Senate President Bill Ferguson

Lawmakers are cracking down on costly electric infrastructure projects that do not require state-level approval due to a legal caveat.

March marks the first wave of SNAP applicants who could lose their existing eligibility for federal food assistance, but departmental and legislative action to mitigate the impact is underway.

Bill Ferguson said the underground transmission plan raises “innumerable questions.”

The bill is named after Kanaiyah Ward, a 16-year-old girl who died in Department of Human Services custody in September last year.

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

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.

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

The Protection from Predatory Pricing Act would eliminate discrepancies between shelf and register prices for groceries.

The Maryland General Assembly’s 90-day legislative marathon is underway with over 400 bills already filed for consideration.

Ferguson sat down with WYPR to discuss his policy priorities as Maryland’s annual legislative session kicks off in Annapolis.