The commission has called for an expansion of pre-K programs, increased teacher pay, more rigorous certification requirements for teachers (

Issues addressed included the economy and taxes, minimum wage, paid sick leave, fair scheduling, liquor laws, shoreline erosion, Wolf Den Ru

A very modest step to clean up campaign money sources... Under our constitution, members of the House represent voters in their...

Edwards shared that he was continuing to support a tax credit bill scenario for rural Maryland that targets manufacturing jobs. He would lik

Senator George Edwards and Delegate Wendell Beitzell were on-hand during the designated annual meeting to hear legislative requests from the

Some of the topics covered by the panel were what sources fund local medical services, what are the benefits of the current ACA, and what ar

Hunt dove into the numbers and revealed that 20.5% of Garrett County’s population relies on Medicare and 29.2% on Medicaid — a 1,910 benefic

The Garrett County Chamber of Commerce reports there are 11 HUBZone certified businesses countywide, employing nearly 500 people.

The primary and almost exclusive focus of the fracking debate has been centered on Garrett County, which is where we focused our attention i

EHEA heard nearly seven hours of testimony over the ban bill on March 28. Since then growing tensions over which bill will emerge the victor

In addition to the Appalachian fields, which includes the Marcellus shale in Western Maryland, other shale fields are throughout our state,

In the last comparable general election in 2014 approximately 9,000 votes were cast by just under 50% of the registered voters in Garrett Co

"It is not safe. It has not been done safely in any state in this country," Zirkin continues to explain. He follows with study aft

It’s time that the people be given a voice and presence in the public square instead of feeling that they have little control over continued

Select the bill number to link to the Maryland Government website for up-to-date information. Then, select the "Documents" tab to

Not only does he not represent the majority of Western Marylanders who want to keep fracking out of their state, but he seems to contradict

In a recent poll, over 70 percent of Baltimore voters said they want to ban fracking. Every statewide poll has the margin at about 2 to 1 ag

If that bill passes and we face a referendum, maybe we’ll decide to go ahead and approve fracking here. But if so, we need to do it with ful

With all these failings, and a lack of state examination, Maryland would be negligent to allow fracking to occur. States like Pennsylvania,

The opinion letter makes very clear that whether a local law is preempted by state law, still must be determined by examining the specific l