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Attempts to reform a system that allows anyone to file for criminal charges without input from police or prosecutors failed on Monday at the 11th hour of the Maryland General Assembly’s 90-day legislative session.

COLUMN | Is Wes Moore trustworthy? There's an argument out there that the governor is not, based on a misinterpretation of a recent UMBC poll. The truth about trust is much more complicated.

From Senate President Bill Ferguson to Gov. Wes Moore and the poor megalodon, here are those who came out on top and those wishing things went differently at the 2026 Maryland General Assembly session.

Exelon, whose subsidiaries include Baltimore Gas and Electric Co. and Potomac Electric Power Co., became a punching bag — in one case literally — for Democrats looking to establish populist bona fides in an election year defined by affordability.

The Community Trust Act would block corrections officials and law enforcement from holding or detaining an individual for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement unless a judge has issued a warrant.

Over the next four years, the salary for state senators and delegates will gradually increase from $56,636 to $61,905. The governor, lieutenant governor, judges and other top state officials are in line for raises, too.

A Jan. 12 letter to the Maryland Historical Trust from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security carried the heading “New ICE Baltimore Processing Facility.”

Maryland’s bill would not require current Glock owners to get rid of their guns or modify them.

Ratepayer advocates argue that recent changes undercut Democrats’ promises to cut energy bills in Maryland.

The Youth Charging Reform Act heads to Gov. Moore, shifting most teen assault and gun cases to juvenile court under new Maryland law.

About 48% of Marylanders approve of the job the Democratic governor is doing, while 42% disapprove and 9% aren’t sure.

An 8-1 high court majority sided with a Christian counselor who argues the law banning talk therapy violates the First Amendment.

The state government’s $71 billion budget for next year is balanced, but it doesn't address long-term projected shortfalls.

Two years after the old Francis Scott Key Bridge collapsed, remnants remain even as construction crews set the foundation for its replacement.

Some Maryland Democrats are making a late push for a new plan for redrawing the state’s congressional districts in hopes of giving Democrats a chance at a sweep of all eight seats in future elections.

A Washington County official sent an email to the U.S. Department of Homeland Security in February requesting assistance in getting federal dollars for a highway-widening project, claiming the state isn’t funding it. The only catch? Maryland is.

Under the bill, Maryland district court commissioners would no longer be able to issue arrest warrants other than to police or a state’s attorney.

Monday is Crossover Day, the deadline for bills to pass one chamber — the Senate or the House of Delegates — and cross over to the other for the best chance of full passage.

A prominent Eastern Shore developer has reached a deal to take over a retired coal-fired power plant on the Potomac River --Morgantown Generating Station -- and reboot it to run data centers. Does Gov. Wes Moore support the plan?

State Republicans will make two attempts to suspend the gas tax, one with a bill and another with a budget amendment.