Maryland faces regulatory decisions on utility rates, political positioning ahead of elections, and municipal governance challenges this week.

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• Maryland’s highest court heard arguments on an appeal Monday that will affect 1,300 lawsuits filed under the Child Victims Act.
• The 2023 law effectively eliminated time barriers for someone to file a court claim of institutional sex abuse. At issue are the roughly 1,300 cases in which the alleged sexual assaults took place before 1982, a time when the state had absolute immunity from lawsuits. The Supreme Court of Maryland is being asked to decide if the General Assembly, when it passed the landmark 2023 law, clearly and knowingly waived that immunity.

• As winter approaches, health officials in Prince George’s County, Maryland, are reminding families how to help keep children healthy following illness-related absences among students and staff at several schools.
• Dr. Sona Konate, program chief of environmental health and communicable diseases for the Prince George’s County Health Department, shared prevention tips after recent illnesses affected multiple schools, including Princeton Elementary School.

• U.S. Sen. Angela Alsobrooks spent much of the midterm campaign season traveling the country to help Democrats win competitive races. Now, the Maryland Democrat says she wants a bigger role in the party’s Senate leadership. However, she doesn’t have her eye on the Senate majority leader position, which her Maryland counterpart, U.S. Sen. Chris Van Hollen, has expressed interest in.
• “I want Marylanders to have as much say at these tables as possible, so I absolutely have an interest in serving at the leadership table,” Alsobrooks told The Baltimore Sun. “I want my constituents’ voices to be heard loud and clear at these tables on issues like preserving funding for the Chesapeake Bay, fighting hard to get the FBI headquarters here, and making sure that we’re fighting for every resource.”

• Sen. Chris Van Hollen was already kicking the tires. Now, he’s also in active-listening mode.
• After a weekend of progressive drum-beating, the Maryland Democrat seems to be flirting with the idea of challenging Sen. Chuck Schumer for the majority leader position.

• Fresh off his reelection, Gov. Wes Moore (D) appeared Monday on MS NOW’s “State of Play with Peter Alexander,” fielding questions on a number of national political issues. including midcycle redistricting and the potential for a government shutdown in December.
• Jason Donofrio was appointed as the next director of the League of Conservation Voters; Progressive Maryland seeks to discuss artificial intelligence policy.

• The scene is always the same at the end of a World Series. Members of the winning team become seven years old again as they rush the field to jump on top of one another, rip their jerseys off, and throw their caps in the air.
• Tuesday, November 3, 2026 was the political equivalent of the baseball classic, and the reactions were very much the same. There were winners and losers, and as always, it is better to win. Who won? Who lost?

• Baltimore City Council urges Maryland regulators to reject BGE's $156 million proposed electric rate increase.
• Council cites customer financial strain from existing high utility costs as rationale for opposing the increase.

• Baltimore Mayor Brandon Scott will make a musical theater debut with a cameo appearance in Center Stage's production of 'CHARMZ: The Other Reindeer.'
• The holiday musical features a lineup of cameo appearances from local figures, expanding beyond traditional casting.

• Maryland faces a $3 billion budget shortfall, prompting state officials to consider tax increases.
• The fiscal crisis affects state spending decisions and revenue planning for the upcoming budget cycle.

• Baltimore residents are disputing utility bills from previous years as interest and penalties accumulate on their accounts.
• Councilwoman Odette Ramos is investigating potential Finance Department errors and questioning collection deadline practices.

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