Politics

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Greenleigh’s residential housing success story could offer a blueprint for the rest of the state during a national housing crisis.

As national Democrats remain fractured about their focus and strategy, U.S. Sen. Chris Van Hollen inched closer to calling for a change in leadership in the Senate.

Maryland kids underperformed on state math tests. Banner subscribers struggled, too.

Bills dealing with the budget and energy costs could miss the crossover deadline, but they have leadership's blessing and will eventually advance.

Lawmakers ignored a recommendation to cut need-based scholarships at private colleges in half for a second year in a row.

The Maryland Senate is charting a middle ground between a revamp sought by the governor and minimal tweaks sought by the House of Delegates.

A lender is foreclosing on a downtown apartment building owned by one Baltimore’s most successful developers of office-to-residential conversions.

The Maryland Senate approved a bill that would bar employers from punishing firefighters or rescue workers for using medical cannabis as prescribed by a doctor.

As the administration of President Donald Trump pursues a sweeping overhaul of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, the agency’s environmental justice division already has faced cuts — and things could get worse.

A crowd of nearly 500 people filled the auditorium at Woodlawn High School Thursday night for a raucous town hall with Democratic lawmakers on the future of Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid.

The Baltimore City Department of Public Works director acknowledged, ‘We’re not where we need to be, but we’re going to get there.‘

A federal judge on Thursday ordered immigration officials not to deport a Georgetown scholar who was detained by the Trump Administration and accused of spreading Hamas propaganda in the latest battle over speech on U.S. college campuses.

Howard County Council is weighing a ban on hourly room rentals in an effort to curb human trafficking and prostitution.

President Donald Trump signed an executive order Thursday calling for the shutdown of the U.S. Education Department, advancing a campaign promise to take apart an agency that’s been a longtime target of conservatives.

After weeks of behind-the-scenes negotiations among top Democrats, an agreement on a new state budget appears imminent.

The president conflated an Algebra I test with “basic mathematics.”

President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Thursday to dismantle the U.S. Department of Education.

Wednesday’s announcement signaled that the leadership change came down to Amtrak maintaining support from U.S. President Donald Trump.

Benjamin Schmitt, president of the Howard County Education Association, says students with disabilities deserve fairness when it comes to educational funding priorities.