Politics

The Maryland Senate on Thursday voted 44-0 to approve a bill that would add Harriet Tubman’s name to that of the 40-year-old Banneker-Douglass Museum in Annapolis. Under the measure, it would become the Banneker-Douglass-Tubman Museum.

University of Maryland administrators once again used legislative testimony to mischaracterize the employment situation of graduate students and faculty seeking collective bargaining rights, two faculty members say.

University System of Maryland administrators used misleading testimony in their attempts to sway lawmakers considering legislation to allow collective bargaining rights for faculty and graduate students at public four-year colleges and universities, two faculty members say.

The EPA says it wants to strengthen Clean Air Act standards for large facilities that burn trash.

Boosting high-tech innovation in Maryland would play a vital role in fueling economic growth, Kelly Shulz, CEO of the Maryland Tech Council, says.

The primary election is May 14. Early voting begins May 2 and mail ballots will be sent out by April 1.

Former Republican Gov. Larry Hogan made a surprise, last-minute entrance into the race for Maryland’s open U.S. Senate seat on Friday — upending the balance of the campaign.

Baltimore City’s Annapolis delegation voted to advance a bill Friday designed to protect homeowners, tenants and heirs from the annual tax sale list.

One of the six officers charged after the death of Freddie Gray in 2015 has been promoted to oversee the Public Integrity Bureau of the Baltimore Police Department.

Former Gov. Larry Hogan is a last-minute addition to the race for the open U.S. Senate seat in Maryland, launching his campaign hours before Friday’s filing deadline.

Klacik, who lives in Middle River, will compete against at least two other Republicans in the May primary, John Thormann and Dave Wallace. The deadline to file as a candidate in the primary is Friday.

The Anne Arundel County Council narrowly voted to change its rules governing staff supervision, making the whole council a collective boss with the power to hire and fire. The change didn’t sit well with some council members.

Baltimore is well-suited to help solve what Gov. Wes Moore has called a housing crisis in Maryland, says Annie Milli, executive director of Live Baltimore.

Maryland Gov. Wes Moore unveiled a “state plan” with 10 priorities for state government, ranging from ending child poverty to making the state safer.

The benefits of the strategy were most profound in the first year before abating somewhat afterwards, the researchers found.

All sides seem to agree that children should be held accountable and receive services quickly, but there’s a difference of opinion about how that happens.

Mosby, 44, a Democrat who served as the city’s top prosecutor from 2015-2023, was found guilty on Tuesday in U.S. District Court in Greenbelt of one count of making a false statement on a loan application.

The decision by cancer-diagnostics giant Exact Sciences to close its Baltimore office shouldn’t be seen as signaling any kind of broader tech collapse in this area, the former CEO and current CEO of the UpSurge say.

The Baltimore Banner compiled a brief guide for benefit theft victims to know their rights and get full reimbursement.

The City Council president argued Wednesday that Baltimore residents shouldn’t conflate mistakes he’s made in his personal life with his work in City Hall.