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More than 200 million gallons of untreated wastewater have flowed into the river after a section of sewer line collapsed on Jan. 16. A temporary replacement line is in place, and full repairs are expected to take months to complete.
Trump says FEMA to assist in Potomac River sewage spill
The spill has been largely contained in recent days. A temporary replacement line is in place and full repairs are expected to take months to complete.
Rafael Lopez, Maryland secretary of human services, speaks during a panel on healthcare during the Baltimore Banner’s Inside the Legislative Session event.
Moore’s human services secretary, Rafael López, to resign
Rafael López oversaw an agency that struggled with its charge to provide social safety net services to vulnerable Marylanders.
Norah O’Donnell interviews Maryland Governor Wes Moore in Cambridge, Maryland for CBS NEWS THINGS THAT MATTER TOWN HALL, airing on Sunday, Feb. 15 on CBS at 8:00 PM ET after 60 MINUTES.   Photo: Allison Shelley/CBS News ©2026 CBS Broadcasting, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
5 key moments from Gov. Wes Moore’s nationally televised town hall
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.
Norah O’Donnell interviews Maryland Governor Wes Moore in Cambridge, Maryland for CBS NEWS THINGS THAT MATTER TOWN HALL, airing on Sunday, Feb. 15 on CBS at 8:00 PM ET after 60 MINUTES.   Photo: Allison Shelley/CBS News ©2026 CBS Broadcasting, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
Gov. Moore town hall airs on CBS Sunday
Moore answers questions about his rocky relationship with Republican President Donald Trump and on immigration policy, according to clips released by CBS.
MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA - FEBRUARY 04: ICE agents depart the Bishop Henry Whipple Federal Building on February 4, 2026 in Minneapolis, Minnesota. White House Border Czar Tom Homan announced Wednesday that 700 immigration enforcement personnel would be withdrawn from Minnesota, following weeks of operations and the fatal shooting of two protesters. Homan said the withdrawal would take effect immediately. (Photo by John Moore/Getty Images)
Ban on ICE cooperation agreements heads to Gov. Moore’s desk
If signed, the law would take effect immediately, forcing nine counties in Maryland to end their agreements with Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
Maryland Gov. Wes Moore was not invited to two White House events during an annual National Governors Association meeting.
Streeter: White House snub of Governor Moore is straight-up racist. Say that.
COLUMN | The fact that it’s so hard for other people to name a thing, a thing is such tiresome gaslighting, Leslie Gray Streeter argues.
Gov. Wes Moore speaks during his annual State of the State address in the Maryland State House on Wednesday.
Limits of Moore’s power exposed in State of the State address
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.
Gov. Wes Moore shakes hands with Senate President Bill Ferguson during his annual State of the State address on Wednesday.
Wes Moore’s State of the State: Pushing for redistricting, navigating Trump’s tensions
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.
FEBRUARY 10, 2026 - Maryland Gov. Wes Moore speaks to reporters at the State House in Annapolis about multiple subjects, including redistricting, immigration legislation, the state budget and President Trump.
Democratic governors will skip White House dinner in support of Moore
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.
FEBRUARY 5, 2026 - Maryland state Sen. Arthur Ellis, a Charles County Democrat, speaks to reporters at the State House after he announced he would not register his attendance in the Senate as a protest against the Senate president's decision not to call a vote on a new map of congressional districts.
Ferguson shouldn’t lead state Senate after opposing redistricting, senator says
Charles County Sen. Arthur Ellis said Senate President Bill Ferguson’s decision to block a plan to further gerrymander Maryland’s congressional maps in favor of Democrats disqualified him from being Senate president.
Maryland State Police Acting Superintendent Michael Jackson is introduced in the Senate chamber of the Maryland State House on the first day of the 2026 General Assembly session last month.
Once a troubled sheriff, he now leads the Maryland State Police
Acting Maryland State Police Superintendent Michael A. Jackson has allies on both sides of the aisle after a decade in Annapolis, but some still question his tenure leading the Prince George’s County Sheriff’s Department.
Maryland Gov. Wes Moore said he’s been disinvited from a pair of White House events for the nation’s governors next week, but he is “not trying to get inside the president’s psyche.”
Gov. Moore says he’s been ‘singled out’ by White House, disinvited from events for governors
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.
Gov. Wes Moore speaks with reporters at the State House in Annapolis on Friday, Jan. 16, 2026.
Moore asks agencies, attorney general to review immigration detention center plans
Gov. Wes Moore told federal officials he had concerns about the economic drain the Williamsport facility could have on the area and a “troubling lack of transparency” around the purchase.
Maryland Gov. Wes Moore said Friday that he’ll sign a bill banning immigration enforcement agreements with ICE when it comes to his desk.
Gov. Moore says he’ll sign bill banning immigration enforcement agreements
Maryland Gov. Wes Moore said he plans to sign emergency legislation banning working agreements between federal immigration agencies and local jurisdictions.
Senate President Bill Ferguson held a press conference, to discuss the devastating impacts of recent federal cuts to AmeriCorps funding, at Digital Harbor Foundation in Baltimore, Thursday, May 8, 2025.
The obscure Senate rule that gives redistricting a long-shot chance
Rule 42 allows one-third of the Senate, 16 members, to petition a bill to the floor, as long as it’s been sitting in a committee for more than 20 days. A rare move, it could allow members to overrule the Senate’s presiding officer.
Sen. Arthur Ellis, a Charles County Democrat, speaks during floor debate at the Maryland State House on Monday, March 20, also known as Crossover Day in Annapolis. General Assembly session rules require bills to pass one chamber — either the House of Delegates or the state Senate — by the end of the day on Monday, to ensure the other chamber will consider it.
Maryland senator stages one-man protest to push for redistricting vote
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.
The neighborhood where Felicia Novotny Davis and her partner attempted to purchase a home in Columbia, Md. on Monday, June 9, 2025. in Columbia, Md. on Monday, June 9, 2025.
Maryland housing has become a ‘major’ problem, poll finds
Decisive majorities of voters across all age groups identified housing costs as a “major” problem in the January survey.
Gov. Wes Moore argues that Maryland should redraw its congressional district boundaries to counter “political redlining” in other states where Republicans have redrawn the maps.
Moore’s latest argument for redistricting? Combating ‘political redlining’
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.
A group of four men wearing law enforcement gear and masks walk on a sidewalk toward the camera.
Maryland House, Senate vote to ban local ICE enforcement agreements
The bills would prohibit local governments and police departments from partnering with ICE through a program known as 287(g).
Last year was the first time since 2014 that the state had fewer than 500 traffic fatalities, according to the Maryland Department of Transportation.
Traffic fatalities in Maryland last year were the lowest in more than a decade
Traffic fatalities in Maryland last year were the lowest in more than a decade, state officials said Tuesday.
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