Md. House Speaker Makes Leadership Appointments

ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — Maryland House Speaker Michael Busch is announcing new leadership appointments.

Busch, an Anne Arundel County Democrat, appointed Del. Maggie McIntosh on Wednesday to chair the House Appropriations Committee. McIntosh, a Baltimore Democrat, has chaired the EnvironmentalMatters Committee since 2003. Del. Norman Conway, a Democrat who previously led the Appropriations Committee, was defeated in the general election.

Busch says Montgomery County Del. Kumar Barve will chair a newly designated Environment and Transportation Committee.

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