A new Maryland law repeals county cost‑sharing for wrongful‑conviction payouts, strengthening Douglass Haynie’s compensation bid while county leaders push back. The change could reshape future Walter Lomax Act claims.

Mayor Littmann’s FY27 budget holds the property tax rate steady while raising some user fees and directing new money to police, fire and 117 infrastructure projects.

A nurse who became a Maryland state senator, Paula Hollinger died March 25 at 85. Her bedside know‑how helped shape abortion protections and health workforce laws.

Andrew Friedson has pulled ahead in the Montgomery County executive race with big fundraising and a pro-housing platform that’s drawing both praise and pushback.

Kathy Klausmeier is proposing about $3.4M in her FY2026‑27 budget to add 12 battalion chiefs and boost on‑duty command coverage across Baltimore County. The measure must clear the County Council.

Annapolis approved a $4,000-per-provider property tax credit aimed at helping licensed child‑care operators hire staff and stay open. City analysis trimmed a larger $10,000 proposal to limit the budget hit.

Bay Management Group withdrew its federal challenge to the Maryland Attorney General’s Civil Rights Division after months of litigation over a sweeping subpoena seeking years of tenant‑screening records.

Baltimore County lawmakers returned from Annapolis with a mix of new state laws and neighborhood grants — from a state Voting Rights Act to $2M for a Tradepoint commuter bus.

The ACLU sued Somerset County's school board, alleging officials withheld hundreds of public records about the superintendent, curriculum and legal hires.

Top Democrats unveiled HB1532, the Utility RELIEF Act, promising roughly $150 in annual savings through temporary cuts to the EmPOWER surcharge and new data‑center rules.

A Baltimore Sun‑led investigation says thousands of records raise questions about Gov. Wes Moore’s public narrative, and the governor’s office has resisted full disclosure. The series will roll out in coming days.

A compensation commission recommended roughly 9% in phased raises for Maryland legislators that will take effect unless the General Assembly blocks them before adjournment.

Gov. Abigail Spanberger signed a law on April 9 that will raise Virginia’s minimum wage to $15 by 2028, extend protections to farmworkers and link future increases to inflation.