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.
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.
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.
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.
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 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 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 he plans to sign emergency legislation banning working agreements between federal immigration agencies and local jurisdictions.
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.
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.