Lt. Col. Roland Butler is making the rounds in Annapolis, where lawmakers are reviewing the Maryland State Police budget and deciding whether to confirm him as the state’s top cop.

The current minimum wage is $13.25 per hour at large businesses and $12.80 at smaller businesses. The governor wants all employers to pay $15 starting Oct. 1.

The Maryland Republican Party has to look for a new nominee to put on the State Board of Elections, after Gov. Wes Moore rejected the party’s pick of a self-described “election integrity activist.”

The president plans to address Democratic members of the House of Representatives during an "issues conference" they're holding in town on March 1.

Butler, who takes over a department rife with problems, had retired from the Maryland State Police at the end of 2022 as chief of the Field Operations Bureau.

The Democratic governor’s support comes as lawmakers heard from the loved ones of Baltimore native Josh Siems, whose overdose death inspired legislation.

Gov. Moore and his wife listed their nearly 8,000-square-foot home in Baltimore's Guilford neighborhood for sale for $2.75 million.

More than 3,000 children receive state-funded scholarships to attend private schools, but Gov. Wes Moore is reducing funding for the program.

The Republican had asked the nation’s highest court to consider his appeal of a ruling that allowed Maryland elections officials to count mail-in ballots as they arrived ahead of Election Day last fall.

Baltimore native Josh Siems died from a drug overdose, but was never tested for fentanyl in the hospital, even though loved ones knew he used it. They want to make fentanyl testing a required component of toxicology screens.

Davis said as ”one of the guardians of public dollars,” he'll make sure that Marylanders’ taxes are spent efficiently and equitably.

Mayor Brandon Scott has hired his third communications director in two years. Cirilo R. Manego III will start with the mayor’s office on Tuesday.

Craig A. Thompson, a lawyer and partner with the Venable firm, says he’s “willing to work night and day” to reach a deal for the Orioles to remain at Baltimore’s Camden Yards.

The new Democratic governor made a direct, public appeal to lawmakers, something that former Gov. Larry Hogan never did during his two terms in office.

Lawmakers will consider proposals from the Democratic governor to enhance the Earned Income Tax Credit, the Child Tax Credit and to increase the minimum wage — all steps that Moore hopes will boost the economic prospects of Marylanders.

”There’s a sense of urgency that we need to be mindful of,” said Del. Caylin Young, a first-year lawmaker from East Baltimore.

The acting secretary of juvenile services was the only Cabinet nominee to receive an unfavorable vote from Republicans.

The Maryland State Ethics Commission must approve the governor’s blind trust before he can move his assets into it. Moore’s office said they hoped to send the proposal to the commission in the next few months.

At the end of a week bookended by threats and acts of gun violence, Senate President Bill Ferguson said Maryland and a the country has a “massive, massive problem” with guns.

The two unsuccessful candidates for governor on either side of the Mason-Dixon Line are teaming up.