St. Mary's County residents will have the opportunity to donate items (or have them photographed or scanned) as part of a Community Day celebrating local history. The St. Clement's Island Museum in Colton's Point, MD will host a Community Day on February 7 from 10 am - 4 pm to encourage the public to get involved in the planning of new museum exhibits. St. Mary's County residents are encouraged to bring historic documents, photos, and…

The 2020 Maryland General Assembly Session is underway - but for those delivering testimony, it's not business as usual. To offer testimony - written and/or oral - for a bill hearing, you must sign up by a specific deadline...that hasn't changed. Each Committee has its own policies and procedures determining those deadlines (see links at the end of this post). Those procedures used to involve numbers of copies to drop off by a specific time…

The Maryland General Assembly will convene on January 8, 2020, with Sine Die on April 6 - a lot happens in those 90 days, but the DLS Dates of Interest list outlines the fast pace of Session. The Department of Legislation Services publishes a "Dates of Interest" list every Session. This helpful list of dates and deadlines shows the progress of the Session - view the full list online:  

Michael Sanderson just reached his 25-year anniversary with MACo - close to half  that time has been spent as the Association's Executive Director. Michael started with MACo in 1994, analyzing policy and advocating for county needs and interests as a member of MACo's policy team. Prior to his time with MACo, Michael worked as professional staff to the House Ways and Means Committee, and received his degrees in Economics and Public Administration from Syracuse University. …