From the Baltimore Sun:

The nation’s lieutenant governors, more in the limelight in recent months than their second-in-command status usually affords them, are gathering in Maryland this week for a conference to brush up on policy skills.

The National Lieutenant Governors Association is holding its annual meeting through Friday at Baltimore’s InterContinental Hotel. About 120 attendees, including two dozen lieutenant governors and others who may not hold that title but are first in the line of succession to governors in states and U.S. territories.

While lieutenant governors are often overshadowed by and traditionally far less powerful than their gubernatorial counterparts, they have been making a splash in the news in past months as several have assumed power in their states.

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