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Mar 18
4 min

General Assembly Adjourns Sine Die (until January 2021)

At 5:00 pm today, the Maryland General Assembly adjourned early due to the Covid-19 pandemic, leaving a lot of legislation hanging. Howev...

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Stephen Buckingham

Mar 15
4 min

General Assembly Acting Ahead of Early Adjournment

In the new environment created by the pandemic, the Legislature is working overtime to get as much done as possible, and they have announ...

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Craig Beyler

Mar 5
1 min

Thank goodness Maryland has Paid Sick Leave

Last year we passed the Healthy Working Families Act that gave all Marylanders five days of paid sick leave. Maryland is looking pretty s...

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Stephen Buckingham

Feb 29
1 min

Time to Act! Hearings Completed for Some Priority Issues

The committee hearings for all priority legislation in the following issue areas have now been held. This means that all efforts in these...

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Craig Beyler

Feb 25
1 min

Family Leave Bill Receives Great Press

There is great momentum behind the bill and its very popular among Marylanders. Be sure to reach out to your Senator and Delegate(s) to s...

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Craig Beyler

Feb 18
1 min

Hearing Dates Have been set for Family and Medical Leave Insurance (FAMLI) Program Act

The hearing for HB 839 in the House of Delegates will be Monday 24 February 2020. The hearing for SB 539 in the Senate will be Thursday...

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Stephen Buckingham

Jan 28
1 min

Time to Care Act Introduced

Once again, it is time to recognize the value of workers, this time by passing the Time to Care Act which will establish a Family and Med...

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