Maryland real gross domestic product

HB 894 changed parking and mixed-use development rules near qualifying rail stations, prioritized specified rail-adjacent redevelopment loans, and provided enterprise-zone designation rules for qualifying transit-oriented development areas with local election provisions. Zoning, parking and designation changes have geographical and statutory exceptions. Existing transit areas require a local election for enterprise-zone designation; qualifying areas designated from October 1, 2026 have a local opt-out. The act does not establish housing construction, jobs or tax credits already received. This topic relationship does not establish an effect on a state statistic.

Retained Maryland evidence context: housing-borrowing · reviewed policy-topic context. This record’s connection to the topic does not establish an effect on the measured result.

Approved by the Governor - Chapter 592 Land Use - Transit-Oriented Development - Alterations (Maryland Transit and Housing Opportunity Act) Approved by the Governor, May 26, 2026.

SB 869 established customized workforce training for qualifying out-of-state businesses negotiating a Maryland location, delivered with no more than two community-college partners. Agreements must specify full-time job and salary metrics and reimbursement if those metrics are missed. This is a targeted business-attraction pilot, not a universal training entitlement. The act does not establish jobs created, completed training or economic growth. This topic relationship does not establish an effect on a state statistic.

Retained Maryland evidence context: unemployment-rate · reviewed policy-topic context. This record’s connection to the topic does not establish an effect on the measured result.

Approved by the Governor - Chapter 535 Economic Development - Maryland Workforce Launch Pilot Program - Establishment Approved by the Governor, May 12, 2026.

Foreign-born residents include naturalized citizens and lawfully and unlawfully present noncitizens. A provision about a particular immigration status concerns only a subset of that population; it does not change a person’s birthplace. This relationship does not establish causation. Actions after the fact’s measurement period cannot explain its earlier value.

Retained Maryland evidence context: Residents who are foreign-born. This record’s connection to the topic does not establish an effect on the measured result.

ition to Trump Administration’s Unconstitutional Ideological Deportation Policy BALTIMORE, MD – Attorney General Anthony G. Brown joined a coalition of 20 attorneys general in filing a multistate amicus brief in Stanford Daily Publishing Corporation v. Rubio in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California. In their brief, the attorneys general support The Stanford Daily – an independent student-run newspaper at Stanford University – in its lawsuit against the Trump administration over its “Ideological Deportation Policy,” which targets and punishes noncitizens with lawful status, especially college students and faculty who express political beliefs with which the administration disagrees. “Using deportation as punishment for speech the Trump administration doesn’t like is un-American and unconstitutional, especially when those being threatened are lawfully allowed to be in the United States,” said Attorney General Brown. “Our Office stands with this independent newspaper in defending the free speech rights of international students and faculty who enrich our college campuses and strengthen our State.” In January 2025, President Trump issued two Executive Orders (14161 and 14188), which laid the groundwork for the administration’s “Ideological Deportation Policy.” These orders direct federal agencies to investigate, detain, and deport noncitizen students and faculty who engage in political speech with which the administration disagrees. As a result of the Trump administration’s Executive Orders and cruel immigration enforcement policies, the Stanford Daily filed a lawsuit in August 2025 against Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem, citing that multiple international student journalists have declined assignments, removed their bylines, or resigned entirely out of fear that their reporting could be used as grounds for deportation. In their brief, Attorney General Brown and the coalition assert that the Trump administration’s unlawful use of ideology to arrest, detain, and deport lawful noncitizen residents threatens the economic growth and stability of the coalition states, their ability to attr

Gross rent includes contract rent and tenant-paid utilities. Rental protections, assistance, and housing supply concern components of rental-market conditions; they do not set Maryland’s median rent. This relationship does not establish causation. Actions after the fact’s measurement period cannot explain its earlier value.

Retained Maryland evidence context: Median gross rent. This record’s connection to the topic does not establish an effect on the measured result.

