Rule 42 allows one-third of the Senate, 16 members, to petition a bill to the floor, as long as it’s been sitting in a committee for more than 20 days. A rare move, it could allow members to overrule the Senate’s presiding officer.

Maryland state Sen. Arthur Ellis, a Charles County Democrat, said he won’t record his attendance during the Senate’s sessions as a symbol of his displeasure with Senate President Bill Ferguson’s plan to stall a congressional redistricting map that’s favorable to Democrats.

A retired Maryland immigration judge visiting family in Minneapolis saw up close the chaotic aftermath of the ICE shooting death of Alex Pretti.

Hoyer hailed Boafo’s public service, his work on the congressman’s campaign and his ability to solve issues for his community.

Maryland lawmakers have been alarmed by the treatment of citizens by ICE. They are drafting bills to protect Maryland residents from the increasingly violent mass deportation effort.

They’re wrestling over the “A-word” at the start of an election year when the governor and all members of the General Assembly will be on the ballot.

House lawmakers have filed impeachment articles alleging Noem obstructed Congress by preventing it from conducting detention center oversight visits and violated the public trust by using excessive force during immigration operations. Reps. Sarah Elfreth, April McClain Delaney and Kweisi Mfume, have co-signed the resolution.

As U.S. Rep. Steny Hoyer prepares to retire from Congress, a number of Maryland Democrats are lining up for his soon-to-be open seat.

An emotional Hoyer took the podium on the floor of the U.S. House to make his announcement, saying his long career has had more good times than bad.

The dramatic action capped an intensive Trump administration pressure campaign on Venezuela’s autocratic leader and months of secret planning, resulting in the most assertive American action to achieve regime change since the 2003 invasion of Iraq.

Rep. April McClain Delaney is disavowing her January vote in support of a law that requires federal law enforcement to detain undocumented immigrants accused — but not convicted — of certain crimes.

The governor’s comments come after reporting revealed staff set internal chat messages to auto-delete after 24 hours, leaving no trace of the government business discussed.

Open government experts and archivists say setting messages to vanish could hinder accountability, dash the public’s right to inspection and keep archivists from reviewing documents for historical value.

The bill to study the lingering harms of slavery and state-sanctioned discrimination became a friction point between Wes Moore and the Legislative Black Caucus of Maryland.

Trone represented Maryland’s 6th District starting in 2019, but stepped down in 2024 to run for an open U.S. Senate seat.

Maryland Gov. Wes Moore is calling a special session of the General Assembly to allow the House of Delegates to elect and swear in a new speaker.

The 102-member House Democratic caucus is planning to meet Dec. 16 to vote on a speaker to succeed Adrienne A. Jones.

Andy Harris, Maryland’s sole Republican in Congress, was selected to lead the influential House Freedom Caucus last year.

The suit argues the state has failed to remove the names of deceased voters or people who have moved and are no longer eligible to vote in Maryland.

Hemlock woolly adelgids can slowly bleed a grove of the flat-needled evergreens dry, wiping out the mini ecosystem that relies on the tree.