All told, some 300 people signed up to make their voices heard on a day that’s colloquially known as ”gun day” in Annapolis because several gun-related bills were lined up for back-to-back public hearings.

After winning approval from a key committee, nominees move to the full Maryland Senate for confirmation votes.

Maryland lawmakers chose a simpler tax structure than other states, opting for only a sales tax instead of a combination of excise, weight and potency taxes.

Gov. Wes Moore’s campaign slogan is swiftly becoming part of the daily vernacular in Annapolis and beyond.

The expansive legislation, which tackles a host of commerce-related issues, including safety regulations, taxes and licensing equity, comes months after voters overwhelmingly passed a constitutional amendment legalizing recreational marijuana.

The governor’s proposals range from his promised community service program for young people to improving tax breaks for low-income workers and military veterans.

“At a time when civic bonds are frayed, where many feel more disconnected from their neighbors than ever before, service is the antidote to the epidemic of loneliness and otherness,” Moore said in his speech before lawmakers.

The new governor will make his first formal speech to a joint session of the General Assembly.

The question of whether oversight of Baltimore’s water and wastewater systems — which serve Baltimore County and parts of Carroll, Howard and Harford counties — should change hands has lingered for years amid its dysfunction.

The bill will require the governor to put $12 million for a suicide and crisis hotline into the budget in 2025; it was approved 46-0.

These two military proposals represent the first public discussion of any of his legislative priorities.

The Orioles are in the midst of trying to negotiate a long-term deal with the state to stay at Camden Yards and use their share of $1.2 billion set aside for improvements.

The powerful Board of Public Works — composed of the governor, comptroller and treasurer, all Democrats — has the final say on how billions of dollars are spent each year, signing off on major state contracts. The board also approves activities on state lands and in state waters.

Nominee Paul J. Wiedefeld previously ran BWI Thurgood Marshall International Airport and D.C.’s Metro system.

An investigation found “widespread violations” of the requirements for using a roughly $1 million AmeriCorps grant from 2016.

The Democratic president will tout federal funding to replace an aging rail tunnel that slows MARC and Amtrak trains.

Weekly political news and notes from around Baltimore and Maryland.

The budget plan does not include tax increases, and keeps $2.5 billion in the state’s Rainy Day Fund.

On his first full day in office, the governor held a private meeting with U.S. Attorney for Maryland Erek L. Barron and Attorney General Anthony Brown to discuss crime and violence.

The Maryland General Assembly authorized the funding last year, but former Gov. Larry Hogan, a Republican, used his legal power to ensure it wasn’t spent.