Photo Courtesy of the Executive Office of the Governor Governor Moore recently presided over the second bill signing ceremony of 2024. In addition to signing three housing bills that were a part of the Moore-Miller Administration’s 2024 legislative agenda, he signed SB 517/ HB 624 to transfer the primary responsibility for the administration [...]
The Baltimore Ravens, the Stephen and Renee Bisciotti Foundation, M&T Bank and College Track recently announced the launch of the Baltimore Ravens College Track Center, made possible by a $20 million donation to College Track, a national, comprehensive college completion program that makes a 10-year commitment to students from underserved communities who seek to become [...]
The 2024 General Assembly session came to a close Monday evening, April 9 at midnight with final action being taken on a number of bills and a few others left outstanding. Typical for the second year of a four-year term, several hundred more bills were introduced this session. A total of 2,728 bills and joint [...]
Manis Canning & Associates (MCA) is honored to receive NAIOP's F. Patrick Hughes Legislative Award. Mr. Hughes retained MCA several years ago to work with him on one issue and one issue only---controlling interest. Since that time, MCA's responsibilities have grown to represent NAIOP on budget, tax, environmental, and planning issues. All of us at [...]
The Department of Legislative Services recently released its 90 Day Report providing a summary of the major issues of the 2024 General Assembly session and an overview of what passed and what did not. The 90 Day Report is divided into 12 parts, each dealing with a major policy area. Each part contains a discussion of the majority [...]
Courtesy: Governor's Office Governor Wes Moore presided over the first bill signing ceremony of 2024 yesterday, where he signed into law the Maryland Protecting Opportunities and Regional Trade (PORT) Act. The bipartisan legislation supports businesses and workers who have been affected by the collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge. The law will [...]
The Baltimore Ravens and Baltimore Orioles have together donated $10 million to the Baltimore Community Foundation's Maryland Tough Baltimore Strong Key Bridge Fund. Each organization contributed $5 million, respectively. "Our heartfelt condolences are with the victims of this tragedy and their families," Ravens owner Steve Bisciotti stated. "We are thankful to our first responders for [...]
Manis Canning & Associates (MCA) is extremely proud to celebrate its 50th year of advocacy in Annapolis! We are excited to share pictures depicting the early history and memories of MCA.
As the General Assembly session moves into its final two weeks, the House and Senate must hash out the differences in their spending plans. The Senate, who approved its $63.1 billion version of the budget two weeks ago, used larger than expected capital gains taxes to offset the recent revenue write down, covered a $236 [...]
The Senate Budget and Taxation Committee completed its work on a $63.1 billion budget last Friday approving budget decisions of its subcommittees and those before the full committee. Debate on the spending plan will begin tomorrow to be finalized this week and sent over to the House Appropriations Committee for consideration. The spending plan makes [...]
