Politics

The Maryland General Assembly tried to tackle complaints about escalating gas and electric bills.

The Baltimore County Council has voted to advance a measure that would require a supermajority to build in designated rural areas of the county. The charter amendment will now go before voters in 2026.

The campuses joined the Johns Hopkins University and colleges across the country in publicly acknowledging a wave of visa cancellations affecting their students.

The freeze, which was announced to the City Council during a hearing Tuesday, was put in place two weeks ago.

A budget crisis compounded by uncertainty from the Trump administration combined to create a perfect storm for lawmakers in Maryland.

A California man pleaded guilty on Tuesday to trying to kill U.S. Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh at his home in a suburb of Washington, D.C., nearly three years ago.

The proposal, which received final approval Monday from the Senate as part of a sweeping energy bill, comes as Maryland looks to slash energy-sector emissions to curb climate change.

China said the U.S.’s imposition of “so-called ‘reciprocal tariffs’” is “completely groundless.”

Here’s The Baltimore Banner’s attempt to sort out who might be thrilled, and who might be disappointed, as they leave the State House.

The Baltimore-D.C. commuter, once endangered, is in species-recovery mode.

Democrats named former Gov. Martin O’Malley among their new alternative to President Donald Trump’s leadership team, calling it the People's Cabinet.

Maryland’s state lawmakers began wrapping up their work for the year on Monday, tying up loose ends on the state budget, education reforms and energy policy.

Immigration bills failed in the State House after Maryland Democrats failed to reach an agreement.

In a bitterly divided decision, the court said the administration must give Venezuelans it claims are gang members “reasonable time” to go to court.

The weather service has “paused” the translations because its contract with Lilt, an artificial intelligence company, has lapsed, NWS spokesman Michael Musher said.

The budget is just about done, and lawmakers are looking to get a few other high-profile pieces of legislation finished before leaving Annapolis.

Maryland lawmakers passed an energy plan to get a handle on soaring utility prices and boost in-state power generation.

The legislation would require officials to promptly release requested information about children in foster care who die from suspected maltreatment.

Chief Justice John Roberts agreed Monday to pause a midnight deadline for the Trump administration to return a Maryland man mistakenly deported to a notorious prison in El Salvador.

The state spends a total of $16 billion on Medicaid, with $9 billion from federal sources — but cuts could be coming.