’s have failed. The song urges the state to join the confederacy to go against the “Northern scrum.”
Senate overturns Gov. Hogan's veto of a bill that requires access to counsel to children who are being interrogated.
@jillpcarter
, the bill sponsor, said she was proud to override the veto on behalf of those children who were harmed by coercion.
Exclusive: Redskins owner Daniel Snyder met with legislative leaders on Tuesday to persuade them give him a gambling license at a future Redskins stadium in Maryland (with
@ErinatThePost
)
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@iamwesmoore
tells
@wbalradio
that he disagrees with Gov. Hogan - that Dan Cox doesn't have a chance to win the governor's seat: "He won the Republican primary. You can not take him lightly. We are going to compete in this race the same way we competed in our primary."
Several hundred people lined up for first day of early voting in Bowie. Talked to a woman who got to the poll at 5:30. There were about 50 people in front of her.
Michigan has released racial breakdown numbers.
@Nick_Mosby
is calling for the same in Md. African Americans make up 14 percent of Michigan’s population. It accounts for 40 percent of its coronavirus deaths.
NEW: Michigan is now reporting the racial breakdown of COVID-19 cases. So far, 10,791 positive cases have been reported & 417 deaths. Of that, African Americans account for 35% of cases & 40% of deaths. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, just 14.1% of MI’s population is black.
There's a wonky constitutional amendment in Maryland that has far-reaching implications, and it's also seeing really strong early support - 1.3 M for, 450k against. If it holds, Maryland's state lawmakers will assume more control over state spending, the gov less.
In 2014, Hogan said:
“I like to call them the Washington Redskins and I don’t think the government has any business whatsoever trying to tell a private enterprise what they should call themselves.”
Today: “The time is probably right” to change the name and agrees it is a slur.
Md
@GovLarryHogan
said he "absolutely" agrees "Redskins" is a slur, and that he thinks the team should change the name.
"The time is probably right ... I understand it's a hurtful name, and in today's context it probably should be changed."
Proud to join
@iamwandasykes
at the Strathmore tonight.
Welcomed Wanda home to Maryland and reminisced about the work we did together to make the NAACP a better ally in ending discrimination against the LGBTQ community.
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@GovLarryHogan
announces that the state will draw a lottery for vaccinated Md residents. Winners could take away a total of $2 million. $40,000 for 40 days. Grand prize: $400,000.
Md Senate votes 31-16 on bill that would remove the governor from the parole process for those serving life sentences with possibility of parole. Md is one of three states that gives the governor authority over recommendations made by parole boards.
McIntosh, with eyes filled with tears: “I said we need to stay in this room until we get 71 votes. I didn’t get 71 votes. . . My goal was to get to consensus.”
HB670, the repeal and replacement of LEOBR, passes the Senate after impassioned remarks from
@jillpcarter
who has spent decades pushing for police reform.
My thanks to the kind and brilliant colleagues that I’ve had the opportunity to work with over the last 20 years, particularly my Annapolis partner,
@ErinatThePost
, and an immense amount of gratitude to those who trusted me to tell their stories. I’m grateful. ✌🏾
Robin Ficker, the 2nd GOP candidate, opened with his plan to cut the sales tax by 2 cents. He ended with “I’m going to be the first Black governor Maryland has ever had.” (Should be noted, Ficker is white).
Thank you to our partners at Capital Area Food Bank for helping us host pop-up food pantries today in our County. The demand was so great that we served over 600 families in just 35 minutes. We are collaborating to host future pop-ups msoon.
#PGCCOVID19
#PrinceGeorgesProud
When
@SenBillFerg
ends the Md session with “stay safe, wear your mask, get the vaccine,” for some reason it reminds me of Bob Barker at the end of Price is Right saying “help control the pet population, have your pets stayed or neutered”
Five weeks before Election Day, Democrat and political newcomer
@iamwesmoore
holds a 32-percentage point lead over Donald Trump-aligned Republican
@DanCoxEsq
in the MD governor’s race, a Washington Post-University of Maryland poll finds.
