Jack Harlon Hogan

Government and Politics Reporter at The Daily Record (Baltimore, MD)

State government @MDDailyRecord // email: [email protected] // Past @frednewspost @CNSmd @capgaznews @merrillcollege

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Articles

Why Moore's plan to reform MD's wealth transfer taxes ran aground

1 week ago | thedailyrecord.com | Jack Harlon Hogan

Gov. Wes Moore‘s proposal to end Maryland’s status as the only state with two taxes on the transfer of wealth after death — by eliminating the inheritance tax and requiring more people to pay the estate tax — failed during the recent legislative session after facing strong opposition from estate planners, personal accountants and local registers of wills.
Officials hope continued pressure on PJM will lead to changes, lower energy costs

1 week ago | thedailyrecord.com | Jack Harlon Hogan

Officials in Maryland, New Jersey and other states belonging to the regional energy grid are hoping that a new report will bolster their campaigns of pressuring the private grid operator to change its process for approving new energy projects.
MD prescription board's power expanded, but wait for price caps continues

1 week ago | thedailyrecord.com | Jack Harlon Hogan

Maryland lawmakers have expanded a state board’s authority to set statewide upper-payment limits on high-cost prescriptions, a significant win for advocates and legislators who for years have promoted the authority as a way to protect the government and health care enrollees from exorbitant drug prices. Gov.
Moore embarks on East Asia trade trip amid tariff tensions

2 weeks ago | thedailyrecord.com | Jack Harlon Hogan

Gov. Wes Moore is scheduled to land in Japan on Friday for the start of a weeklong trade trip that will also include time in South Korea.
Former FAA official takes helm at MD aviation administration, overseeing BWI Airport

2 weeks ago | thedailyrecord.com | Jack Harlon Hogan

Maryland transportation officials have named Shannetta Griffin as the state’s top aviation administrator, tasked with overseeing BWI Thurgood Marshall Airport, the busiest airport in the metro Washington, D.C., area and the biggest East Coast hub for Southwest Airlines. As the executive director and CEO of the Maryland Aviation Administration, Griffin will also oversee Martin State Airport in Middle River and the state’s regional aviation assistance program.
Moore, Dems convene for bill signing following governor's public rebuke

2 weeks ago | thedailyrecord.com | Jack Harlon Hogan

In their first public remarks following the conclusion of the 2025 session, and following the governor’s most public rebuke of his fellow Democrats in the legislature, Gov. Wes Moore and the legislature’s presiding officers largely presented a united front as they reflected on the grueling nature of the previous 90 days.
Lawmakers yet to finalize big-ticket items as session enters final hours

2 weeks ago | thedailyrecord.com | Jack Harlon Hogan

ANNAPOLIS — Lawmakers arrived at the State House on Monday with plans to wrap up a 90-day session that’s been dominated by negotiations over how to close a multibillion-dollar budget shortfall, reactions to the Trump administration’s dismantling of the federal government and attacks on democratic norms, and solutions for producing more in-state energy.
MD House, Senate reach budget deal, final votes still to come

2 weeks ago | thedailyrecord.com | Jack Harlon Hogan

ANNAPOLIS — House and Senate appropriators on Friday reached an agreement on next year’s budget, appearing to seal the deal on the cuts and tax hikes necessary to cover a massive projected shortfall and resolving their differences over how to generate revenue for transportation projects and services. Friday’s agreement paves the way for the House and the Senate to pass a final budget bill before the session concludes Monday night.
Session of uncertainty is prolonged for developmental disabilities community

2 weeks ago | thedailyrecord.com | Jack Harlon Hogan

ANNAPOLIS — After months of beating back spending cuts, Maryland’s developmental disabilities community found itself back in the crosshairs in the legislative session’s final days as lawmakers and officials finalized the state’s next budget amid daunting fiscal headwinds. Service providers for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities weren’t expected to receive the 1% rate increase they had hoped for in the budget.
Lawmakers begin final budget negotiations as 2025 session enters homestretch

3 weeks ago | thedailyrecord.com | Jack Harlon Hogan

ANNAPOLIS — Top House and Senate appropriators on Thursday convened their first conference committee meeting on the state budget, in which they will eventually decide whether to adopt a new fee for tire purchases, how much to raise the vehicle excise tax and whether to tax car rentals, among other differences in their approaches.