Hogan focuses on bipartisanship, state issues in annual address to Maryland General Assembly

In his third State of the State address, Republican Gov. Larry Hogan spoke of a need for bipartisanship in Annapolis and pressed the Democratic-controlled General Assembly to approve his most ambitious legislative agenda yet.

In the roughly 30-minute speech, he bypassed any mention of the political division roiling the country since the election of President Donald J. Trump. Instead, the popular moderate — who is frequently at odds with Maryland's legislative leaders — focused on state policy.

He said in the last two years he had "chosen action over apathy," and delivered on the "unifying promise of bipartisan change."

"We have already accomplished a great deal," he said. "But together, we can — and we must — do more."

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