Politics

The Republican politician said a candidacy filing with the Federal Election Commission wasn’t done by him, and he’s asked the commission to investigate. He says he’s still thinking about whether to run.

Taylor Taranto, 37, who prosecutors say participated in the Jan. 6, 2021 riot at the U.S. Capitol, kept two firearms and hundreds of rounds of ammunition inside a van he had driven across the country and had been living in, according to a Justice Department motion that seeks to keep him behind bars.

John Huffington was wrongly convicted of double murder in Harford County in 1981, in a case so flawed that the lead prosecutor was ultimately disbarred for his conduct in the case. Huffington was pardoned earlier this year.

An investigation found that the state improperly rounded up and rounded down the hours worked by employees at state-run prisons and jails, cheating them out of pay they had earned.

Closed-door hearings in Baltimore Circuit Court will decide whether the final details will be revealed in the report on child sex abuse within the archdiocese.

Maryland Gov. Wes Moore visited the Brooklyn neighborhood Tuesday, where he other officials answered for what some residents called a lack of resources until tragedy struck.

Two people were killed and a staggering 28 were injured in Sunday’s mass shooting in Brooklyn. Here’s what you need to know.

Those fighting for social and economic justice in America must redouble their efforts in response to setbacks such the U.S. Supreme Court's ruling against affirmative action, columnist E.R. Shipp says.

The first Marylanders to hand over cash in exchange for legally purchased recreational marijuana Saturday began to fill a pot of state money set aside for communities with disproportionate amounts of cannabis-related arrests.

Partnerships using public and private investment are benefiting infrastructure projects such as the expansion of Baltimore's Howard Street Tunnel and B&O Railroad Museum improvements, Ed McDonald, a commissioner at the Maryland Port Administration, says.

People thronged cannabis dispensaries across the Baltimore region Saturday, eager to see, learn about and try the products that those 21 and over with a state-issued ID are now able to purchase for recreational use.

Baltimore residents have seen a pollapalooza in the City Council president race.

As Maryland joins 22 other states and the District of Columbia in legalizing recreational adult use of the drug, state leaders also considered the debate about what to call a drug that has carried a racist stigma.

A sharply divided Supreme Court ruled Friday that the Biden administration overstepped its authority in trying to cancel or reduce student loans for millions of Americans.

Expect lines and fun, but be prepared to use cash or cannabis-specific financial apps to make your purchase.

Leaders from civil rights groups gathered outside Baltimore Police headquarters Thursday morning, decrying what they called Mayor Brandon Scott’s lack of transparency in appointing a police commissioner and demanding he restart the search process.

When recreational cannabis sales launch July 1, Maryland will initially rely on nearly 100 existing medical cannabis dispensaries who have paid a fee in order to sell to recreational customers as well.

This comic gives you the essentials about Maryland’s new recreational cannabis law.

Maryland's gas tax increases each year based on inflation, and this year's bump will bring the tax to 47 cents per gallon.

Maryland may be later than many other states in legalizing cannabis, but those who wrote the state’s laws hope they’ve avoided the problems that have plagued other states: Lack of product, lack of diversity in the industry, and taxes so high that people kept buying on the black market.