Former Maryland Senate President Thomas “Mike” Miller, who had been battling cancer, died Friday afternoon at 78. Miller had been the longest-serving Senate President in the body’s history, serving from 1987 to 2019, and continued as a state senator through last year, until he retired in December, citing health issues. Governor Larry Hogan has ordered state flags lowered to half-staff until sunset on the day of internment. Expressions of sympathy came from ever level of state government, from Governor Larry Hogan, to Comptroller Peter Franchot, and District 1-A Delegate Wendell Beitzel.