Downtown Baltimore will get a boost from 3,3000 state employees being moved there. Image by Bruce Emmerling from Pixabay
HOGAN TO MOVE 3,300 STATE WORKERS TO B’MORE DISTRICT: In an attempt to help revitalize Baltimore’s downtown central business district the state plans to relocate more than 3,000 of its employees to offices in that area of the city, Gov. Larry Hogan said Monday. In all the proposal will affect 3,300 state employees from a dozen agencies and will be funded with $50 million in federal funds, Bryan Renbaum reports in Maryland Reporter.
The state on Monday issued a request for proposals for 105,000 square feet of office space within the central business district. The plan calls for the relocation of about 700 employees of the Department of Human Services from space on West Saratoga near Lexington Market, Bryan Sears reports for the Daily Record.
State Roundup: As session closes, big ticket items, including pandemic recovery, pass
Gov. Larry Hogan spoke to reporters outside the governor s mansion Monday. I think it was a terrific session. I want to thank legislative leaders and legislators on both sides of the aisle for their hard work over the past 90 days. I would say this was by far our best legislative session ever in seven years, Hogan said. Governor s Office photo
END OF SESSION FOCUS: PANDEMIC RECOVER, REFORMS: Senate President Bill Ferguson kicked off the final day of the 442nd session of the Maryland General Assembly on Monday afternoon by expressing gratitude that this year, unlike last year, the coronavirus pandemic did not stop lawmakers from completing the regular 90-day legislative session, Bryan Renbaum reports for Maryland Reporter.
State Roundup: As 90-day session comes to a close, lawmakers overturn Hogan vetoes on police reform, juvenile justice.
House of Delegates Republican on the steps of the State House Friday. They will choose new leaders Tuesday. From their Facebook page.
LAWMAKERS OVERTURN HOGAN VETO OF POLICE REFORM BILLS: Maryland enacted historic police accountability measures Saturday, becoming the first state to repeal its powerful Law Enforcement Officers’ Bill of Rights and setting new rules for when police may use force and how they are investigated and disciplined, Ovetta Wiggins and Erin Cox report in the Post.
Hogan, a second-term Republican, vetoed most of the bills Friday evening, but the legislature moved swiftly to override him. The House of Delegates voted within two hours to override one veto, and, by Saturday afternoon, the Democrat-controlled General Assembly had voted to override the vetoes. Bryn Stole of the Sun explains what is inside the package.
Opening day at Camden Yards Thursday. Governor s Office photo
HOGAN EYES POLICE REFORM BILLS: Maryland’s lawmakers representing both sides of the political aisle said Thursday that they believe it is likely that Gov. Larry Hogan will veto all or part of a package of five landmark police reform bills that the General Assembly recently approved, Bryan Renbaum reports for Maryland Reporter. Should Hogan decide to veto the legislation, it is considered likely that the veto will be overridden given that Democrats have a near-supermajority in both the House of Delegates and the Senate.
As Democrats celebrated the passage of the sweeping reform bills, Republican colleagues, as well as Hogan, voiced concerns that the legislation adopted too much of the House’s strict limits and too little of compromises in the Senate approach to police reform, Steve Lash reports for The Daily Record.
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