Maryland

If the Ravens need a wide receiver to emerge inside, if only for a part-time role, Beckham might be their best candidate.

Del. Nic Kipke, an Anne Arundel County Republican who ground proceedings to a halt the night before as he hollered at House of Delegates Speaker Adrienne A. Jones, initially did not want to apologize for his actions. But after listening to the incident, he said that “things got heated” and he called Jones to offer an apology.

The Moore administration said the governor plans to sign the licensing and taxation bill, but did not answer if Moore still owns stock in a cannabis company or if he has set up a blind trust, as he promised before election.

Maryland leaders are setting a goal of increasing the amount of energy produced by offshore wind in the state to 8.5 gigawatts from roughly two gigawatts.

Deep within the litany of outrages by the Catholic Church documented by the Maryland Office of the Attorney General report, there is a revelation as shocking as the predatory priests or the religious bureaucracy eager to hide its sins.

Beans, beans, the magical staple, the more you eat, the less money you spend at the table.

Maryland lawmakers showed up to their final official day of work on Monday, a marathon of last-minute lawmaking as a midnight deadline to adjourn approached. Some wore seersucker suits, many stopped by State Circle parties and all were tired by the time it was all over.

With roughly 10 minutes before the planned midnight adjournment, Speaker Adrienne A. Jones rejected the pleas of Republicans attempting to speak before a final vote on a bill prohibiting police officers from searching people based solely on the smell of cannabis.

As the dust settles on the annual lawmaking process, here are key measures that won approval and will be headed to the Democratic governor’s desk for consideration. He’ll have until May 30 to veto the bills, sign them into law or allow them to become law without his signature.

Clarity and positivity seem to be the theme for signs at the beginning of the week, but what does the rest of the week look like?

The Ravens are paying Beckham like a WR1. But after an up-and-down past two years, does he deserve it?

All 10 of the governor's bills he submitted to the General Assembly have passed or are close to passing in some fashion. He also got the vast majority of his nominees through the Maryland Senate confirmation process.

Over the past 89 days, Maryland lawmakers have protected access to abortion care, raised the minimum wage, fixed elections issues and gave survivors of child sexual abuse a greater ability to sue institutions that harbored abusers. But on the 90th and final day of their annual legislative session on Monday, state lawmakers still have a bit more work to do.

Beckham hasn’t played since he tore his ACL in the Los Angeles Rams’ Super Bowl LVI title in February 2022.

Mayor Brandon Scott should remove Baltimore homeowner properties from the tax sale auction, as he did last year, Allison Harris, director of the Home Preservation Project at the Pro Bono Resource Center of Maryland, says. Campuses of historically Black colleges in Maryland are among those urgently in need of modernization, Paul Clary, co-founder of MD Energy Advisors, says; the work of the state Attorney General's Office in the Baltimore Archdiocese sex abuse investigation merits praise, a city resident says.

The sweeping legislation settled a host of commerce-related decisions — including the number and types of cannabis business licenses and the amount of sales tax businesses must charge — and built a framework for government oversight.

"I rise to stand with our colleagues in Tennessee. I rise to remind us of how delicate the fabric of this body is and how we must always work to defend and protect each other," Del. Jheanelle Wilkins said to her colleagues in the House of Delegates.

Amir Sapkota has researched the impact of air pollution on the heart and the lungs, and how climate disruptions can increase health risks for kidney patients needing dialysis or exacerbate health burdens for low-income groups.

Gov. Wes Moore has one cabinet vacancy left to fill.

Welch, a former undrafted free agent, finished second on the team in special teams snaps last season.