Calvin Ball, a Democrat, announced Tuesday in a video on his campaign Facebook page that he will run for a second four-year term as Howard County executive in 2022.
Brian E. Frosh | marylandattorneygeneral.gov
ANNAPOLIS, Md. (Legal Newsline) - A proposal that would have allowed the Maryland attorney general to hire contingency fee lawyers to sue oil companies on climate change claims was so poorly written and open-ended it sparked concerns among farmers that they could get dragged into protracted litigation.
House Bill 1078 failed to pass out of committee during the legislative session that ended this week, but Maryland Farm Bureau s Colby Ferguson said he was concerned the proposal as written would impact farmers statewide.
“Our worry is a farmer could be dragged into a lawsuit for having a diesel tank on their farm and that this bill would allow them to cast a wider net to consume more people and more businesses into litigation with the plan of settling out of court,” said Ferguson, director of government relations with the Bureau.
Howard County’s government operates a school system, a police department with nearly 500 sworn officers, a fire department, a water and sewer system, a landfill and six branch libraries.
A citizens group has filed paperwork with the county Board of Elections in an effort to give voters the opportunity to overturn Howard County’s new sanctuary county law.
Democrat, District 46, Baltimore City
Member of House of Delegates since January 14, 2015. Member, Environment and Transportation Committee, 2019- (chair, land use & ethics subcommittee, 2019-; member, environment subcommittee, 2020-); Joint Committee on the Chesapeake and Atlantic Coastal Bays Critical Area, 2015-; Joint Committee on Ending Homelessness, 2015-; Special Joint Committee on Pensions, 2015-; Joint Committee on Administrative, Executive and Legislative Review, 2019-; Study Group on Economic Stability, 2019-. Member, Appropriations Committee, 2015-19 (vice-chair, transportation & the environment subcommittee, 2019, member, 2015-19; vice-chair, oversight committee on pensions, 2019, member, 2015-19; member, capital budget subcommittee, 2019). Member, Women Legislators of Maryland, 2015-. Co-Chair, Maryland Legislative Transit Caucus, 2019-. Associate member, Maryland Legislative Latino Caucus, 2015-.