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Wes Moore

U.S. Senator Ben Cardin (D-MD) displays an autographed sign beside state and local officials, during a press conference on the Selection of Greenbelt for the FBI's New Headquarters in Greenbelt, Maryland, on Friday, November 10, 2023.
Report finds flaws in process that awarded FBI headquarters to Prince George’s County
The FBI headquarters has been a matter of national and regional political football for more than a decade, with Greenbelt selected in 2023 as the new home for the bureau.
Mat Rice, executive director of People on the Go Maryland, leads a crowd in chanting, "Hey, hey! Ho, ho! These budget cuts have got to go!" during a rally against proposed budget cuts for the state Developmental Disabilities Administration. The rally was held on Lawyers Mall in Annapolis on Monday, Feb. 3, 2025.
Hundreds rally in Annapolis against Developmental Disabilities Administration cuts
"We will not stand by while our community suffers at the hands of Governor Moore’s proposed funding cuts,” said Laura Howell, CEO of the Maryland Association of Community Services.
The governor's office has asked three members of the state body that oversees the funeral industry to resign.
Three state mortician board members resign amid scrutiny
Days after Gov. Wes Moore ordered an independent review of the state board that oversees the funeral industry, three members of the board resigned, according to a state official.
The U.S. and Maryland flags fly at half staff on Jan. 20, 2025, hours before the inauguration of Donald Trump as the 47th president of the United States, to honor Jimmy Carter, the 39th.
Big Tech sues over Maryland law protecting kids online
The tech industry is suing to block the Maryland Kids Code, a law that requires companies to put guardrails on their apps and websites that children use.
Maryland Gov. Wes Moore is ordering a review of the Maryland Board of Morticians and Funeral Directors after the board suspended the license of a crematory in Southern Maryland after finding it was not cremating the bodies entrusted to it.
After bodies piled up at a crematory, Moore orders review of oversight agency
Following the discovery of stockpiled bodies at a Southern Maryland crematory, Gov. Wes Moore is ordering an independent review of the state board that oversees the industry.
House of Delegates Speaker Adrienne A. Jones conducts chamber business.
Live coverage: What’s on this year’s gun safety agenda?
Lawmakers will dig in this week on moving legislation through the pipeline.
Congresswoman Sarah Elfreth and members of Maryland's federal delegation speak with reporters Wednesday on President Trump's hold on federal funds.
Maryland’s federal delegation is also caught in the Trump whiplash
Members of Congress are hearing the latest twists in the news.
WASHINGTON, DC - JANUARY 24: U.S. President Donald Trump speaks to members of the press as he prepares to depart the White House aboard Marine One on January 24, 2025 in Washington, DC. The president is traveling to North Carolina, California, Nevada and Florida over the weekend.
What we know about Trump’s federal spending freeze and its impact on Marylanders
What we know about President Donald Trump’s temporary pause on federal spending and its impact on Marylanders.
Maryland Gov. Wes Moore has proposed redirecting $110 million per year away from the state’s landmark education reform plan.
Moore’s changes to education spending could hurt students in poverty the most
Gov. Wes Moore is proposing to rewrite major portions of Maryland’s landmark education law, cutting nearly one-fifth of the new funding the state promised schools by 2029.
Harry Coker Jr., then the national cyber director, speaks during a demonstration prior to a ribbon-cutting for Howard Community College’s Cyber Range, a cybersecurity training program. He’s Gov. Wes Moore’s new pick to be state commerce secretary.
Gov. Moore names cyber expert as new state commerce secretary
Maryland Gov. Wes Moore is moving the state’s commerce secretary, Kevin Anderson, to a senior adviser role while bringing in a cybersecurity veteran to lead the department.
The Maryland House of Delegates chamber is largely empty on Friday, Jan. 10, 2025, as Speaker Adrienne A. Jones leads a pro forma session that lasted two minutes.
Live coverage: Dem lawmakers seek to double down on commitment to DEI
The second administration of President Donald Trump will shake up the conversation in Maryland's State House.
Maryland Gov. Wes Moore takes questions from reporters on the first day of the General Assembly session in the Maryland State House in Annapolis earlier this month.
Moore won’t speculate on deploying National Guard to southern border
Gov. Wes Moore this week declined to say whether he would deploy the Maryland National Guard to the southern border if asked by the federal government.
January 22, 2024 - Photo of common area with tables and stools inside prison. Blue doors lead to cells off the ground floor and off a second floor walkway above.
Moore’s budget would pick up cost of pretrial monitoring for poor Marylanders
A year after a sudden funding crunch placed a pretrial monitoring program at risk, Gov. Wes Moore has allocated $3.2 million in his budget proposal.
Del. Dalya Attar, a Baltimore City Democrat, listens to 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.
Baltimore Democrats nominate Del. Dalya Attar to the state Senate
Baltimore Democrats voted Tuesday to nominate Del. Dalya Attar as their choice to represent the city in the Maryland Senate.
Maryland's state lawmakers go back to work on Wednesday, January 8, 2024 for the 447th session of the Maryland General Assembly. This is the first of 90 days of lawmaking and budget balancing.
Maryland’s government has no plan to pay for potential child abuse settlements
Maryland’s state government faces a potentially large bill to compensate people who were abused as children in the juvenile justice system — with no plan to pay for it.
Maryland Gov. Wes Moore is proposing a revamp of the state's signature public education program, the Blueprint for Maryland's Future.
Moore to ask lawmakers to revamp Blueprint education program
With the savings, Moore wants to put a focus on literacy and math education — something that Carey Wright, state superintendent of schools, is known for.
Gov. Wes Moore stressed at an event last week in Annapolis that he is not the leader of the resistance to President Donald Trump.
Vive la résistance — even if Wes Moore won’t admit it
Wes Moore is good at making pithy statements, and this one traveled far in the political news media, which is looking for someone to speak for the 48.36% of the nation's voters who didn’t want Donald Trump returned to the White House. Protest too much, Mr. Governor?
The Maryland House of Delegates chamber is largely empty on Friday, Jan. 10, 2025, as Speaker Adrienne A. Jones leads a pro forma session that lasted two minutes.
Live coverage (week 2): Explaining the 18% of Marylanders who will see a tax increase
Gov. Wes Moore has promised $2 billion in budget cuts. We’ll find out where this week.
A man loads packages from a metal pallet into the back of an Amazon box truck.
Maryland may add 75-cent ‘retail delivery fee’ to most orders, including Amazon and DoorDash
A proposal for a 75-cent retail delivery fee has some wondering who will end up paying: companies or customers?
Del. Jheanelle Wilkins, a Montgomery County Democrat, leads a press conference for the Legislative Black Caucus of Maryland on Thursday, Jan. 16, 2025 in Annapolis.
Justice reform, health and housing equity top Maryland Black Caucus’ priorities
The caucus already flagged one component of Gov. Wes Moore’s budget proposal — unveiled the day before — that gives them pause: freezing the amount of money going to community schools that serve high-need neighborhoods.
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