Just in, we win: Hogan and Robinson are enjoined from taking any action that will prevent the State of Maryland from receiving any and all expanded and/or supplemental benefits available under the CARES Act, ARPA, or any other federal unemployment benefits.
The Senate JPR committee in the past hour has reinserted a provision that allows the scrubbing of an officers record after a certain period and took out one that would allow a jurisdiction to create a civilian oversight panel.
Here we go again! 4th or 5th voting session on sb627
#LEOBRRepeal
- all my amendments have been adopted and I fear many now being offered seek to restore the current LEOBR.
#MDGA21
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@JohnBKing
concedes: “While we do not know who will be our nominee, sadly we know it will not be us,” as he thanks his family, volunteers, donors and staff. King received endorsements from several progressive groups
The House conferees unanimously support the conference committee report on HB670 to repeal LEOBR and implement a transparent and accountable process for police misconduct!
The House voted 94-38 to repeal the Civil War-era state song that urged Md to secede and join the confederacy.
@CherylKagan
, who has been pushing for years, has a similar Senate bill. Here’s some background:
I keep my personal life off Twitter, but explaining my absence could save someone else’s life.
-in April, I had my 3rd child
- in July, I had emergency double-bypass surgery, following to a rare type of heart attack that can strike younger, healthy women, often postpartum 1/x
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@SpeakerAJones
is making another attempt to get the confederate plaque removed from the Maryland statehouse. She pushed for it last year. Here is the 2019 story.
Md Senate passes bill to provide mental health services - and also was renamed in honor of Tommy Raskin, the son of
@RepRaskin
who died by suicide on the last day of 2020.
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@TomPerez
said “Trump-ism is on the ballot and that’s why we need Wes Moore.” Perez, the former chair of the DNC, said when we elect “Wes, Aruna, Anthony and Brooke that’s a big f—— deal.” To those who lost: “get over it.”
In other news: Biden announces endorsements in five states, including MD. Backers include 10 Maryland lawmakers, Sens. King, Zirkin, Feldman and Dels. Healey, Stein and Young. Also on list former US Rep. Wynn, former state Sen. Gloria Lawlah and health advocate Vinnie DeMarco
Fiona Apple and Jamie Lee Curtis are among those lobbying for Md to make virtual access to court hearings, which took took root during the pandemic, permanent. (Via
@kemettler
)
Dan Cox deletes his account on Gab, an online hub known for hate speech, and erases portions of his campaign website in a pivot to the general election (with
@ErinatThePost
)
“Just because she’s not trying to go around trying to prove she’s the strongest one in the room doesn’t mean that she isn’t” Del. Dereck Davis says of the woman who became Md House Speaker (w/
@ErinatThePost
)
The virus is going to dictate the time frame, and we’re going to follow the advice of the scientists and doctors. On
@FoxNewsSunday
, I told Chris Wallace that cases in the National Capital Region have quadrupled in the past week and we see that continuing to grow exponentially.
Hogan continued to tout these tests on MSNBC this morning, calling them the “backbone of our testing strategy.” Read this deep dive by
@stevesthompson
on what really happened to the much-ballyhooed South Korean tests
Former Lt. Gov. Michael Steele, the first Black lieutenant governor in Md, embraced Attorney General Anthony Brown, the first Black to serve in the role: “We’ve come a long way,”baby.” Steele and Brown arrived to a wreath laying ceremony to begin Inauguration Day activities
Attorney General Frosh is not representing
@GovLarryHogan
in the lawsuit that was filed by unemployed workers. The case is being represented by Venable LLC, a high-priced law firm.
I warned
@larryhogan
that cutting off unemployment benefits for Marylanders would have “devastating consequences.” I urged him to reverse course. Now he’s whining that I won’t defend him. No. I’m not Rudy Giuliani.
Maryland’s top court rejects Hogan move to end enhanced federal unemployment benefits. The ruling is the third action taken by a court in the last couple of days. The case heads back to the circuit court. (via
@shaverk
)