Wes Moore

Gov. Wes Moore will deliver his first State of the State speech at noon Wednesday.

The new governor will make his first formal speech to a joint session of the General Assembly.

The coalition of gun safety groups has the backing of new Gov. Wes Moore and other state leaders, but gun rights groups say the law is in their favor.

Training more nurses to perform abortions is now a step closer with a formal training program in the works, though it’s still likely months or more away.

In his first public statement since Gov. Wes Moore announced that he is rescinding the chairmanship, Kelso said he respects the decision.

Legislative services, the department responsible for writing the bills, confirmed receiving more than 700 requests in the last two days before the deadline — a new record.

Gov. Wes Moore, Lt. Gov. Aruna Miller, and local health leaders gathered in Baltimore for a mental and behavioral health roundtable discussion. A big topic issue was teen violence, and tackling its root causes.

These two military proposals represent the first public discussion of any of his legislative priorities.

The Orioles are in the midst of trying to negotiate a long-term deal with the state to stay at Camden Yards and use their share of $1.2 billion set aside for improvements.

The state’s $750 million allotment of federal emergency rental assistance, which helped prevent thousands of evictions across Maryland during the pandemic, is set to be fully spent by March or April, according to the state Department of Housing and Community Development.

The powerful Board of Public Works — composed of the governor, comptroller and treasurer, all Democrats — has the final say on how billions of dollars are spent each year, signing off on major state contracts. The board also approves activities on state lands and in state waters.

Dawn Flythe Moore, who made history when she became Maryland’s first Black first lady, brings to her new role a background of working in state government in Annapolis. She's well positioned to take on the responsibilities and challenges, a Goucher College political science professor says.

Nominee Paul J. Wiedefeld previously ran BWI Thurgood Marshall International Airport and D.C.’s Metro system.

An investigation found “widespread violations” of the requirements for using a roughly $1 million AmeriCorps grant from 2016.

Journalists shouldn’t allow Gov. Wes Moore’s personal appeal and popularity to get in the way of holding him accountable, Banner Public Editor DeWayne Wickham says.

Weekly political news and notes from around Baltimore and Maryland.

The budget plan does not include tax increases, and keeps $2.5 billion in the state’s Rainy Day Fund.

Carmen Roques is the next executive to lead the Maryland Department of Aging after the past 10 years as the CEO of Keswick Multi-Care, a large not-for-profit short-term rehabilitation facility and continuing care retirement community in Baltimore.

On his first full day in office, the governor held a private meeting with U.S. Attorney for Maryland Erek L. Barron and Attorney General Anthony Brown to discuss crime and violence.