This year also saw the General Assembly pass landmark police reform legislation over Gov. Larry Hogan's veto, which added fuel to ongoing debates between the administration and Democratic lawmakers about how to address violent crime in Baltimore City.
Family and loved ones paid their respects to late Senate President Emeritus Mike Miller.A small gathering of family and friends came together Saturday morning at St. John the Evangelist Catholic Church in Clinton, Prince George s County, holding a virtual funeral for the late politician.The funeral began in song as loved ones surrounded his casket. While the country knew him as a politician, his daughter, Melissa Miller, spoke about the father she knew and loved. We ve all heard tributes over the last couple of days about how great my father was through a thousand memories through different people, and we all have our unique Mike Miller stories. There s no other person in this world that I would want to share my joys with, and I ve come to realize that I was not alone. In fact, every single person in this room, when something special happened to them, wanted to tell him. We were all his legacy, Melissa Miller said.Miller, 78, died on Jan. 15 after a long battle with prostate ca
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Mike Miller dead at age 78
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Senate President Emeritus Mike Miller died Friday afternoon at age 78, the senator’s family said in a statement.
The political powerbroker and old school Democrat who led the state’s upper chamber for more than four decades “passed away peacefully at his home, surrounded by loved ones,” the statement said.
Miller is survived by his wife, Patti, son Tommy, daughters, Amanda, Michelle, Melissa, and Melanie, sisters Susan, Cynthia, Melinda, Nancy, and Kim, brothers, Jonathan, David, and Mark, and his fifteen grandchildren.
Miller had been battling prostate cancer for two years at the time of his death.
Miller announces his retirement from the Senate
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Senate President Emeritus Mike Miller announced Wednesday his retirement from the body he served in for 45 years and led for more than 30 years.
The 78-year-old has been battling prostate cancer for two years. He is considered an institution in Maryland politics.
“It is now with tremendous sadness that I must write to you today to inform you that my service will end, effective today. My heart and my mind remain strong, but my body has grown too weak to meet the demands of another legislative session,” Miller wrote in a letter to his successor, Senate President Bill Ferguson.