redistricting

For the second time this session, the House has given final approval to a bill that would ease restrictions on Congressional redistricting, but the Senate is not budging.

The House of Delegates has given final approval to a balanced state budget, as well as initial approval of a redistricting Constitutional amendment that is on track to die in the Senate.

The House of Delegates quietly attached an amendment to a bill that would make Congressional gerrymandering easier within Maryland, but the Senate is unlikely to take it up for a vote.

Maryland’s lone Republican Congressman and Trump ally Andy Harris visited Annapolis to talk statewide energy policy and Maryland issues on a national scale.

Jeffries met with Senate President Bill Ferguson to try and sway Ferguson to pursue a Democratic-leaning Congressional map.

Wes Moore led his fourth annual address with a plea for the Senate to vote on a new Congressional map for Maryland, receiving mixed reaction from lawmakers.

Gov. Wes Moore, the Maryland speaker of the House and national Democratic leaders are all calling on the state Senate to vote on a new Congressional map, but the caucus remains — mostly — united.

Sen. Arthur Ellis says he will not be voting in the Senate until the chamber takes up a new Congressional map, but his protest did not sway the Senate President.

The House of Delegates gave the new Congressional map its final vote of approval, but the Senate president remains steadfast in rejecting early redistricting.

While the map is on track to clear its third and final vote in the House of Delegates, it is likely to stall in the Senate.