Politics

Lawmakers in both parties said that Elon Musk’s mandate may be illegal, while unions are threatening to sue.

A challenging economy may imperil a popular tenant rights bill from passing.

Career civil servants living in Harris’ district have found that asking their elected official to speak up for them has been as effective as screaming underwater.

Increasing reports of ICE agents in Maryland have stoked fear, raising questions about what happens to people who are arrested.

The county is the latest in a string of state entities to have experienced cybersecurity breaches over the past few years.

President Donald Trump and his chief cost cutter, Elon Musk, contend the aid and development work is wasteful and furthers a liberal agenda.

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After a Baltimore judge blocked President Donald Trump’s executive order to rescind federal support for DEI programs, Elon Musk called for the judge’s impeachment on X.

Gov. Wes Moore, along with a bipartisan group of governors from across the country, attended a White House luncheon Friday hosted by President Donald Trump, where the Republican verbally clashed with another governor.

By hiring a deputy mayor of operations to oversee DOT and DPW, it is expected those agencies will be more closely watched and will operate with more efficiency.

In a submitted letter, an agency official wrote that the bill aligns well with the Moore administration’s goal to prioritize transparency, honesty and openness. Last year, another agency official expressed concern about a similar bill.

The Associated Press sued three Trump administration officials Friday over access to presidential events, citing freedom of speech in asking a federal judge to stop the blocking of its journalists.

As the Trump administration slashes the budgets of federal agencies, the ripple effects are already being felt in Maryland’s private sector.

Gov. Wes Moore and his team will make their case Wednesday for scaling back parts of Maryland’s ambitious education improvement plan

Concerns about the reliability of the agency’s data emerged after The Banner questioned the growing number of child maltreatment fatalities in Maryland that had seemingly gone unnoticed by elected officials. Worry about the accuracy of human services data has widened since then.

U.S. District Judge Christopher Cooper decided Thursday he could not grant a motion from unions representing the workers to stop the layoffs, though he acknowledged chaos caused by President Donald Trump's blitz of second-term executive actions.

This was Annapolis on Monday — part political protest, part group therapy. A crowd of more than 500 was searching for a response to Trump’s disorienting mutation of America. Finding it is the task facing organizers of protests like this one.

Baltimore Gas and Electric Company customers in Baltimore and around Maryland are facing significant rate increases.

Sean Stinnett, a community leader who is married to the chair of Baltimore’s Democratic Party, has been nominated for an open seat in the House of Delegates.

Joseph Gillespie’s attorneys asked for two years, but the request was denied by U.S. District Judge Richard D. Bennett, who expressed extreme disappointment with Gillespie’s conduct.