Prince George's County Council confirms multiple appointments, extends ER wait-times task force and adopts watershed financial plan

Prince George's County Council on March 11, 2025, unanimously confirmed several executive appointments, extended the reporting deadline for a task force studying hospital emergency-room wait times and approved the county's two-year financial assurance plan for watershed protection, officials said.

The council voted to extend the emergency-room wait-times task force's reporting deadline and add two new members, including representatives from the sheriff's office and the police department, and set a new deadline of Nov. 14, 2025, for the group's final report. Council member Blaguey, who led the committee work on the issue, told colleagues the task force found that emergency-room waits are driven by multiple factors beyond staffing, including limited primary-care capacity in the county, and said further study was…