1 EXECUTIVE ORDER 01.01.2025.19 ADDRESSING MARYLAND'S AFFORDABLE HOUSING CRISIS WHEREAS, The State of Maryland faces an unprecedented and rapidly growing housing affordability crisis caused by a shortage of at least 96,000 housing units and driven by insufficient housing construction over the past 15 years; WHEREAS, The increasing unavailability and unaffordability of safe, stable, livable housing for working families has created an imminent threat of widespread social and economic disruption, including severe negative impacts on Maryland's economic and business climate and the inability to retain new people entering the workforce, resulting in a lack of innovation and a stifling of overall economic development; WHEREAS, The Moore -Miller Administration's commitment to making Maryland a more affordable place to live, work, and raise a family includes ensuring that all Marylanders are able to obtain safe, stable, livable housing that fits their budget; WHEREAS, State government plays a vital role in fostering an en vironment that is conducive to the construction of enough housing to serve the needs of the State's residents; and WHEREAS, In order for Maryland to address its housing crisis and prevent economic stagnation, State government must take action to spur the construction of housing by removing regulatory barriers, accelerating building supply lines, shortening permit waiting times, reforming financing for affordable housing, leveraging State -owned property, and encouraging local jurisdictions to adopt land use rules more favorable to housing construction. NOW, THEREFORE, I, WES MOORE, GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF MARYLAND, BY VIRTUE OF THE AUTHORITY VESTED IN ME BY THE CONSTITUTION AND LAWS OF MARYLAND, PROCLAIM THE FOLLOWING EXECUTIVE ORDER, EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY: A. Developing Housing on State-Owned Land and Accelerating Funding for Affordable Housing. 1. The Department of Housing and Community Development and the Department of Transportation shall develop strategies to implement 2 their October 2024 Interagency Agreement on Transit Oriented Development to increase the production of housing near transit stations. a) In accordance with the Interagency Agreem

Gross rent includes contract rent and tenant-paid utilities. Rental protections, assistance, and housing supply concern components of rental-market conditions; they do not set Maryland’s median rent. This relationship does not establish causation. Actions after the fact’s measurement period cannot explain its earlier value.

Retained Maryland evidence context: Median gross rent. This record’s connection to the topic does not establish an effect on the measured result.

Authorizing the designation of certain noncontiguous areas as development districts; and requiring the governing body of a political subdivision to limit redevelopment of noncontiguous parcels within a development district for affordable housing that is deed restricted to households whose household income does not exceed 80% of area median income.

Foreign-born residents include naturalized citizens and lawfully and unlawfully present noncitizens. A provision about a particular immigration status concerns only a subset of that population; it does not change a person’s birthplace. This relationship does not establish causation. Actions after the fact’s measurement period cannot explain its earlier value.

Retained Maryland evidence context: Residents who are foreign-born. This record’s connection to the topic does not establish an effect on the measured result.

6-7009 Attorney General Brown Takes Action to Protect Dreamers and DACA Program BALTIMORE, MD (February 1, 2024) – Maryland Attorney General Anthony G. Brown today joined a multistate coalition of 23 Attorneys General opposing Texas’ ongoing effort to end the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program. In an amicus brief filed before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, the coalition urges the court to reverse the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas’ decision to abolish the DACA program. “The DACA program has allowed undocumented immigrants, who only know the United States as their home, to live, study, and work across our country free from the fear of being forcibly separated from their families and communities,” said Attorney General Brown. “I will continue to support this program that provides opportunities for DREAMERS to grow and become productive and valued members of our communities and economy.” Since 2012, more than 825,000 young immigrants have been granted DACA protections after completing applications and passing a background check. DACA recipients, known as Dreamers, come from almost every country in the world, but many have never known any home other than the United States. The program has enabled hundreds of thousands of grantees to enroll in colleges and universities; start businesses that help improve our economy; serve in the military; and give back to our communities as teachers, medical professionals, engineers, and entrepreneurs. These contributions became even more evident during the COVID-19 pandemic as tens of thousands of DACA recipients continued to serve their communities as essential workers and frontline healthcare professionals. DACA plays a vital role in supporting our economies at the national, state, and local level. DACA recipients and their households are estimated to contribute approximately $9.5 billion in federal, state, and local taxes each year. A full rollback of DACA is projected to result in a loss of about $280 billion in national economic growth over the course of a decade. It would also lead to an estimated loss of $33.1 billion in Social Security contributions and $7.7 billi