Bryan P. Sears

Maryland Matters gov reporter, blogger, tv/radio contributor and lover of Golden Retrievers and zombies. RT ≠ endorsements (except for Golden Retrievers).

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State looks for new contractor to get Key Bridge rebuild to finish line

https://t.co/M8PWtPlhBd

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In Maryland, it is pronounced Sigh-knee Dye. Sunil, with some assistance, reminds everyone that the correct pronunciation is See-nay Dee-ay.

He's not wrong.

"We will hoid out hope for next year," he says on this morning's episode.

Good luck with that. :-)

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My friend @sunildasgupta4 host of @ihppod gives State House denizens a remedial Latin lesson (third year running) and reminds everyone that we're all mispronouncing Sine Die (the traditional name for the end of the legislative session)

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Beekeepers are busy at the Renwick Gallery across the street from the White House removing a hive of European Honey Bees which attached themselves to the building.

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Gray succeeds Maureen Regan, who leaves her position as Moore's deputy communications director on April 14 for a position as communications director for the National Governors Association.

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Office of the governor named Elizabeth Gray the new Deputy Communications Director. The announcement came in an email to staff early Friday afternoon. She is currently Director of Research and Strategic Communications. She assumes her new role on April 15.

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Gray Joined the administration soon after Moore was sworn in. She left Moore's office briefly in 2024. During that time she was deputy research director for the Biden, then Harris, campaign for president before returning to the Office of the Governor.

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Proponents of the bill argue that the salary for what is considered a part-time legislature are insufficient. that it is difficult to secure some outside employment because the General Assembly meets 90-days of each year.

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Intersting debate in the Maryland General Assembly over Sb 618, legislation that would clear the way for lawmakers to take government jobs in State, local and municipal government.

It's a practice that has been banned - for the most part - for almost 30 years.

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This bill would not just allow counties to hire lawmakers who do not currently work for them. It would allow the state to do the same.

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@gogreen2026 The House version does not contain an amendment

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The Md house gives preliminary approval to a bill that would make the megalodon the official state shark

Do do do do do do

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A second senator from the same county was also ordered to give up a government job in the same county. He filed a lawsuit in January against the ethics committee but withdrew it when he lost a fight to obtain a temporary restraining order

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An important story by my colleague @WJFjabariwill on a very consequential change proposed in the General Assembly that would allow lawmakers to hold some government jobs currently off limits.

https://t.co/yHrPLfRGjS

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The bill is sponsored in the senate by a lawmaker who was ordered in October by Legislative ethics to give up a job in the Prince George’s Co Schools system.