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State officials have upgraded the application website for Marylanders to apply for government benefits.
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.
Carroll County Commissioner Ed Rothstein
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.
An eroded Chesapeake Bay shoreline is seen on Middle Hoopers Island.
New Chesapeake cleanup plan comes with soul searching and the Trump effect
The Chesapeake Bay Program is working on its fifth plan to restore the bay by year's end.
Betsy Fox Tolentino is the newly appointed acting secretary of the Maryland Department of Juvenile Services.
Maryland now mandates detention for teens with repeat offenses while on ankle monitoring
Previously, detaining a Maryland child already on ankle monitoring was optional, even if police requested they be detained.
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.
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.
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.
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?
Paul J. Wiedefeld announced he's leaving his post after more than two years leading MDOT.
Maryland transportation chief Paul Wiedefeld leaving agency
Maryland’s transportation secretary, Paul J. Wiedefeld, is leaving his post at the end of the month.
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."
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.
Taxes on cannabis, online sports betting and more increased July 1.
From water to weed, here’s what will cost more in Maryland
Maryland taxes on cannabis, online sports betting, vehicle registration fees and more will be increased on July 1.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Maryland’s new 3% tech services tax starts Tuesday. Here’s what to know.
Maryland businesses and individuals will now pay a 3% tax on certain technology and data services.
A man in a suit and tie and a woman in a red suit stand next to a poster board that reads "RED LINE" with a train symbol in between the two words.
The Red Line’s path forward is unclear. What will Gov. Wes Moore do?
Two years after Gov. Wes Moore revived the Red Line, Baltimore’s proposed east-west light rail feels mired in uncertainty.
For years the center has been seen as a key site to unlock revival in West Baltimore
Maryland restarts process to redevelop State Center in Baltimore
The state — once again — is looking to hire a consultant to develop a plan for the site.
Maryland Gov. Wes Moore listens to speakers at the South Carolina Democratic Party's Blue Palmetto Dinner in Columbia, S.C. on Friday, May 30, 2025.
Maryland’s government hiring ‘freeze’ may end up more of a chill
Maryland's government hiring freeze has exceptions, including for law enforcement, public safety and “priority hires.”
The fiscal year 2026 budget signed into law by Gov. Wes Moore allocates money to develop the Catonsville armory into an incubator for up to 110 micro businesses that store or process marijuana into products like vapes or edibles.
Catonsville residents, officials raise alarm over plan to use armory for cannabis incubator
Maryland is moving full speed ahead with plans to turn the Catonsville armory into a state-run cannabis incubator to help small businesses.
Gov. Wes Moore is freezing the hiring of new state employees, offering voluntary buyouts and eliminating vacant jobs across state government.
Gov. Moore institutes hiring freeze, employee buyouts
Gov. Wes Moore is freezing the hiring of new state employees, offering voluntary buyouts and planning to eliminate vacant jobs and possibly consolidate offices.
County Executive Steuart Pittman, Ann Arundel department of Health and the Ann Arundel County Public library announce a pilot program to help reduce gun-related incidents and deaths on April 13, 2023.
Steuart Pittman on leading Maryland Democrats into the 2026 elections
Anne Arundel County Executive Steuart Pittman will take over as Democrats across the nation assess their priorities.
Waterlogged cars sit in the flooded parking lot of Westernport Elementary School after a catastrophic storm hit the area on Tuesday.
Alas, poor FEMA. We knew you well.
President Donald Trump plans to phase out FEMA after this year’s hurricane season. In the future, if you want help after a disaster, you’ll have to call him. How do you think that’s going to go?
Maryland Gov. Wes Moore announced he’ll pardon thousands more cannabis convictions and prioritize funding for communities harmed by racist government policies at Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Dorchester County on June 19, 2025.
Gov. Moore names 400+ communities for state program to close racial wealth gap
Thursday’s announcement comes weeks after Moore vetoed a bill that would have set up a commission to study reparations, angering allies in the Legislative Black Caucus of Maryland.
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