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Gov. Moore appeals FEMA denial of Western Maryland flood aid
The cost of storm damage has doubled to more than $30 million from initial estimates.
Gov. Wes Moore surveys the damage to the Westernport Library on May 15, two days after a storm caused catastrophic flooding in the area.
Wes Moore’s chief of staff to depart, run Abell Foundation
Fagan Harris will return to the nonprofit sector where he had spent all of his career before joining Wes Moore’s administration.
Fagan Harris, chief of staff for Gov. Wes Moore, at the State House in Annapolis in February. Harris will become the next president of the Abell Foundation.
Moore blasted Trump’s use of the National Guard in D.C. The president took notice.
"If the president wants to have a real conversation about how to reduce violence like we have had in the state of Maryland ... I'm ready to have that conversation any time, Mr. President," the governor said in a response video.
Gov. Wes Moore clapped back at President Donald Trump in a video posted to social media.
Beloved pit beef vendor mourned at Baltimore Farmers’ Market
Baltimore Farmers’ Market patrons paid tribute Sunday to a longtime pit beef vendor who was found shot dead in his burning Pennsylvania home a week ago.
An old photo of Michael Shores Jr. and his daughter, Ray, is displayed at a memorial for the longtime vendor at the Baltimore Farmers’ Market on Sunday.
Orioles, state have yet to begin negotiations on development around Camden Yards
The Baltimore Orioles and the state of Maryland sides are mandated to meet if they do not rekindle talks before Dec. 31.
A new Orioles ownership group, led by David Rubenstein, indicated it would move swiftly to complete a deal for ground lease at the Camden Yards complex.
Poll: 50% approve of Gov. Wes Moore, but support softens with Democrats
Just 68% of Democrats said Moore is doing an “excellent” or “good” job.
Maryland Gov. Wes Moore takes questions from reporters on the first day of the General Assembly session in the Maryland State House in Annapolis, Md. on Wednesday, January 8, 2025.
One victim dead after overnight mass shooting in Park Heights
One of the six people shot in Park Heights on Saturday night has died, Baltimore Police said Sunday morning.
7/8/22—A Baltimore Police officer’s car is parked on the corner of E Lombard St. & President St.
A Maryland lawmaker wants to up the ante on partisan congressional redistricting
It’s not guaranteed that Maryland lawmakers would be able to shift the balance of power through redistricting, as other states are contemplating.
Majority Leader David Moon holds a press conference in the hallway of the Maryland State House on Sine Die in Annapolis, Md. on Monday, April 7, 2025.
Moore disputes criticisms of reparations bill talks
Maryland Gov. Wes Moore’s team is pushing back on criticism that the governor considered his own plan to study the thorny issue of reparations before ultimately vetoing a similar proposal from state lawmakers.
Gov. Wes Moore's chief of staff is challenging lawmakers and advocates about the details of conversations over a General Assembly reparations bill.
Before Gov. Moore vetoed a reparations study, he drafted his own plan
Before Maryland Gov. Wes Moore was opposed to creating a commission to study reparations — saying it would slow down action — he had drafted his own executive order creating a similar commission.
Gov. Wes Moore takes questions from reporters on Maryland’s sweeping audit of police-custody deaths during a news conference at the Maryland State House in Annapolis, Md. on Thursday, May 15, 2025.
State senator’s former aide gets probation in scholarship theft case
A former aide to a state senator was granted probation before judgement Thursday in a case of an alleged theft of $20,000 in scholarship money that she routed to herself.
The seal of the Senate of Maryland on a podium in the Miller Senate Office Building in Annapolis.
Maryland streamlines application for food, cash, health assistance
It’s now an all-in-one process, no matter which benefits a Marylander is hoping to sign up for.
State officials have upgraded the application website for Marylanders to apply for government benefits.
Moore picks former Fort Meade commander to be state veterans secretary
Maryland Gov. Wes Moore is tapping a former high-ranking Army officer who commanded Fort George G. Meade to be the state’s next secretary of veterans and military families.
Carroll County Commissioner Ed Rothstein
Governor’s offer to state workers: $20K plus $300 per year of service to quit
The buyout offer is one element of Moore’s plan to trim personnel costs by over $120 million to meet requirements of the state budget.
Gov. Wes Moore outlined a buyout offer to state employees: a payment of $20,000 plus $300 per year of state service, as well as six months of health insurance.
Who’s really getting a tax break in Maryland?
Maryland Gov. Wes Moore often touts that 94% of taxpayers will get an income tax break or see no change. Who really is going to save money and how much?
Construction on the Maryland State House in Annapolis began in 1772 and it's the oldest state capital building in the nation still in continuous legislative use. The building's dome is undergoing a rehabilitation project.
Maryland transportation chief Paul Wiedefeld leaving agency
Maryland’s transportation secretary, Paul J. Wiedefeld, is leaving his post at the end of the month.
Paul J. Wiedefeld announced he's leaving his post after more than two years leading MDOT.
Gov. Moore returns to hush-hush ‘billionaire summer camp’
This is at least the second time Moore has traveled to the Sun Valley Conference as governor. Moore attended in 2023 to raise money for the Democratic Governors Association.
Gov. Wes Moore is traveling to Idaho this week to participate in the Sun Valley Conference, a retreat that's been dubbed "billionaire summer camp."
Maryland approves $2.75M to man wrongfully convicted of murder in Baltimore
James Langhorne, 51, of Baltimore, was released in February after serving almost 30 years in prison for a murder that he did not commit.
James Langhorne, who was exonerated after being convicted of a murder he did not commit, speaks at the Maryland Board of Public Works meeting at the State House in Annapolis on Wednesday, July 2, 2025. Langhorne received compensation from the state under the Walter Lomax Act.
With leaders at funeral, deputies take rare helm of Maryland spending board
For the first time in at least three decades, Maryland's top spending board approved scores of contracts and grants on Wednesday without any of the main members present.
Lt. Gov. Aruna Miller, center, leads a meeting of the Maryland Board of Public Works at the State House in Annapolis on Wednesday, July 2, 2025. She is joined by, at left, Chief Deputy Treasurer Jon Martin and, at right, Chief Deputy Comptroller Andrew Schaufele. The meeting represented the first time in at least 30 years that all three board positions were filled by substitute members.
Trump wants FBI HQ at DC’s Ronald Reagan Building instead of ‘liberal’ Maryland
The U.S. Agency for International Development, which Trump shut down, also was housed in the Reagan building.
WASHINGTON, DC - FEBRUARY 07: The U.S. Agency for International Development building is seen after workers removed its sign at their headquarters on February 07, 2025 in Washington, DC. President Donald Trump and Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) abruptly shutdown the U.S. aid agency earlier this week leaving thousands unemployed and putting U.S. foreign diplomacy and aid programs in limbo.
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