2023 End of Session Wrap-Up: Health and Human Services
The segments below provide a brief overview of MACo’s work in the area of health and human services in the 2023 General Assembly. Each county in Maryland has a local…
The segments below provide a brief overview of MACo’s work in the area of health and human services in the 2023 General Assembly. Each county in Maryland has a local…
Howard County, Baltimore City, and Salisbury have been sued by a group of landlords over local laws prohibiting rent increases during the pandemic. Each of the jurisdictions has passed local…
This week, the United States Senate confirmed the nominations of three commissioners for the United States Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC). Republican nominees Keith Songerling and Andrea Lucas were confirmed…
With the 2021 Legislative Session rapidly approaching, MACo is profiling some major issues that stand to gather attention in the General Assembly's work. Here, we preview accountability reforms for law…
The Maryland Senate this week passed a county-friendly budget that relieves counties of proposed cost shifts and restores needed funding for community colleges. The nearly $51 billion budget plan leaves…
Purdue Pharma has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy. This is the latest but far from the final update in the pursuit of litigation against opioid companies for their role in…
Maryland Attorney General Brian E. Frosh announced today that the Maryland State Retirement and Pension System has received $405,208.53 in restitution from Union Bank of Switzerland (UBS). In addition, the…
Cleveland County District Judge Thad Balkman has ruled that Johnson & Johson must pay the State of Oklahoma $572 million for its role in fueling the opioid crisis. The Washington Post…