Politics

The system for granting prisoners compassionate release is broken in Maryland, advocates say.

Concerns about jury duty have been raised with Maryland courts and those across the country, and people who study the process say more jurisdictions are responding with reforms.

Governor Wes Moore and U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Xavier Becerra highlight federal and state investments in youth mental health at roundtable event in Baltimore.

In his first public statement since Gov. Wes Moore announced that he is rescinding the chairmanship, Kelso said he respects the decision.

Legislative services, the department responsible for writing the bills, confirmed receiving more than 700 requests in the last two days before the deadline — a new record.

He’s not an accountant, but said his past work as a former water quality expert, riverkeeper, county councilman and communications director prepared him to be a budget director.

“It is constitutional, it is available, and it is the right thing to do," Apple wrote in a letter of support.

The popular but embattled leader had said she had ”no other choice” but to ask the organization’s board to transition her out.

These two military proposals represent the first public discussion of any of his legislative priorities.

The Orioles are in the midst of trying to negotiate a long-term deal with the state to stay at Camden Yards and use their share of $1.2 billion set aside for improvements.

The caucus wants to remove cannabis-related fines and fees and eliminate cannabis odor as a reason for law enforcement stops and searches. Profits from cannabis businesses, they urge, need to be directed back into the communities that have been most affected by the drug’s criminalization.

The Baltimore City Fire Department is proposing three different options to recoup its dwindling vehicle fleet of fire trucks but the scenarios as suggested to city leaders, may force the city council to make some hard decisions next budget cycle.

The powerful Board of Public Works — composed of the governor, comptroller and treasurer, all Democrats — has the final say on how billions of dollars are spent each year, signing off on major state contracts. The board also approves activities on state lands and in state waters.

Legislators seem committed to fostering equitable access to the emerging legal market.

Dawn Flythe Moore, who made history when she became Maryland’s first Black first lady, brings to her new role a background of working in state government in Annapolis. She's well positioned to take on the responsibilities and challenges, a Goucher College political science professor says.

Nominee Paul J. Wiedefeld previously ran BWI Thurgood Marshall International Airport and D.C.’s Metro system.

An investigation found “widespread violations” of the requirements for using a roughly $1 million AmeriCorps grant from 2016.

I’ve watched the rancor flag unfurl over Annapolis since I wrote about plans by an environmental group based in Annapolis to build an office building. On Sunday night, the Chesapeake Conservancy capitulated.

Long COVID patients want treatment and good data about the mysterious condition that continues to cast a shadow over their recovery. But at the moment, they’re limited to what’s available: hardly anything.

The announcement came amid criticism of his leadership style and a looming board decision about whether to seek a new leader.