Two top Republican options to challenge Wes Moore decided to sit the race out.

Maryland political issues feel synonymous with national issues. And the small state is getting outsized attention.

Rafael López oversaw an agency that struggled with its charge to provide social safety net services to vulnerable Marylanders.

The broadcast served as one of the biggest stages yet for the Democratic governor to showcase his personality and brand of politics — a valuable moment for a man who many believe has national aspirations in 2028.

Moore answers questions about his rocky relationship with Republican President Donald Trump and on immigration policy, according to clips released by CBS.

If signed, the law would take effect immediately, forcing nine counties in Maryland to end their agreements with Immigration and Customs Enforcement.

Maryland’s Black state lawmakers unveiled a sweeping agenda on Thursday that aims to curb immigration enforcement, ensure that children accused of crimes are held more often in youth custody, promote homeownership and protect health care access.

At times seeming during his speech, Gov. Wes Moore seemed contrite, acknowledging that he’d learned some lessons and that his success depended on lawmakers.

Maryland Gov. Wes Moore, in his annual State of the State speech, made a direct appeal to state senators to vote on a new map of congressional boundaries that gives Democrats a chance of a sweep of all eight districts.

Eighteen Democratic governors are refusing to attend a dinner at the White House with President Donald Trump next week, after Maryland Gov. Wes Moore and Colorado Gov. Jared Polis were uninvited.

Last year, Maryland lawmakers thought they had come up with a legal way to repurpose millions of dollars collected by insurers selling Affordable Care Act policies to help women who couldn’t afford abortions. The feds just squashed the plan.

Maryland Gov. Wes Moore says the White House has singled him out by disinviting him from a pair of events for the nation’s governors in Washington next week.

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.

Maryland has to redraw its congressional map to combat efforts by President Donald Trump and Republicans to “silence the voices and trying to eliminate Black leadership” by redistricting red states to disfavor Democrats, Moore said.

Maryland’s state delegates gave their stamp of approval Monday over a new map of congressional districts that gives Democrats a chance to sweep all eight seats.

Dan Cox, the 2022 Republican nominee for governor, has filed to run again, seeking a rematch with Wes Moore.

The Maryland House of Delegates continues to push a new map of congressional districts, even as the state Senate remains a roadblock.

Maryland lawmakers are on track to speed a new, Democrat-friendly congressional district map through the House of Delegates in the coming days, with the first hearing and vote set for Tuesday.

Behind the scenes things are becoming tense as the two Democratic leaders continue to disagree whether Maryland should redraw its congressional maps to more heavily favor Democrats.

Meanwhile the House of Delegates is pushing ahead, fast-tracking an online public hearing on the proposal for Monday.