Maryland

It’s been years in the works. Countless hours of meetings. Days worth of impassioned testimony. Late-night community listening sessions. Thousands of people using their voices to all ask for one plan, one path forward.

Wes Moore will become the state’s first Black governor in Annapolis, a city with a history as a major slave port.

Greater reliance on private security carries risks, and public safety still depends on having law enforcement agencies properly staffed and funded, leaders of the Law Enforcement Legal Defense Fund say.

Efforts to restore the nation’s largest estuary are struggling to reduce agricultural pollution.

Baltimoreans are instead encouraged to participate in the National Day of Service.

What does masculine and feminine energy mean in astrology? Cheryl Fair breaks down one reader’s question.

Adam Jones and Jerry Coleman identify their favorite moments from interviews with sports stars in 2022.

The kind of lifesaving training that saved Damar Hamlin is required in Maryland high schools.

Brown, 61 of Prince George’s County, wants more money and authority to raise salaries in the office and double the size of the unit that prosecutes organized crime to 24 attorneys. He wants to go after civil rights violators and investigate and prosecute police misconduct.

Baltimore Circuit Judge Robert K. Taylor Jr. will oversee proceedings regarding the release of an investigation detailing the “sexual abuse” and “physical torture” of more than 600 children and teens at the hands of 158 Catholic priests.

Visit Annapolis is trying to determine if the service is sustainable and has set a July 4 target date for finishing a study.

Maryland's law legalizing recreational cannabis use and possession goes into effect July 1 and legislators have until then to set up rules for recreational purchases or risk losing market share and potential tax revenues to illicit sales.

Insulin copays dropped to $30 maximum per month for privately insured Marylanders and $35 for those with Medicare January 1, thanks to new state and federal laws.

Public Editor DeWayne Wickham corrects inaccuracies he made in taking The Banner to task for a Nov. 20 story it published on Johns Hopkins University’s effort to create an armed police force.

Brown, 61, of Prince George’s County, is succeeding Brian Frosh, who served from 2015-2023.

Experts said the airline's dominance at the airport will likely remain, but expect other changes.

Weekly horoscopes for the first week of January 2023!

AFSCME Maryland Council 3 expressed frustration with the outgoing Republican governor and what it called a “take it or leave it offer."

New year, new you? See what the stars have set up for you in 2023!

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