Lawmakers convene in Annapolis on Wednesday to launch a 90-day session with bigger Democratic supermajorities in both chambers.
The Maryland General Assembly session launches Wednesday with larger Democratic supermajorities in both chambers and an incoming Democratic governor to replace term-limited Republican Gov. Larry Hogan. It will have a multibillion-dollar budget surplus to work with.
The day will begin with a clear changing of the guard: Gov.-elect Wes Moore will join House Speaker Adrienne A. Jones and Senate President Bill Ferguson in an annual public interview about the state’s next chapter.Hogan will remain governor until Moore is inaugurated next week. He gave what he called a farewell address on Maryland Public Television on Tuesday, saying it was the final time he would address the public as Maryland’s governor.
He thanked the public for eight years and detailed what he viewed as his tenure of accomplishments. “The honor of serving as your governor is second only to the honor of being your fellow Marylander,” he said. “I can tell you that there has not been a single day — good or bad — when I was not grateful for the privilege.”Yet he also encouraged the next wave of leaders to do more to address violent crime in Baltimore City, where there have been more than 300 homicides each year since 2015.
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