Welcome back to our 2023 MACo edition of Conversations with HJM! In this episode, Helene T. Grady, Maryland Secretary of Budget & Management, joins Lisa Harris Jones and Tommy Tompsett for an in-depth look at Maryland’s current economy, the economic headwinds that Maryland is facing, and the c...

In this episode of ConversationswithHJM, attorneys Lisa Harris Jones and Tommy Tompsett sit down with Fagan Harris, Chief of Staff to Governor Wes Moore to discuss his experience and background and why it was important to build a diverse administration to serve the citizens of Maryland.  He also pr...

Our #conversationswithHJM series continues from the Maryland Association of Counties’ (MACo) 2023 Summer Conference in Ocean City, Maryland.  In this episode, Maryland Lt. Governor Aruna Miller sits down with Lisa Harris Jones and Tommy Tompsett to discuss her role as Lt. Governor.  She also sha...

CONVERSATIONS WITH HJM:  MOLLIE BYRON “…this Governor wants to be everywhere and partner with everyone. There is not a single local elected that I’ve introduced him to that he has not been so warm and kind to and connected with immediately…he loves being around people, so it’s dif...

“I am truly humbled and honored to be selected by President Ferguson to serve as Chair of the Senate’s new Committee on Education, Energy, and the Environment. I am excited by the membership makeup of this new Committee and that it will have jurisdiction over many of the most pressing issues fac...

We bookend our Conversations with HJM series from the MACo Summer Conference with the second part of Lisa Harris Jones’ and Tommy Tompsett’s interview with Wes Moore, the Democratic nominee for Maryland Governor. Moore explores a range of topics, including how to get the most out of the federal ...

The Conversations with HJM series rolls on with Dr. Mileah Kromer, Associate Professor of Political Science at the Sarah T. Hughes Center for Politics at Goucher College. Dr. Kromer gives an academic perspective of the Maryland electorate, former President Donald Trump’s and Governor Hogan’s ap...

Up next on our Conversations with HJM series is Maryland State Treasurer Dereck Davis.  Reflecting on his decades of public service, Treasurer Davis covers a wide range of topics, including the importance of relationships in politics; Maryland’s Board of Public Works; the issues leading into the ...

The Democratic Nominee for Maryland Comptroller, Delegate Brooke Lierman, joins Lisa Harris Jones and Tommy Tompsett for our Conversations with HJM series. Delegate Lierman covers a wide range of topics including her optimism in becoming Maryland’s first female state-wide elected official; how she...

Speaker Adrienne Jones covers many topics, including what initially motivated her to public service; what it’s like to work with a Governor from the same party as opposed to a different party; the Redline transportation project in Baltimore City; her historical selection to be the Speaker of the H...