While Maryland families struggle with the increased costs of fuel, food, healthcare, and other life essentials – the federal 2025 One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA) handed a massive windfall to corporations and the ultra-wealthy, delivering trillions in federal tax breaks.

Because Maryland’s tax code "couples" with federal tax laws, these federal handouts automatically apply to state taxes as well. This alignment threatens to drain Maryland's state and local revenues, ultimately starving public education, infrastructure, and community services.

A package of tax fairness bills was introduced in 2026 to decouple Maryland from these lopsided federal rules. However, they didn't pass, making it an absolute necessity that the General Assembly pass them in 2027.

Here is a breakdown of the five critical bills and why they are vital to protect Maryland's economic future. Read on for more...

Honoring the fallen is not just about remembrance, but about action and remaining committed to fighting for the dignity, equity, and collective welfare of all people. The betterment of our communities, of our nation, and of our future relies on it.

As the nation pauses to commemorate those who gave their lives in service, we must remember that their sacrifice built the freedoms we hold, and it is our responsibility to carry forward that legacy of service in the lives we lead.

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This month, AFT Maryland proudly celebrates Teacher Appreciation Week, National Nurses Week, National Hospital Week, and Public Service Recognition Week – a moment to pause and say thank you to the people who keep Maryland running.

And this year, that thank you feels more important than ever.

At a moment when attacks on the rights of all workers remain at an all-time high – on top of the efforts to undermine our public schools, reject basic science, and abolish vital public services – we also see the efforts to push uncontrolled technology as a replacement for the work you passionately do every single day. 

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The AFT PSRP leadership conference last month came chock-full of advice from activists on how to optimize campaigns, whether they focus on organizing, politics, a living wage or community service. PSRP co-chairs Carl Williams and Sarah Wofford led the proceedings. Williams is president of the Lawndale (Calif.) Federation of Classified Employees, a former school custodian and president of California’s classified members. Wofford is an accounting specialist for Rogue Community College and president of the Oregon School Employees Association. Eighteen AFT locals sent paraprofessionals and school-related personnel to Chicago April 10-12 for the conference.

As the Trump administration continues to attack higher education—cutting research grants, targeting free speech and restricting classroom materials—the AFT and the American Association of University Professors have unveiled a powerful new blueprint to restore and preserve higher education, just in time for the 2026 midterms.

AFT nurses and healthcare professionals from across the country gathered in Detroit April 13-15. They came carrying the weight of understaffing, growing patient demand and a healthcare system under attack but left with something stronger: a shared sense of purpose and concrete plans to act. The “Together We Care” 2026 professional issues conference wasn’t about passive listening. It was a rehearsal for what comes next.